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Accessed on 11 May 2019, 1605 UTC.

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MEDICINE & HEALTH

Study sheds new light on urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women

UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER

Good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE

More Medicine & Health

BIOLOGY

Research on repetitive worm behavior may have implications for understanding human disease

ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY

A case of the chimp sniffles or major outbreak? Syndromic surveillance may hold the key

MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION

More Biology

TECH & ENGINEERING

A metal sheet stamping simulation promises improved car part production

KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY

Inspired by a soft body of a leech — a wall-climbing robot

TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY

More Tech & Engineering

SOCIAL & BEHAVIOR

New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY

Can recreational sports really make you a better student?

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY

More Social & Behavior

CHEMISTRY & PHYSICS

Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

Manipulating superconductivity using a ‘mechanic’ and an ‘electrician’

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES

More Chemistry & Physics

ARCHAEOLOGY

Abrupt climate change drove early South American population decline

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON

New Jurassic non-avian theropod dinosaur sheds light on origin of flight in Dinosauria

CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES HEADQUARTERS

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SPACE & PLANETARY

Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

Gravitational forces in protoplanetary disks may push super-Earths close to their stars

PENN STATE

More Space & Planetary

AGRICULTURE

Research spotlights the role of cover crops in slowing herbicide resistance

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Study shows native plants regenerate on their own after invasive shrubs are removed

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

More Agriculture

EARTH SCIENCE

New UM study highlights fundamental challenges of living with wildfire

THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA

Storm water banking could help Texas manage floods and droughts

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

More Earth Science

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE

Two types of mid-latitude wave trains lead to extreme heat in South Korea and southern-central Japan

INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES

With uncanny accuracy, computer model predicts how certain policies impact air pollution

FANNIE AND JOHN HERTZ FOUNDATION

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MATHEMATICS

Heart failure deaths rising in younger adults

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Opportunistic cancer cells ‘slip through the gaps’ to spread through blood vessels

UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

More Mathematics

EDUCATION

Receiving weekend food improves school attendance among children living with hunger

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, NEWS BUREAU

New research shows promise for success of underrepresented scholars in STEM

PENN STATE

More Education

BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

Private health plans pay hospitals 2.4 times what Medicare would pay

RAND CORPORATION

EU sustainable development policy defines entrepreneurship in three distinct ways

AALTO UNIVERSITY

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POLICY & ETHICS

New research shows community forest management reduces both deforestation and poverty

UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Workplace discrimination: If they don’t fit, they always call in sick?

UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ

More Policy & Ethics

BUSINESS, INNOVATION & SOCIETY ANNOUCEMENTS

Naval Research Laboratory builds autopilot software allowing UAVs to soar on thermals

TECHLINK

New global rules curb unrestricted plastic waste exports

IPEN

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GRANTS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Researcher earns grant to seek longer-lasting tooth-colored fillings

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

NIH funds new research with Bogalusa heart study members

PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER

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AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Genetics Society of America awards 2019 GSA Medal to Anne Villeneuve

GENETICS SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Recipients of Gruber Foundation 2019 Cosmology Prize announced

INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION

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BOOKS ANNOUNCEMENTS

Overtourism: the causes and consequences of unbridled travel

DE GRUYTER

New book explores hospice and palliative care interventions

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING

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