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Study offers insights into potentially problematic interactions between viruses and live vaccines

A study of a herpes virus that infects chickens offers new insights into potentially problematic interactions between vaccines made from live viruses and the viruses they are meant to thwart.

6 Jul 2022

FOODPathS project kicks off with seventeen key network organizations to coordinate EU policy priorities on food

To coordinate EU policy priorities on food, the EU-funded project FOODPathS kicked off with seventeen key network organizations last Friday.

4 Jul 2022

Rice lab’s microbial community profiling software effectively identifies bacterial species

Part of a gene is better than none when identifying a species of microbe. But for Rice University computer scientists, part was not nearly enough in their pursuit of a program to identify all the species in a microbiome.

30 Jun 2022

New study explores how intimate partner violence influences custody decisions

Intimate partner violence (IPV) can have significant implications for the wellbeing of mothers and children during separation and divorce.

24 Jun 2022

Social media served as a form of social support during the COVID-19 pandemic

As people around the world are learning to live with a new phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources, in collaboration with Spanish institutions, have learned valuable lessons about the role social media played during pandemic lockdowns.

24 Jun 2022

"Founder events" that reduced genetic diversity found to be common throughout human history

Human populations have waxed and waned over the millennia, with some cultures exploding and migrating to new areas or new continents, others dropping to such low numbers that their genetic diversity plummeted.

23 Jun 2022

Using omics technology to characterize and quantify biomolecules for better nutrition

Maya Rajasekharan, Senior Advisor, Strategic Program Development at the Alliance of Bioversity International and the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), says that food is the single greatest determinant of human health and disease over the course of one's life, and yet a comprehensive understanding of the composition of what we eat remains unknown.

22 Jun 2022

URI’s Metcalf Institute secures $1.7 million grant to create the SciComm Identities Project

The University of Rhode Island's Metcalf Institute was recently awarded a $1.7 million grant from the National Science Foundation to create the SciComm Identities Project (SCIP), a fellowship designed to train and support science communicators from marginalized communities in environmental science.

21 Jun 2022

Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.

21 Jun 2022

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of life expectancy to air pollution

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of their lives on average unless air quality improves to WHO-prescribed levels, according to a new assessment.

16 Jun 2022

Affordable Advanced Rapid Diagnostics from Global Access Diagnostics (GADx)

Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable medical products for global health, today formally introduced its first portfolio company, Global Access Diagnostics (GADx).

From Global Access Diagnostics 15 Jun 2022

Study sheds light on inhibition of awn elongation in sorghum

Over the years, the domestication of grasses like wheat, rice, barley, and sorghum for consumption has resulted in certain modifications to their morphology. One such modification is the partial or complete elimination of the 'awns', which are the bristle- or needle-like appendages extending from the tip of the lemma in grass spikelets.

15 Jun 2022

Study reveals how acculturation affects the dietary patterns of non-U.S.-born adolescents

A new study has revealed how acculturation - the process of assimilating to a different culture - can affect the dietary patterns of adolescents who move to the U.S.

14 Jun 2022

Most U.S. adults lack an accurate understanding of the healthfulness of their diet

How healthy is your diet? It seems like a simple question, but according to a new study, it's one that most Americans struggle to get right.

14 Jun 2022

Study explores how emotional aspects of parenting can help adolescents cope with peer stressors

Transition to middle school can be a stressful time for adolescents. They must adjust to a new peer group and social environment while going through the developmental changes of puberty.

10 Jun 2022

Chicken vaccination leads to better growth of Kenyan children in agriculture-dependent families

Vaccinating household chicken flocks can increase availability and consumption of eggs and meat, leading to better growth of young children in agriculture-dependent families in rural Kenya.

8 Jun 2022

Traditional methods of testing may not be enough to detect low levels of high-risk salmonella

Poultry is responsible for more than one out of every five cases of salmonella infection in the U.S. But traditional methods of testing the chicken you grab off the grocery shelf may not be enough to detect all strains of the bacteria, according to new research from the University of Georgia.

7 Jun 2022

Added-sugar warning labels on restaurant menus may help consumers to reach for healthier items

Do you really want to order a soda with your burger? Just one soda can have more added sugar than the entire daily limit recommended for most adults.

6 Jun 2022

Long-term exposure to air pollution associated with greater risk of severe COVID-19

Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked to a greater risk of severe COVID-19, new research being presented at Euroanaesthesia, the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) in Milan, Italy (4-6 June), finds.