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Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the '90s, showing island's dynamism
(University of Wisconsin-Madison) In a new study, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers collaborating with the National Park Service, traced the recolonization by martens of Isle Royale in Lake Superior to martens likely arriving in the 1990s,...
VP Mike Pence revs up NASA schedule for putting astronauts on station in lunar orbit
Vice President Mike Pence is flanked by portraits of NASA’s Orion space capsule and a space station in lunar orbit as he speaks at Johnson Space Center in Texas. (NASA via YouTube)
During a pep talk to NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Texas, Vice Presi...
NIH Investigating Researchers Who May Have Failed to Disclose Foreign Government Contributions
Multiple institutions may have such conflicts-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Will Trump Listen to His Science Advisor?
Even with bipartisan support, it is unclear how much the president’s pick can influence administration policy-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Friends who are former smokers is key to helping people with serious mental illness quit
(The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice) An estimated 53 percent of adults with serious mental illness (SMI) smoke, whereas, only 18 percent of adults in the general population smoke. While studies have shown that most smokers...
Microbes hitch a ride inland on coastal fog
(Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies) Fog can act as a vector for microbes, transferring them long distances and introducing them into new environments. So reports an analysis of the microbiology of coastal fog, recently published in the journal Scie...
Researchers develop novel process to 3D print one of the strongest materials on Earth
(Virginia Tech) Previously, researchers could only print this material, known as graphene, in 2D sheets or basic structures. But Virginia Tech engineers have now collaborated on a project that allows them to 3D print graphene objects at a resolution...
The Battle for the Soul of Biodiversity
An ideological clash may undermine a crucial assessment of the world’s disappearing plant and animal life-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Tracking Sargassum's ocean path could help predict coastal inundation events
(University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science) In recent years, large amounts of Sargassum have been washing up on beaches from the Caribbean to west Africa. This floating seaweed drifts on the oceans currents. New research explores how th...
Scientists close in on mystery surrounding dangerous blood syndromes
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Scientists may be on the road to solving the mystery of a group of mostly incurable blood diseases called myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), which cause people to have immature, malfunctioning bone m...