A team at the University of California San Diego has developed a wearable, non invasive vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence. ...
Bio & Medicine
May 19, 2020
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For more than a century, Inuit communities have carried the burden of colonialism, leading to impoverishment and suffering. The Arctic is rapidly transforming due to climate change, which only further afflicts traditional ...
Environment
May 15, 2020
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Even the anti-freeze frog is not invulnerable to stress, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers.
Plants & Animals
May 5, 2020
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Aquaculture—rearing aquatic organisms such as fish and shellfish—plays a vital role in food security in many countries (it supplies more than half of the aquatic animals consumed by humans worldwide). It is particularly ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2020
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The rapid and global spread of the new coronavirus within just a few months is threatening to infect the global economy, new research has found.
Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2020
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Suppose you would like to know mortality rates for women during childbirth, by country, around the world. Where would you look? One option is the WomanStats Project, the website of an academic research effort investigating ...
Social Sciences
Mar 9, 2020
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Researchers from the University of Turku (UTU) in Finland, and veterinarians from the Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE) in Myanmar have investigated the trends behind Asian elephant calf mortality during the taming period. ...
Ecology
Feb 12, 2020
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A compound has been identified by researchers from the EU-funded ParaFishControl project, which examines fish-parasite interactions in aquaculture. Its effectiveness in treating certain parasitic diseases led researchers ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2020
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Experiencing the death of a child is seen as a violation of "the natural order." And yet, despite global health gains, such deaths remain prevalent in many poor countries and regions around the world. But just how often do ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2020
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A team of University of Illinois researchers estimated the mortality costs associated with air pollution in the U.S. by developing and applying a novel machine learning-based method to estimate the life-years lost and cost ...
Economics & Business
Jan 21, 2020
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