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Excessive phosphate fertilizer use can reduce microbial functions critical to crop health
(American Phytopathological Society) A team of scientists at Penn State University set out to determine if nutrient history changed the function of soil microorganisms. The answer seems to be yes, and that soil treated with high amounts of phosphate...
The Private Sector Is Returning to the Flood Insurance Game
New technology and increased investment could help expand paltry flood coverage-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
What's Holding Smart Cities Back?
A tech-empowered urban renaissance is possible—if five challenges can be overcome-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Back to the drawing board for conservationists battling against infectious parrot disease
(University of Kent) A study into the effectiveness of disinfecting birds' nests, carried out by the University of Kent, has led to a breakthrough in the understanding of biosecuity measures for the endangered echo parakeet in Mauritius. The res...
AI-Based App Could Screen for Cervical Cancer
An algorithm that can diagnose the disease from photographs would be especially useful in developing countries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Reattaching to work is just as important as detaching from work, study finds
(Portland State University) Employees who mentally reattach to work in the morning are more engaged at work, according to a new study.
New global standard counts the cost of environmental damage
(Chalmers University of Technology) Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money -- and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard will help companies valuate and manage the impact of their environmental...
Fast-acting agent shows promise in reversing effects of ticagrelor
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) PB2452 provides immediate and sustained reversal of ticagrelor's antiplatelet effects
Hormonal treatment may trigger depression in men with prostate cancer
(European Association of Urology) Men who receive anti-hormonal treatment after having their prostate removed are 80 percent more likely to suffer from depression than men who don't receive this treatment. This leads researchers to suggest that...
Earliest known Mariner's Astrolabe research published today to go in Guinness Book of Records
(University of Warwick) Guinness World Records have independently certified an astrolabe excavated from the wreck site of a Portuguese Armada Ship that was part of Vasco da Gama's second voyage to India in 1502-1503 as the oldest in the world, a...