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Elevation shapes species survival in changing habitats

Luke Frishkoff, University of Texas at Arlington assistant professor of biology, explores how human land use expedites biodiversity loss in a paper recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

Journal: Nature Ecology and Evolution

Brain region discovered that only processes spoken, not written words

Northwestern University

Patients in a new Northwestern Medicine study were able to comprehend words that were written but not said aloud. They could write the names of things they saw but not verbalize them. For instance, if a patient in the study saw the word 'hippopotamus' written on a piece of paper, they could identify a hippopotamus in flashcards. But when that patient heard someone say 'hippopotamus,' they could not point to the picture of the animal.

Journal: Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Energy stealthily hitches ride in global trade

Michigan State University

Fulfilling the world's growing energy needs summons images of oil pipelines, electric wires and truckloads of coal. But Michigan State University research shows a lot of energy moves nearly incognito, embedded in the products, and leaves its environmental footprint home.

Journal: Applied Energy
Funder: National Science Foundation, China Scholarship Council

First of its kind statistics on pregnant women in US prisons

Johns Hopkins Medicine

In what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind systematic look at pregnancy frequency and outcomes among imprisoned US women, researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine say almost 1,400 pregnant women were admitted to 22 US state and all federal prisons in a recent year. They also found that most of the prison pregnancies -- over 90 percent -- ended in live births with no maternal deaths.

Journal: American Journal of Public Health
Funder: Society of Family Planning Research Fund, National Institutes of Health Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Study in mice examines impact of reused cooking oil on breast cancer progression

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

New study in mice by University of Illinois researchers finds that the compounds in thermally abused cooking oils may trigger genetic, biochemical changes that hasten the progression of late-stage breast cancer, promoting tumor cells' growth and proliferation.

Journal: Cancer Prevention Research
Funder: National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, the Office of Dietary Supplements, the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Kicking neural network automation into high gear

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Algorithm designs optimized machine-learning models up to 200 times faster than traditional methods.

Meeting: International Conference on Learning Representations
Funder: MIT Quest for Intelligence, MIT-IBM Watson AI lab, SenseTime

High-fructose corn syrup promotes colon tumor growth in mice

Weill Cornell Medicine

Consuming the equivalent of one can of soda per day caused mice predisposed to colon cancer to develop larger tumors, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators.

Journal: Science

Gift card incentives connected to healthier outcomes in employee wellness programs

Brigham Young University

Previous research shows that when choosing between different incentive options, employees prefer cash rewards. But cash might not be the most effective incentive. Its replacement? Gift cards.

Journal: Journal of Management Accounting Research

When more women make decisions, the environment wins

University of Colorado at Boulder

When more women are involved in group decisions about land management, the group conserves more - particularly when offered financial incentives to do so, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study published this week in Nature Climate Change.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: National Science Foundation, Center for International Forestry Research

NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Trevor move into Gulf of Carpentaria

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Tropical Cyclone Trevor has crossed Queensland, Australia's Cape York Peninsula and re-emerged into the Gulf of Carpentaria. Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite confirmed the movement back over water.

Funder: NASA

20 March

UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

UCI engineers aim to pioneer tissue-engineering approach to TMJ disorders

University of California - Irvine

UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria

University of Illinois at Chicago

20 March

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UCLA researchers identify potential new combination treatment for pancreatic cancer

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UIC researchers find hidden proteins in bacteria