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New study sheds light on how extreme temperature hampers spermatogenesis in insects

The scientific community has long held an understanding about the effect of temperature on sperm production in mammals, but this new study sheds light on how spermatogenesis in insects is hampered at extreme temperatures.

15 Apr 2019

Europe under major threat from vector-borne diseases

Researchers presenting at ECCMID have warned that vector-borne diseases are on the rise and threatening to spread into many parts of Europe.

From ESCMID 15 Apr 2019

Geographical range of vector-borne diseases expands rapidly, shows research

New research presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Amsterdam, Netherlands shows that the geographical range of vector-borne diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, leishmaniasis, and tick-borne encephalitis is expanding rapidly.

15 Apr 2019

New research identifies novel link between antibiotic resistance and climate change

New research presented at this week's 29th European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases in Amsterdam, Netherlands, identifies a novel association between antibiotic resistance and climate change.

15 Apr 2019

Heavy rains, end of drought could help keep West Nile virus subdued — for now

The end of California's drought, announced last month amid one of the rainiest winters in memory, could offer a surprising benefit: reduced transmission of the mosquito-borne West Nile virus.

12 Apr 2019

Government subsidies could be key to reducing healthcare-associated infections

Healthcare-associated infections -- illnesses that people contract while being treated in a hospital or other healthcare facility -- sicken millions of people each year and cost billions of dollars in additional treatment.

4 Apr 2019

Environmental damage caused by corn production increases premature death rate in the U.S.

A new study establishes that environmental damage caused by corn production results in 4,300 premature deaths annually in the United States, representing a monetized cost of $39 billion.

2 Apr 2019

New approach to delivering school-based vaccines improves student's experience

Researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have teamed up with educators, public health practitioners and grade seven students in Ontario to develop and implement a new approach to delivering school-based vaccines that improves student experience.

29 Mar 2019

Global warming will raise risk of Mosquito borne diseases globally

Because of global warming, it is estimated that there will be a major surge in mosquito-transmitted diseases which would kill half a billion more people over the next three decades.

29 Mar 2019

Study: Seasonal allergies increase when the timing of spring 'greenup' changes

Human-induced climate change is disrupting nature's calendar, including when plants bloom and the spring season starts, and new research from the University of School of Public Health suggests we're increasingly paying the price for it in the form of seasonal allergies.

29 Mar 2019

Tropical storms likely to become more deadly under climate change, research shows

Tropical storms are likely to become more deadly under climate change, leaving people in developing countries, where there may be a lack of resources or poor infrastructure, at increased risk, new research from Oregon State University shows.

21 Mar 2019

Guelph biologists track annual migration of up to 20,000 km made by blackpoll warbler

For the first time, University of Guelph biologists have tracked an annual migration of up to 20,000 kilometers made by the 12-gram blackpoll warbler, one of the fastest declining songbirds in North America.

20 Mar 2019

Heat-induced heart attack risk on the rise, study shows

Heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is the number one cause of death worldwide. A study published in the European Heart Journal by scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and colleagues from a range of other Bavarian institutions shows that the risk of suffering a heat-induced heart attack has increased significantly in recent years.

14 Mar 2019

Air pollution is a bigger killer than previously estimated

A new study has shown that air pollution may be responsible for killing more people than previously thought.

13 Mar 2019

Research opens up opportunities to unravel the complexity of microbial communities

"Microbial communities run the world," says Jo Handelsman, director of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

11 Mar 2019

Predicting global spread of mosquitoes

Outbreaks of mosquito-borne illnesses like yellow fever, dengue, Zika and chikungunya are rising around the world. Climate change has created conditions favorable to mosquitoes' spread, but so have human travel and migration and accelerating urbanization, creating new mini-habitats for mosquitoes.

5 Mar 2019

New insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant

A rare plant found only at two sites in central Wyoming has persisted, in part, because it can recover from relatively low densities and grows at different rates within each location, according to new research led by a University of Wyoming scientist.

5 Mar 2019

Climate Change News and Research

New study sheds light on how extreme temperature hampers spermatogenesis in insects

Europe under major threat from vector-borne diseases

Geographical range of vector-borne diseases expands rapidly, shows research

New research identifies novel link between antibiotic resistance and climate change

Heavy rains, end of drought could help keep West Nile virus subdued — for now

Government subsidies could be key to reducing healthcare-associated infections

Environmental damage caused by corn production increases premature death rate in the U.S.

New approach to delivering school-based vaccines improves student's experience

Global warming will raise risk of Mosquito borne diseases globally

Study: Seasonal allergies increase when the timing of spring 'greenup' changes

Tropical storms likely to become more deadly under climate change, research shows

Guelph biologists track annual migration of up to 20,000 km made by blackpoll warbler

Heat-induced heart attack risk on the rise, study shows

Air pollution is a bigger killer than previously estimated

Research opens up opportunities to unravel the complexity of microbial communities

Predicting global spread of mosquitoes

New insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant

Researchers study the adaptive processes of fruit flies in a controlled laboratory setting

Ecological restoration projects involving indigenous peoples prove more successful

Studies explore physiological dangers that climate change will have on animal life

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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