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Florida Tech Scientist to Study Deep-Space Agriculture After Planetary Society Grant Award
No matter where humans travel, sustenance remains a necessity. Finding a bite to eat during a visit to New York, for example, is no problem. ...
Aston University develops software to untangle genetic factors linked to shared characteristics among different species
• Has potential to help geneticists investigate vital issues such as antibacterial resistance • Will untangle the genetic components shared due to common ancestry from the ones ...
Is breastmilk that easy answer to avert the next formula crisis? UMW's expert explains how it could be in National Geographic
Late last year, America was gripped with a shortage of frightening proportions and potential deadly consequences - baby formula was all but gone from store ...
Aston University AI expertise helps estimate daily transmission rates of infections such as Covid
Model used antibody data collected at blood donation centres Data obtained allowed academics to estimate the proportion of people who were going undiagnosed Current epidemiological ...
'I knew the men murdered in the Amazon—and their alleged killer'
On June 5, 2022, Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira of Brazil and freelance reporter Dom Phillips of Britain went missing while working in a remote part of the ...
UCI expert sources for the Russia/Ukraine Conflict
On Friday, Feb. 25, 2022, UCI’s School of Social Sciences hosted a webinar titled, “Understanding the Russia-Ukraine Crisis.” Several of the experts below offered perspective on ...
Bye-bye Bonnie and Clyde – Brazil is taking bank robbing to a whole new level
The media coverage reads like a scene out of a Michael Bay movie. Bank robbers using drones, strategically planting bombs across the city and taking ...
Frost in Brazil creates a volatile coffee market. But University of Rochester anthropologist says growers in Columbia and Central America may benefit.
A severe frost in Brazil has damaged coffee crops, prompting an increase in global coffee prices. According to Reuters, arabica coffee prices have surged to ...
England’s identity: fans sing football’s coming home, but what is home?
Sport matters to national identity. The pageantry of flags, emblems and anthems (both official and unofficial) load sport with symbolism and imagery of the nation. ...
UConn Researcher Develops Successful Zika Virus Vaccine in Preclinical Studies
UConn researcher Paulo Verardi, associate professor of pathobiology and veterinary science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, has demonstrated the success of ...