Smoking the equivalent of a single ‘spliff’ of cannabis makes people less willing to work…
Month: September 2016
New virus gets official name, influenza D
A new influenza virus that affects cattle has an official name. influenza D. The executive…
Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds
Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual…
Career advice for young allergy patients
Approximately one-third of apprentices in Germany are at elevated risk of occupational asthma, allergies, and…
It’s a boy: Controlling pest populations with modified males
Populations of New World screwworm flies — devastating parasitic livestock pests in Western Hemisphere tropical…
Induced labor after water breakage poses no harm to mothers or babies, research finds
Natural, spontaneous deliveries and induced deliveries following the rupture of the amniotic sac in the…
Strain differences in Zika infection gene patterns
Scientists have revealed molecular differences between how the African and Asian strains of Zika virus…
Tight DNA packaging protects against ‘jumping genes,’ potential cellular destruction
Scientists discovered that the major developmental function of heterochromatin — a form of tight DNA…
Safety net programs don’t support high rates of trauma in participants
A recent study found that a high number of participants in a federal cash assistance…
Species conservation profile of a critically endangered endemic for the Azores spider
Subject to continuing population decline due to various factors, an endemic cave-dwelling spider from the…