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New study finds high rates of formula use with low-income infants, recommends changes
(George Mason University) New research by George Mason University's College of Health and Human Services found high rates of non-exclusive breastfeeding and early infant formula introduction. Their sample included low-income, predominately Hispa...
Bats evolved diverse skull shapes due to echolocation, diet
(University of Washington) Scientists at the University of Washington have discovered that two major forces have shaped bat skulls over their evolutionary history: echolocation and diet. Their findings, published May 2, 2019 in Nature Communications,...
Software Sniffs Out Rat Squeaks
Algorithms learned to sift ultrasonic rat squeaks from other noise, which could help researchers who study rodents’ emotional states. Lucy Huang reports. -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Medical costs create hardships for more than half of Americans
(American Cancer Society) A new study by American Cancer Society researchers finds more than half of people in the US report problems with affordability, stress, or delaying care because of medical costs
New digital filter approach aims to improve chemical measurements
(Purdue University) A Purdue University professor and expert in measurement science has led a team to design a new filter aimed at helping drug developers and researchers create more exact measurements early in the drug development stage, which can u...
Robots Have an Increasingly Important Role in Construction
With 400,000 people around the world entering the middle class daily, old methods of creating housing won’t cut it-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
DOD awards pair of Mizzou researchers separate grants totaling nearly $14 million
(University of Missouri-Columbia) The US Department of Defense has awarded two highly competitive Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative awards for 2019 to research teams led by a pair of University of Missouri researchers from the Departme...
$150,000 grant will help finance research on spinal muscular atrophy
(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso) Cure SMA recently awarded a $150,000 research grant to Laxman Gangwani, Ph.D., associate professor of Molecular and Translational Medicine, Center Cure SMA recently awarded a $150,000 research gr...
Columbia researchers examine how our brain generates consciousness -- and loses it
(Data Science Institute at Columbia) In a first of its kind study, researchers from Columbia's Rafael Yuste's Laboratory used cellular resolution in vivo two-photon calcium imaging in mice to investigate changes in the local repertoire of n...
Watch Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin venture launch suborbital science extravaganza
Blue Origin’s New Shepard booster lands itself at the end of a test flight in July 2018. (Blue Origin Photo)
Blue Origin, the private space venture founded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, says it’s sending up its on its next test flight as early as Thursda...