Artificial intelligence used to recognize primate faces in the wild

Scientists have developed new artificial intelligence software to recognize and track the faces of individual chimpanzees in the wild. The new software will allow researchers and wildlife conservationists to significantly cut back on time and resources spent analyzing video footage, according to the new article. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Emotion-reading algorithms cannot predict intentions via facial expressions

Though algorithms are increasingly being deployed in all facets of life, a new study has found that they fail basic tests as truth detectors. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

From the tropics to the boreal, temperature drives ecosystem functioning

Researchers found a tight link between temperature and plant and microbe communities within forests, which will allow them to predict how ecosystems might respond to climate changes. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Sex and height might influence neck posture when viewing electronic handheld devices

Sex and height appear to influence how people flex their neck when viewing handheld devices, according to a new study. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

New research offers solution to reduce organ shortage crisis

Eighteen people die every day waiting for transplants, and a new patient is added to the organ transplant list every 10 minutes. Much of the problem surrounds the lack of registered donors. New research provides incentives that could lead to a solution and ultimately save lives. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution…

What Will Turn Hurricane Dorian? How Wide Is the Eye? Your Questions Answered.

Understanding and forecasting a giant storm requires knowledge, experience and data — a lot of it, though scientists could always use more. Press Release Distribution Service

Behold Mortichnia, the Death Trail of an Ancient Worm

A 500-million-year-old fossil offered a rare treasure: The imprint of an animal that literally died in its tracks. Press Release Distribution Service

How Has Climate Change Affected Hurricane Dorian?

Climate change is making hurricanes more destructive in several ways. Press Release Distribution Service

Johns Hopkins Opens New Center for Psychedelic Research

The research center, with $17 million from donors, aims to give “psychedelic medicine” a long-sought foothold in the scientific establishment. Press Release Distribution Service

Sahara-Level Sand Dunes, Mediterranean-Blue Water: Welcome to Michigan

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is one of the Midwest’s most delightful surprises. Press Release Distribution Service

Get Vaccinated or Leave School: 26,000 N.Y. Children Face a Choice

Religious exemptions for vaccinations are no longer available. With the start of the school year, some parents face a reckoning. Press Release Distribution Service

As Patients Struggle With Bills, Hospital Sues Thousands

Most hospitals do not frequently take patients to court over medical debt. But since 2015, Carlsbad Medical Center, in New Mexico, has filed lawsuits by the thousands. Press Release Distribution Service

Deciphering dark matter: the remarkable life of Fritz Zwicky

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02603-7 Jaco de Swart enjoys a biography of the scientist who pioneered findings on dark matter and supernovae. Press Release Distribution Service

‘The most terrifying moments’: India counts down to risky Moon landing

Nature, Published online: 03 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02587-4 If touchdown is successful, Chandrayaan-2 will be the first lunar mission to explore the south pole. Press Release Distribution Service

Cannabis may hold promise to treat PTSD but evidence lags behind use

As growing numbers of people are using cannabis to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new study reports that prescriptions are not backed up by adequate evidence. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

New light shed on demise of two extinct New Zealand songbirds

They may not have been seen for the past 50 and 110 years, but an international study into their extinction has provided answers to how the world lost New Zealand’s South Island kokako and huia. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Finding an effective way to reduce pressure ulcers

Expensive high-tech air mattresses are only marginally better at preventing pressure sores and ulcers than a specialist foam mattress, according to the results of a major study. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Deer browsing is not stopping the densification of Eastern US forests

Selective browsing by white-tailed deer has been blamed by many for changing the character and composition of forest understories in the eastern US; however, its impact on the forest canopy was previously unknown. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

FAK protein linked to chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer

A new study links changes in the gene for the protein focal adhesion kinase, or FAK, to ovarian cancer’s ability to survive chemotherapy. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Scientists link ‘hunger hormone’ to memory in Alzheimer’s study

Scientists have found evidence suggesting that resistance to the ‘hunger hormone’ ghrelin in the brain is linked to the cognitive impairments and memory loss associated with Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The findings, based on observations of postmortem brain-tissue samples from Alzheimer’s patients and on experiments with a mouse model of AD, also suggest a possible treatment…

Snowfall frequency declining across Northwest

With warming temperatures, average snowfall frequency is estimated to decline across the Pacific Northwest by 2100 — and at a faster rate if greenhouse emissions are not reduced, according to a new study. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Obesity pandemic shifting cancer to younger people

A new study looking at incidence of disease data nationwide from 2000 to 2016 found a shift in obesity-associated cancers (OACs) to younger individuals. Typically, these cancers are diagnosed at higher rates among people older than 65. The most notable findings pertain to increases in these OACs among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women and men…

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