Cole Porter romanticized the phrase in his 1936 song, but the probable origin of having someone—or something—under one's skin is much less pleasant to consider. An early usage of the phrase by author Bayard Taylor in ...
Ecology
Aug 4, 2017
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For several years Manu Prakash, an assistant professor of bioengineering, has gone to field sites to test new, low-cost microscopes as a tool for diagnosing the parasitic disease schistosomiasis. The devices showed promise, ...
General Physics
Oct 31, 2016
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In the late 1970s, a new drug held the promise of wiping out a disease that currently affects more than 250 million people. Nearly 40 years later, the drug, praziquantel, has yet to make a dent in the global burden of schistosomiasis, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 22, 2016
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The Diama Dam that spans between Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa was intended to improve crop irrigation when it was built in 1986. But while preventing saltwater intrusion, the dam also altered the region's ecology, ...
Ecology
Aug 25, 2015
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A freshwater prawn may not appear intimidating at first glance – it's a petite bottom-feeder that can fit in the palm of most people's hands. To snails, however, it might as well be Jack the Ripper.
Ecology
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