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New bird to science emphasizes the critical need to conserve the remaining dry forests of Madagascar
In a recent issue of the scientific journal Zootaxa, researchers from Madagascar and the United States described a new species of forest-dwelling rail. The new bird was named Mentocrex beankaensis, with the genus Mentocrex being endemic to Madagasca…
Peptide delivers 1-2 punch to breast cancer in pre-clinical study
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center (WFUBMC) have discovered what may become a new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. For the first time, a peptide found in blood and tissue has been shown to i…
Researchers engineer miniature human livers in the lab
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Saturday, Oct. 30, 2010 — Researchers at the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have reached an early, but important, milestone in the quest to grow replacement livers in …
Old logging practices linked to high erosion rates
Clear-cut logging and related road-building in the 1950s and 1960s in southern Oregon’s Siskiyou Mountains disrupted soil stability and led to unprecedented soil erosion made worse during heavy rainstorms, report University of Oregon researcher…
Louisiana Tech forestry professor helps to shape future of global industry research
RUSTON, La — Dr. Bogdan Strimbu, assistant professor of biometrics and quantitative silviculture at Louisiana Tech University’s School of Forestry, recently organized and conducted a technical session at the International Union of Forest Research …
Fuel treatments reduce wildfire severity, tree mortality in Washington forests
A study conducted by U.S. Forest Service and University of Washington (UW) scientists has found that fuel treatments — even of only a few acres — can reduce fire severity and protect older trees desirable for their timber, wildlife, and carbon-sto…
CCNY biologists study rainforest host-plant associations
The widening of the Panama Canal currently underway has created a rare opportunity to study the insects that inhabit the plants of environmentally sensitive Central American rain forest habitats. Dr. Amy Berkov, Professor of Biology at The City Col…