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Mapping food deserts

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Maps are great for showing where things are. They’re also good for showing where things aren’t.
Two Michigan State University professors have developed interactive maps that offer a visual perspective of urban food deserts…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Just like cars, developmental genes have more than 1 way to stop

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — There’s more than one way to silence gene activity, according to a Michigan State University researcher.
Downregulating activity is how healthy genes should shift out of their development cycle. The results, published in t…

Categories Blog Entry, Health

Wayne State University researchers publish results settling multiple sclerosis debate

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In an effort to develop therapeutic remedies for multiple sclerosis, scientists debate two possible interventional approaches – but they’re on opposite sides of the spectrum. Researchers at Wayne State University’s School of Medicine, however, have …

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Life & Non-humans

Babies and toddlers can suffer mental illness, seldom get treatment

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WASHINGTON — Infants and toddlers can suffer serious mental health disorders, yet they are unlikely to receive treatment that could prevent lasting developmental problems, according to research published by the American Psychological Association….

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health

Cancer-causing virus exploits key cell-survival proteins

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — A cancer-causing retrovirus exploits key proteins in its host cells to extend the life of those cells, thereby prolonging its own survival and ability to spread, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University…

Categories Blog Entry, Health, Physics & Mathematics

Nanotechnology may lead to new treatment of liver cancer

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Nanotechnology may open a new door on the treatment of liver cancer, according to a team of Penn State College of Medicine researchers. They used molecular-sized bubbles filled with chemotherapy drugs to prevent cell growth and initiate cell death i…

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Sustainability solutions need the power of networks

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The choices an individual makes about environmental issues are affected by family, friends and others in a person’s social network. Michigan State University scientists are studying how to harness the power of social networks …

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Technology

Arizona State University geographer calls for complexity in sustainability science models

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WASHINGTON – Tropical deforestation is intimately linked with urban dynamics and needs to be considered along with the role and effect of national and regional policies on land use decisions, and the dynamics of economic globalization in the next gen…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health

Arizona State University archaeologist models past and future landscapes

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WASHINGTON — Archaeology is a vital tool in understanding the long-term consequences of human impact on the environment. Computational modeling can refine that understanding. But according to Arizona State University archaeologist C. Michael Barto…

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It’s time to take a unified approach toward measuring sustainability

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EAST LANSING, Mich. — Ask any political leader if they are in favor of sustainability, and the pat answer is typically a resounding, “Yes.”
Evaluating its effectiveness, however, is a much trickier endeavor. Thomas Dietz, a sociology and enviro…

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment

Mayo researchers, Rochester educators, students to present at science conference

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — America’s largest general science conference will be the setting next week for seven presentations on how zebrafish changed the classroom in Rochester. Those presenting at the conference in Washington, D.C., include researchers f…

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Children of working moms face more health problems

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Children of working mothers are significantly more likely to experience health problems, including asthma and accidents, than children of mothers who don’t work, according to new research from North Carolina State University.
“I don’t think anyone…

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