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Plans to “draw down” CO2 from the atmosphere – known as carbon dioxide removal (CDR) – “fall short” of the quantities needed to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, new research warns. Keeping…

Gisele Bundchen exuded Florida chic when she was spotted enjoying an outing with a few of her loved ones in Miami this week.Her group included a young girl who appeared to be Gisele's 11-year-old daughter Vivian, who is one of the two…

The birth rate in the United States was essentially unchanged from 2021 to 2022, according to the April 4 National Vital Statistics Reports.…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A simple blood test every five years is sufficient to screen low risk men for prostate cancer, new research has…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A registry-based study from Finland identified three distinct BMI trajectory groups among patients with…

Examples of pointed split woods and close-up images of the worked point. Photos: Matthias Vogel, Jens Lehmann, Dirk Leder, NLD. Credit: Proceedings of the National…

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that treating mice with an antibody that blocks the interaction between APOE proteins…

The challenge for universities is to produce graduates who can work with others to produce knowledge and research that can change institutions and societies for the better. That is the basis on which the Consortium for Advanced…

This is part 1 of a two-part MIT News feature examining new job creation in the U.S. since 1940, based on new research from Ford Professor of Economics David Autor. Part 2 is available here. In 1900, Orville…

Australian politicians and major government reports keep emphasising the importance of STEM (or science, technology, engineering and maths) skills for our economy and society. As the Universities Accord report noted last month,…

Chefs are in hot demand. “Chefs, chefs, chefs! Virtually impossible to find anyone,” lamented one Auckland restaurant owner recently. Australia is seeing a similar gap, with chefs ranked the eighth most in-demand occupation. Given…

There are a lot of ways to describe what’s happening to the Earth’s climate: Global warming. Climate change. Climate crisis. Global weirding. They all try to capture in different ways the phenomena caused by our world’s weather…

During the March 29, 2024, episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, No-Till Living Legend Ray McCormick mentions that a flood took out a “Pacers cup” worth of soil where he had forgotten to flip the switch to spread cover crop seed while…

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Actor Dennis Franz is best known for portraying a TV detective and starring in numerous blockbuster films in the 1970s through the 1990s.   Less known, is that Franz was…

Toxic chemical releases have declined 21% nationally in 10 years according to new Toxics Release Inventory data March 26, 2024 BOSTON (MAR. 26, 2024) — Recently, the…

New ways for more sustainable food in the EU: A ZALF study shows how innovative food labeling can motivate agriculture and better inform consumers. Credit:…

New ways for more sustainable food in the EU: A ZALF study shows how innovative food labeling can motivate agriculture and better inform consumers. Credit:…

Voluntary maternal wheel exercise ameliorates the detrimental effects of a maternal HFD on female offspring cardiac function in vivo. (A) Female offspring ejection…

New York, NY (June 15, 2023) – Feeding America® and the Ad Council, in partnership with fluent360, today launched a new fully-integrated PSA campaign designed to inspire conversation about and drive passion for the issue of ending hunger…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Australians experiencing chronic knee pain achieve similar pain reduction whether they consult with…

Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels A team of community health specialists at the Boston University School of Public Health, working with a…

Colorful sunset over wetlands at Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in Maine. Photo by Keith Ramos/USFWS A new report released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reveals wetlands — 95 percent of which are freshwater — covered…

A new CDC study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases (CID) shows that flu vaccination protected children against serious flu illness even when they were infected with a flu virus that was antigenically different from the…

Each weekday, hundreds of thousands of children and teenagers in South Africa’s rural areas (which make up just over 31% of the country’s total area) make the journey to school. It’s often difficult. Poor road networks and a lack of…

Ho Chi Min City/Washington —  Analysts say this month's resignation of Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong, one year into his five-year term, indicates infighting within the Communist Party and shakes the country's reputation for…

Hong Kong —  Around 50 people gathered on a cool spring evening outside a bookstore at the end of a quiet alley for a book talk by two authors. The books were about travel but the mood was not lighthearted. The event was the last at…

STUART, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #Anxiety--Scientists from Cognigenics have made significant progress in developing precision-based therapeutics for neurological disorders. In a groundbreaking study, they successfully used a non-invasive…

News ReleaseWednesday, March 20, 2024 Treatment for rare childhood disease was well tolerated and slowed loss of motor function. An investigational gene therapy for a rare neurodegenerative disease that begins…

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime…

Then-Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Israeli Prime…

Media AdvisoryWednesday, March 20, 2024What The drug minocycline, an antibiotic that also decreases inflammation, failed to slow vision loss or expansion of geographic atrophy in people with dry age-related macular degeneration…

The importance of cursive handwriting is a hot topic of debate within the world of educators. Now, a popular athlete has inadvertently become a champion of those who believe in the power of handwritten letters. Joey Votto is one of…

Media AdvisoryMonday, March 18, 2024 NIH-funded study suggests fenoprofen as a potential therapeutic for disease…

Substantial overnight burning in North America, 2017–2020. OBE = overnight burning event. Credit: Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07028-5…

Phoenix, AZ, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New findings in a survey of Arizona voters, commissioned by the Cicero Institute, show Arizona voters are deeply concerned about the rise in homelessness and want more urgent action from…

The studied Tanzanian mountain ranges. (A) Meru. (B) North Pare with Kindoroko in the background. (C) Kilimanajaro. (D) Vumari in South Pare. (E) South Pare with…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A healthier diet is associated with a reduced dementia risk and a slower pace of aging, according to a…

Relatively modest new investment could result in significant health and economic benefits, with up to $39 worth of benefits for each dollar invested, the UN agency said, announcing the findings of a study conducted in Brazil, Georgia,…

Stimulus-evoked negative fMRI signals in striatum. Credit: Yen-Yu Ian Shih, Ph.D. The brain is an incredibly complex and active organ that…

The protist Paramecium bursaria is one of many moss-dwelling microbes common in peatlands. Credit: Daniel Wieczynski The humble peat bog…

By Sean Mowbray, Mongabay Scientists say that nitrogen pollution from agriculture and human waste could dramatically worsen clean water scarcity by 2050, according to a groundbreaking study recently published in the…

On Sunday August 7 1994, an explosion at the Moura No 2 underground coal mine in Queensland led to the deaths of 11 miners. This tragedy was the catalyst for a major shakeup in the approach to safety in all kinds of mines around…

The progress of science in the last 400 years is mind-blowing. Who would have thought we’d be able to trace the history of our universe to its origins 14 billion years ago? Science has increased the length and the quality of our…

First-of-its-kind study, based on a mouse model, finds living in a polluted environment could be comparable to eating a high-fat diet, leading to a pre-diabetic state Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental risk…

Seismic waves from a 2010 earthquake more than 600 km under Spain has led researchers to discover the first conclusive proof that a tectonic plate had flipped over, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU).…

The data turned up another surprise: The microbiomes in different places in the body were highly correlated. Even though different types of bacteria are present, when the microbiome of one body area changes, the others also shift.…

Made from fermented apples and naturally high in acetic acid, apple cider vinegar has been popular in recent years for its purported health benefits – from antibacterial properties to antioxidant effects and potential for helping…

One afternoon last year, we sat in a village hall in Fiji chatting to residents about traditional ways of forecasting tropical cyclones. One man mentioned a black-winged storm bird known as “manumanunicagi” that glides above the…

A team of international researchers — including experts from the University of Central Florida and Emory University — has proven, for the first time in a field study, that using folic acid-fortified iodized table salt can prevent…