Breakthrough forensic approach to help crack down on the sale of fake drugs
Fake medicines are one of the biggest health problems in the world today.
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 9, 2020
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Monitoring waterlogging
Video monitoring of the degree to which roads in the urban environment become waterlogged during periods of enduring, heavy rain, could be used as an early warning for imminent flooding, according to new research published ...
Environment
Oct 29, 2020
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A no-deal Brexit could damage the UK's ability to cope with pandemics
As the UK-EU deal or no-deal drama limps on, most attention focuses on the economic consequences of a new trade relationship. But UK health security—in the sense of measures to prevent and mitigate health emergencies such ...
Political science
Oct 21, 2020
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Highly sensitive trigger enables rapid detection of biological agents
Any space, enclosed or open, can be vulnerable to the dispersal of harmful airborne biological agents. Silent and near-invisible, these bioagents can sicken or kill living things before steps can be taken to mitigate the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 17, 2020
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New test can detect crown-of-thorns starfish as quickly as a home pregnancy kit
Researchers at the Australian Institute of Marine Science have developed a dipstick test that can detect crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) on coral reefs by using the same technology as home pregnancy tests.
Ecology
Sep 3, 2020
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Ecologists detect warning signals of malaria outbreak
Researchers at the University of Georgia have demonstrated that disease surveillance data can be used to predict certain infectious disease outbreaks. The team detected early warning signals of a 1993 resurgence of malaria ...
Ecology
Jun 30, 2020
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Adirondack boreal peatlands near southern range limit likely threatened by warmer climate
A study published in the journal Wetlands documents an invasion happening in the Adirondacks: the black spruce, tamarack, and other boreal species are being overcome by trees normally found in warmer, more temperate forests. ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 24, 2020
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Critical transition theory shows flickering in heart before atrial fibrillation
Affecting up to 4% of patients older than 65 years, atrial fibrillation ranks among the most common heart conditions. Described by health professionals as an "irregularly irregular" heart rhythm, episodes of atrial fibrillation ...
General Physics
May 26, 2020
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Canada lynx disappearing from Washington state
Canada lynx are losing ground in Washington state, even as federal officials are taking steps to remove the species' threatened status under the Endangered Species Act.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2020
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Fungal decisions can affect climate
When we think of climate change, we tend to think about greenhouse gases, fossil fuels and pollution. Most of us don't think about fungi.
Ecology
Jan 27, 2020
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