Vertical farms with their soil-free, computer-controlled environments may sound like sci-fi, but there is a growing environmental and economic case for them, according to new research laying out radical ways of putting food on our plates.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Could Be Learning Opportunity for Middle-Grade Students
Educators could use the COVID-19 outbreak to help middle-schoolers better understand the world, according to new research from faculty at Binghamton University.
COVID-19: Considering Meditation and Yoga as Adjunctive Treatment
The anti-inflammatory and other beneficial effects of meditation and yoga practices make them potential adjunctive treatments of COVID-19, according to the peer-reviewed journal JACM, The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.
Lung Screening Bus Brings High-Tech Health Care Directly to Patients
A mobile platform for lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) can be developed with limited financial risk and take powerful screening tests directly to patients, including underserved rural areas where rates of new lung cancer cases tend to be higher, according to study published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
New, Remote Weight-Loss Method Helped Slash Pounds
Losing weight during the COVID-19 pandemic has increasing urgency because obesity increases the risk of severe disease and death.
Burrowing Crabs Reshaping Salt Marshes, With Climate Change to Blame
A new study reveals how climate change has enabled a voracious crab species to dramatically alter salt marsh ecosystems across the southeastern U.S.


