Despite being at an increased risk for cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, the first comprehensive American survey found that HPV vaccination rates for childhood cancer survivors lag well behind the national average and that health care providers often fail to recommend the vaccine.
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View photos Niv, a four-year-old Indonesian black macaque, holds a young chicken at the Ramat Gan Safari Park near Tel Aviv on August 25, 2017 (AFP Photo/JACK GUEZ) More Ramat Gan (Israel) (AFP) – A lonely monkey at an Israeli zoo has found a way to soothe her maternal urges: […]
Don’t come too close! (AFP Photo/PAUL J. RICHARDS) More Oslo (AFP) – Usually the humans are scared of the wild animals. But in the Norwegian far-north, an Arctic tourist guide has been fined 1,300 euros ($1,500) for scaring off a polar bear. When a group of tourists on a snowmobile […]
Animals that live on islands are among the most at risk from extinction. A remarkable eighty percent of extinctions occurring since 1500AD have been on islands, with inhabitants facing dangers from climate change, sea level rise, invasive species, and human interactions.
Scientists have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters smaller than a nanometer (0.8 nm) exceeds that of wider carbon nanotubes by an order of magnitude.
The “jumping genes” of maize have finally been mapped. The discovery could ultimately benefit the breeding and production of maize, one of the world’s most important crops.
With a new breakthrough, the high-performance polymer now could theoretically be used in any shape, size, or structure, and not just within the aerospace industry, say researchers. The same material can be found in scores of electronic devices, including cell phones and televisions.
Telescopes with sensitive, high-speed, visible-light and infrared cameras flew aboard NASA WB-57F research aircraft to gather data during the total solar eclipse.