On-the-job exposure to high levels of pesticides raised the risk of heart disease and stroke in a generally healthy group of Japanese American men in Hawaii, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the open access journal of the American Heart Association.
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New NOAA-USGS Model Provides Critical Data to Electrical Power Grid Operators
This week NOAA added a new model to its suite of tools designed to help the nation deal with space weather events.
Adjacent Possible
A visit to Eastern Edge Gallery in downtown St. John’s recently may have had people confused about whether or not they were in an art gallery or a computer science lab.
A Year Locked in Ice
The most ambitious research expedition ever to target the central Arctic got underway as the German icebreaker RV Polarstern pulled out of Tromso on September 20.
Researcher Part of Climate Change Report Released at UN Climate Action Summit
Dr. Thierry Chopin, a professor of marine biology at UNB, is one of 19 international researchers and policy analysts who prepared a groundbreaking report for the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York.
Leaving More Deadwood in Forests Enhances Biodiversity
Increasing the amounts of deadwood in protected forests would help conserve biodiversity, according to a new University of Alberta review.
