Day April 1, 2020

Why was there always a shortage of fashionable clothing in the USSR? What was the typical career path for a Soviet fashion designer? Who had power and influence in the socialist fashion industry? HSE Associate Professor Yulia Papushina examined these…

BUFFALO, N.Y. — In recent years, scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans and Neanderthals share a tangled past. In the course of human history, these two species of hominins interbred not just once, but at multiple times, the thinking…

IMAGE: A robin wearing a GPS tracker on its back. view more  Credit: Brian Weeks Every spring, American robins migrate north from all over the U.S. and Mexico, flying up to 250 miles a day to reach their breeding grounds in…

Recycling trees onsite can sequester carbon, save water and increase crop yields, making it a climate-smart practice for California’s irrigated almond orchards, finds a study from the University of California, Davis. Whole orchard recycling is when old orchard trees are…

In an effort to provide safer working environments for nuclear medicine professionals and their patients, clinics across five continents have shared their approaches to containing the spread of COVID-19 in a series of editorials, published ahead of print in The…

IMAGE: Historically, forest conservation targeted high elevation settings–like this summit of Vermont’s Camel’s Hump mountain. A new study from the University of Vermont found that the state has adequately conserved higher… view more  Credit: Joshua Brown/UVM For the first time in…

Bethesda, Maryland (April 1, 2020) — Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 recommendations in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the AGA: AGA Institute Rapid Recommendations for Gastrointestinal Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic. This rapid recommendation document was…

In the fight against neurodegenerative diseases such as frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer’s and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, the tau protein is a major culprit. Found abundantly in our brain cells, tau is normally a team player — it maintains structure and stability…

IMAGE: A graphic depicting the spread of Yamnaya ancestry over time over a period of around 8,000 years view more  Credit: Fernando Racimo Neolithic populations have long been credited with bringing about a revolution in farming practices across Europe. However, a…

A significant, sustained, global investment in treating children with cancer could save 11 million lives and yield a triple return on investment, according to a Lancet Oncology Commission report published by Lancet. Global childhood cancer rates are on the rise…