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The competitive edge: Dietary competition played a key role in the evolution of early primates
(Grand Valley State University) New research published online today in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B -Biological Sciences confirms the critical role that dietary adaptations played in the survival and diversification of North American euprim...
What is causing more extreme precipitation in the northeast?
(Dartmouth College) From Maine to West Virginia, the Northeast has seen a larger increase in extreme precipitation than anywhere else in the US. Prior research found that these heavy rain and snow events, defined as a day with about two inches of pre...
NJ researchers investigate effects of dietary nitrate on cognitive function in veterans
(Kessler Foundation) Glenn Wylie, D.Phil, and Jorge Serrador, Ph.D., have won an award from the Rutgers Brain Health Institute (BHI). The grant funds a collaborative study between the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology, and Neuroscience at Rutger...
NASA analyzes US east coast persistent rains
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) A stalled weather pattern led to persistent showers and thunderstorms moving up the eastern seaboard during the week of July 22, resulting in significant rainfall amounts and numerous flood warnings. NASA utilized s...
What Personal Genome Testing Can and Can't Do
The limitations of personal genome service testing-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
National Flood Insurance Is Underwater Because of Outdated Science
The FEMA program will continue to be financially unviable until it uses the latest research to help fix its broken system-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
NASA finds Tropical Storm Jongdari now comma shaped
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Depression Jongdari re-strengthened into a tropical storm when it was southeast of Kyushu, Japan and NASA's Aqua satellite saw it take on a comma shape.
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
(Oregon Health & Science University) Service workers who rely on tips are at greater risk for depression, sleep problems and stress compared with employees who work in non-tipped positions. Strongest impact is to women who comprise 56 percent of all...
Environmental Groups Ask Supreme Court to Revisit Clean Power Plan Stay
Attorneys argue that delays have let the EPA circumvent its duty to regulate greenhouse gases-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Optical fibers that can 'feel' the materials around them
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL researchers have developed an optical fiber capable of detecting what sort of material or liquid they have come into contact with. Their research has been published in Nature Communications.