Climate change could affect occurrences of diseases like bird-flu and Ebola, with environmental factors playing a larger role than previously understood in animal-to-human disease transfer.
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Do Additives Help the Soil?
A UBC researcher is using her latest study to question whether soil additives are worth their salt.
‘Exotic’ Genes May Improve Cotton Yield and Quality
Cotton breeders face a “Catch-22.” Yield from cotton crops is inversely related to fiber quality.
Storage Beyond the Cloud
Books can burn. Computers get hacked. DVDs degrade. Technologies to store information—ink on paper, computers, CDs and DVDs, and even DNA—continue to improve.
URI Students Develop Acoustic Device to Detect Whales Near Offshore Wind Farm
A group of six ocean engineering students at the University of Rhode Island has developed an acoustic device that successfully detects the sounds made by whales and other marine mammals in the vicinity of the Block Island Wind Farm.
Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Affected by Disabilities Well in Advance of Diagnosis
Patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis often are affected by functional disability a year or two before the disease is diagnosed, according to new Mayo Clinic research.


