Floods affect more people worldwide than any other natural hazard, causing enormous damage that is expected to increase in a warming world. However, people and decision-makers in vulnerable regions are often unwilling to ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2024
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Headlines have been circulating about a "mystery" canine respiratory illness. How novel is this, and what should dog owners know? Penn Today spoke with Deborah Silverstein, professor of emergency and critical care at the ...
Veterinary medicine
Dec 7, 2023
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More schools in the U.S. are asking teachers to use scripted curriculum, an instructional method that outlines exactly what educators should say and what actions they need to take at each step in their lesson.
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2023
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Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered that mitochondria regulate essential cellular signaling for the development of epithelial cells in the lungs, cells which are crucial for the exchange of oxygen and carbon ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 10, 2023
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For species classified as "extinct in the wild", the zoos and botanical gardens where their fates hang by a thread are as often anterooms to oblivion as gateways to recovery, new research has shown.
Ecology
Feb 26, 2023
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Managers who want to keep employees from quitting should consider reordering their tasks, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences co-authored by Wharton management professor Maurice ...
Social Sciences
Feb 10, 2023
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When faced with terminal illness in their pets, some owners would do anything to prolong their lives.
Veterinary medicine
May 31, 2022
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the state's Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents of transgender and non-binary children who provide what is called "gender-affirming care," which includes ...
Social Sciences
Mar 28, 2022
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Veterinarians at the University of California, Davis, have found that a cat's DNA alters how it responds to a life-saving medication used to treat hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, or HCM, a heart disease that affects 1 in 7 cats. ...
Veterinary medicine
Jul 6, 2021
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Researchers confirmed the presence in the wild of Candida auris, a multidrug-resistant fungus commonly found infesting hospitals. The findings could provide scientists insights into a pathogen that threatens inpatients, including ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2021
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