Protected areas in Thailand are at a higher risk of forest fires when located away from indigenous communities, research finds
Research from the University of Warwick has found that national parks and protected areas are at a higher risk of ...
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Shuqing Xu receives ERC Consolidator Grant for his research on the evolution in ecological communities in response to climate change
Eating or being eaten, competing for resources – these are certainly the best-known interactions among organisms coexisting in an ecosystem, ...
Researchers awarded $1M to protect coastal communities, aquaculture industry
UMass Lowell scientists developing low-cost, portable biosensors to safeguard the health of marine and freshwater environments have received $1 million ...
Eminent scientists say a child-centric approach is the blueprint to improve communities
Communities can prosper by providing attentive education and social services to their youngest residents — but the challenge is for ...
More than $13M awarded to study childhood obesity interventions in rural and minority communities in Louisiana and Tennessee
BATON ROUGE – Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received $13.8 million for five years of research funding from ...
Severe weather disproportionately impacts Oklahoma’s native communities, study shows
As the climate, demographics and land usage continue to change, tribal communities in Oklahoma are increasingly at risk of severe ...
Canadian First Nations houses in remote and isolated northern communities have strikingly high levels of CO2, mold damage and endotoxins, which could explain the high levels of respiratory illness in these communities
Canadian First Nations houses in remote and isolated northern communities have strikingly high levels of CO2, mold damage and endotoxins, ...
New ‘library of greening’ can help poorest urban communities the most, Surrey expert says
Surrey scientists are celebrating with colleagues around the world, after winning new funding for a ‘library of greening’ – a ...
Researchers seek to help Alaska native communities conserve energy
EL PASO, Texas (Nov. 7, 2023) – A team of researchers hopes to help remote Indigenous communities in Alaska become ...
Black and white adults have similar health care expenditure levels in racially and economically integrated communities
Differences in health care expenditures between Black and white adults vary substantially with the local level of racial and economic ...
$76,000 in grants awarded to entrepreneurs addressing health disparities in local communities
DALLAS, October 27, 2023 — Approximately 50 million people in the United States are at higher risk for heart disease ...
Interdisciplinary research team works to mitigate climate change effects in Texas Gulf Coast communities
Experts in the Texas A&M University Department of Geography are teaming up with civil and chemical engineers and water resource, disaster recovery ...
A relational framework for microbiome research that includes Indigenous communities
Research on the trillions of microorganisms that make up a person’s microbiome can lead to medical breakthroughs to treat diseases ...
Older adults from distressed communities attend less cardiac rehab after heart procedures
Older adults who live in disadvantaged communities are less likely to attend cardiac rehabilitation after common heart procedures, a Michigan ...
New research program seeks to predict, detect and characterize nutrient exchanges between maize and synthetic bacterial communities
ST. LOUIS, MO October 23, 2023 – Sustainable agricultural practices are necessary to mitigate climate change and produce more food, ...
Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study led by researchers in the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside, has ...
WVU partnering with industry to improve health, environmental outcomes for disadvantaged communities
A West Virginia University team of industrial engineers is looking to turn $800,000 worth of Environmental Protection Agency funding into direct ...
Firearm exposure associated with poorer health in communities around the U.S.
Gun violence is tied to poverty, unemployment, broken families, disengaged youth and racial segregation, according to a study by the New ...
A non-exploitative economy favored the splendor of the Iberian Peninsula’s Copper Age communities
The richness and productive diversity of the Chalcolithic communities of the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, dating back 5,100 ...
Isotope database will help Mexican communities better understand hydrology processes
With a population of 127 million and a land mass about a fifth the size of the United States, Mexico ...
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Study finds plant nurseries are exacerbating the climate-driven spread of 80% of invasive species
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Researchers predict climate change-driven reduction in beneficial plant microbes
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Top 10 climate science insights unveiled
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New study highlights COVID-19’s adaptive strategy for infection
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Baboons in captivity in Ancient Egypt: insights from collection of mummies
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ECNU review of education highlights network ethnography in researching global education policy