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Climate Change’s Impact on Poverty: Insights from 16 Nations

A team led by Purdue University researchers examined the potential economic influence of adverse climate events, such as heat waves, drought and heavy rains,…

Studies and Analyses

Clemson Researchers Redefine Flu Vaccine Priorities

The researchers have developed models that challenge the recommendations of the Centers of Disease Control and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…

Life & Chemistry

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Offer Hope for IBD Treatment

The treatment is for bowel disorders such as inflammatory bowel disease, which affects one in 400 people in the UK and for which there is no cure. The…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Stem Cell Potential: Key Discoveries by Researchers

Scientists have uncovered a vital link in the chain of events that gives stem cells their remarkable properties. Researchers from the Wellcome Trust Centre for…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists discover bioluminescent 'green bombers' from the deep sea

In the latest proof that the oceans continue to offer remarkable findings and much of their vastness remains to be explored, scientists at Scripps Institution…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Plant Blooms: Insights from Max Planck Scientists

Why do some plants blossom even when days are short and gray? Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology have found the answer to this…

Life & Chemistry

New Study Reveals Why We Walk in Circles

Scientists in the Multisensory Perception and Action Group at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen, led by Jan Souman and Marc…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Volatility to Heighten Poverty Risks in Developing Nations

Using the same methodology for climate prediction as the International Panel on Climate Change and data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the…

Life & Chemistry

Oxycholesterol: The Hidden Heart Disease Risk You Need to Know

Now scientists are reporting that another form of cholesterol called oxycholesterol — virtually unknown to the public — may be the most serious cardiovascular…

Studies and Analyses

Harvard Study: Taxing Job-Based Health Benefits Hits Families

As the debate over health care reform continues to unfold in town hall meetings and on Capitol Hill, a new study by two Harvard researchers has found that…

Health & Medicine

Anti-Aging Gene Discovered Linked to High Blood Pressure

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have shown the first link between a newly discovered anti-aging gene and high blood pressure….

Physics & Astronomy

UBC Research Challenges Hubbard Model for Superconductors

The findings are the first compelling evidence challenging the model under certain conditions, and could necessitate entirely new theoretical approaches to…

Studies and Analyses

Boosting Activity Levels for a Healthier, Happier Aging

A new study from the University of Missouri may shed light on how to increase the level and quality of activity in the elderly. In the study, published in this…

Environmental Conservation

Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming

The world could buy time to forestall disastrous environmental and geopolitical climate change effects by using existing technologies to curb emissions created…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Challenges to Choosing the Best Cultivars for Crop Production

This relationship is known as genotype-by-environment interaction (GE). Despite continued efforts to breed for cultivars with wide adaptability, GE is still a…

Studies and Analyses

Flexible Soil Model Maps Remote Areas

Bruce Frazier and Richard Rupp of Washington State University and Toby Rodgers and Crystal Briggs of Soil Survey conducted this work in the Pasayten River…

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