We continue to extract metals from the earth’s crust, with the associated risks to people…
Month: February 2016
Early family system types predict children’s emotional attention
The type of family system during pregnancy and the baby’s first year predicts the way…
Better water management could halve the global food gap
Improved agricultural water management could halve the global food gap by 2050 and buffer some…
New study finds clear differences between organic and non-organic milk and meat
Both organic milk and meat contain around 50 percent more beneficial omega-3 fatty acids than…
To encourage physical activity, potential to lose a financial reward is more effective than gaining one
Financial incentives aimed at increasing physical activity were most effective when the rewards were put…
How humans impacted the Everglades
Excavations show the role early humans played in forming the tree islands that dot the…
Mind-controlled prosthetic arm moves individual ‘fingers’
Physicians and biomedical engineers from Johns Hopkins report what they believe is the first successful…
Heart attack patients with cardiogenic shock fair well 60 days post-discharge
Heart attack patients who experience cardiogenic shock have a higher risk of death or rehospitalization…
Threat of cytomegalovirus far outweighs Zika risk, researcher says
Researcher studies the impact of CMV on healthcare providers.
New way bacterial infections spread in the body: Hitchhiking on our own immune cells
Scientists studying one of the world’s most virulent pathogens and a separate very common bacterium…