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Population science is a field of epidemiology focuses on why some populations are healthier than others. Population scientists use the information learned when comparing the health of populations to research ways to improve health.
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JUL 12, 2019Cancer
Photobiomodulation therapy, a form of low-dose light therapy, has now been found to be one of the best ways to treat the ...Written By: Julia TraversJUL 12, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 11, 2019Health & Medicine
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added anxiety disorders and Tourette's syndrome to a rather short list of heal ...JUL 11, 2019Earth & The Environment
Frankincense has been cherished for thousands of years, utilized in cultural and religious ceremonies as well as cooking ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series suggests that coral reefs, like other ecos ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 10, 2019Microbiology
An international team of researchers has given the term travel bug new meaning.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
The brown macroalgae Sargassum is not uncommon in the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, the Sargasso Sea on the western side of t ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUL 09, 2019Cancer
Russian scientists are developing an ointment to undermine the growth of skin cancer, according to a review recently pub ...Written By: Julia TraversJUL 07, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 07, 2019Plants & Animals
Bats are an essential part of any ecosystem because they help keep irritating pests, such as mosquitoes, at bay. Unfortu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2019Immunology
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute found that the RNF5 enzyme, produced by a gene in g ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUL 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, conducted a study using a mouse model that found that o ...JUL 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
How exactly instincts are formed is a topic of hot debate. Between an interplay of genetic and environmental factors, th ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 01, 2019Health & Medicine
Two hundred forty-three years ago, the United States first declared independence from Great Britain. Since then, the Uni ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorJUN 30, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) prevents most of the world from conducting any sort of whaling activities, wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2019Plants & Animals
Many of America’s major cities, such as Boston and New York City, are chock-full of wild pigeons. Some people enjo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 24, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Genetic explanations for our instincts are incomplete. Although they explain to some degree how we learn and suggest how ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 20, 2019Health & Medicine
Dorrie Black works at Animal Internal Medicine and Specialty Services, a 24-hour veterinary clinic near Golden Gate Park ...JUN 16, 2019Health & Medicine
Do you remember the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes back in the 1980s and 90s? These ads su ...Written By: Dr. Nina LichtenbergJUN 16, 2019Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by killifish because they tend to pop up in unexplained places with seemingly no ap ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 15, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
In RA, cells of the immune system mistakenly attack the joints, and cause the painful inflammation that is a hallmark of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 13, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Large populations are necessary to maintain important rare changes in the genome.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Maize, commonly known as corn, was first domesticated from a grass species called teosinte, almost 9,000 years ag ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaJUN 02, 2019Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Nature highlights the crucial role that Asia’s high-elevation glaciers p ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 12, 2019
Cancer
Photobiomodulation therapy, a form of low-dose light therapy, has now been found to be one of the best ways to treat the
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 12, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Plants use their roots to collect essential nutrients. We may one day be able to use those roots to store carbon undergr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 11, 2019
Health & Medicine
The Pennsylvania Department of Health added anxiety disorders and Tourette's syndrome to a rather short list of heal
...
JUL 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Frankincense has been cherished for thousands of years, utilized in cultural and religious ceremonies as well as cooking
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
New research published recently in the journal Marine Ecology Progress Series suggests that coral reefs, like other ecos
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2019
Microbiology
An international team of researchers has given the term travel bug new meaning.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The brown macroalgae Sargassum is not uncommon in the Atlantic Ocean. In fact, the Sargasso Sea on the western side of t
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 09, 2019
Cancer
Russian scientists are developing an ointment to undermine the growth of skin cancer, according to a review recently pub
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 07, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research published in the journal Nature Climate Change confirms what scientists and residents of the world have been ob
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 07, 2019
Plants & Animals
Bats are an essential part of any ecosystem because they help keep irritating pests, such as mosquitoes, at bay. Unfortu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2019
Immunology
Scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute found that the RNF5 enzyme, produced by a gene in g
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUL 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside, conducted a study using a mouse model that found that o
...
JUL 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
How exactly instincts are formed is a topic of hot debate. Between an interplay of genetic and environmental factors, th
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 01, 2019
Health & Medicine
Two hundred forty-three years ago, the United States first declared independence from Great Britain. Since then, the Uni
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
JUN 30, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) prevents most of the world from conducting any sort of whaling activities, wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
Many of America’s major cities, such as Boston and New York City, are chock-full of wild pigeons. Some people enjo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 24, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Genetic explanations for our instincts are incomplete. Although they explain to some degree how we learn and suggest how
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 20, 2019
Health & Medicine
Dorrie Black works at Animal Internal Medicine and Specialty Services, a 24-hour veterinary clinic near Golden Gate Park
...
JUN 16, 2019
Health & Medicine
Do you remember the infamous "Joe Camel" advertisements for cigarettes back in the 1980s and 90s? These ads su
...
Written By:
Dr. Nina Lichtenberg
JUN 16, 2019
Plants & Animals
Scientists have long been captivated by killifish because they tend to pop up in unexplained places with seemingly no ap
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 15, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
In RA, cells of the immune system mistakenly attack the joints, and cause the painful inflammation that is a hallmark of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Large populations are necessary to maintain important rare changes in the genome.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Maize, commonly known as corn, was first domesticated from a grass species called teosinte, almost 9,000 years ag
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
JUN 02, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A study published recently in the journal Nature highlights the crucial role that Asia’s high-elevation glaciers p
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan