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Preventing collapse after catastrophe
(University of Chicago Press Journals) As the impacts of climate change escalate, ecosystems will likely undergo events that will disrupt entire populations. In marine ecosystems, anthropogenic warming has subjected organisms to elevated temperatures...
Rehabilitation psychologists: #SayTheWord disability
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A group of female rehabilitation psychologists with disabilities highlight the need for clinicians, educators and disability allies to normalize the word 'disability.'
Researchers verify new method of HIV transmission among injection drug users and effective prevention technique
(Lawson Health Research Institute) New studies from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University have found for the first time that HIV can be transmitted through the sharing of equipment used to prepare drugs before injection and that a s...
Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'
(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) Researchers at Berkeley Lab have 3D-printed an all-liquid "lab on a chip" that, with the click of a button, can be repeatedly reconfigured on demand to serve a wide range of applications - from making batte...
Federal Agencies Disagree on Environmental Impacts of Drilling in Alaska
Aspects of climate change were minimized in an analysis of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Americans' beliefs about wildlife management are changing
(Colorado State University) A new 50-state study on America's Wildlife Values led by researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State University describes individuals' values toward wildlife.
How a Key Energy Technology Can Help Developing Countries
The World Bank has a new program for financing the advanced battery storage systems essential for making wind and solar power work-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Research calls for analysis of corporate ethics in the global sports industry
(University of Kent) A new book co-written by a University of Kent sports scientist recommends corporations and organisations engage more effectively with communities -- rather than taking a 'top down' approach -- to improve relationships a...
Biomimicry of basic instinct
(University of Pittsburgh) Chemical engineers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering have recreated collaboration and competition responses within a microchamber environment of microscopic particles, sheets, and catalysts, effe...
Why Women—and Men—Need Better Birth Control
The IUD is held up as the gold standard of contraception. That says a lot about the slothful pace of innovation-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com