A unique tool has been created which helps fish farmers to identify the risk of parasite infection associated with their current farming practices.
Plants & Animals
Feb 24, 2020
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A special issue of Animal Health Research Reviews turns the spotlight on the science underlying this growing crisis—looking at the evidence base for using antibiotics to prevent illness in beef and dairy cattle, swine, ...
Veterinary medicine
Feb 21, 2020
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A pilot program to introduce safer mining practices in Nigerian gold mining communities has reduced blood lead levels by 32 percent, according to a study published today. This is the first study to report on a successful ...
Environment
Oct 22, 2019
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Showcasing precise control at the quantum level, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for making an ion (electrically charged atom) display exact quantities of quantum-level ...
Quantum Physics
Jul 22, 2019
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The unrelenting deforestation of the Amazon region could lead to a dramatic increase to the risk of destructive wildfire outbreaks, research has shown.
Environment
Jul 19, 2019
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The American blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is an invasive voracious alien species, with no known predators and with high reproductive and survival rates, which has now spread throughout the Mediterranean. Since it appeared ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 28, 2019
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A set of fortunate circumstances may have prevented the UK from being harder hit by bluetongue in the past but the threat of future outbreaks is only set to increase, new research reveals.
Ecology
Jan 14, 2019
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Facebook says it will stop spending money to fight a proposed California ballot initiative aimed at giving consumers more control over their data.
Internet
Apr 12, 2018
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It was a proud but sad moment when NASA announced that mission control had lost the signal from the Cassini spacecraft on September 15. As it takes the signal over an hour to travel from Saturn to Earth, this meant that the ...
Space Exploration
Sep 19, 2017
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Keep an eye on the picnic basket. Bear sightings are surging across Connecticut.
Ecology
Jan 13, 2017
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