Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks. The researchers plan to begin ...
Engineering
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American University's Kogod School of Business Professor Siri Terjesen announces the launch of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor's (GEM) Social Entrepreneurship Report. The report, released today, is the largest comparative ...
Economics & Business
Jun 1, 2016
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In humans and in animals, the correct position of tissues, organs and appendages is essential. Two body axes (the head-tail and the back-belly axes) usually define this position by generating a coordinate system, which supplies ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 1, 2016
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Among the eight new bee species that Spencer K. Monckton has discovered as part of his Biology Master's degree at York University, there is one named after a popular draconic creature from the Japanese franchise Pokémon. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2016
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Part of Antarctica has been losing ice to the ocean for far longer than had been expected, satellite pictures reveal.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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Scientists from The Cleveland Museum of Natural History have pioneered a new method to identify praying mantises. They described a new species of leaf-dwelling mantis by establishing a female genitalia character system. Male ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 1, 2016
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It's the height of irony.
Environment
Jun 1, 2016
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US cloud computing giant Salesforce said Wednesday it was buying rival Demandware for $2.8 billion in a move that expands its offerings to the retail sector.
Business
Jun 1, 2016
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A University of Montana graduate student's research on Alaskan brown bears and red salmon is the May cover story of the high-profile journal Ecology.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2016
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A recent victory for parent Jon Platt means that the 2013 ban on parents taking their children on holidays during term-time is now out of step with English law.
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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