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Binghamton News
The best public university in the Northeast Binghamton University is a world-class institution that offers students a broad, interdisciplinary education with an international perspective and one of the most vibrant research programs in the nation.
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In Science We Trust: Denver Museum Gets $100K Grant to Connect Scientists to Legislators
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science’s Institute for Science & Policy has earned a $100,000 grant from the National Conference of State Legislatures to explore creating a science policy fellowship program that would give state legislators direct access to doctoral-level scientific experts. The grant is part of the NCSL’s State Science Policy Fellowship Planning Grant…
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Bone bite marks reveal dinosaur predator-prey dynamics
On the perilous Jurassic Period landscape of western North America, it was good to be big. Your life may have depended upon it. Palaeontologists have conducted a study scrutinising bite marks left by meat-eating dinosaurs on the bones of sauropods – the familiar plant-eating dinosaurs with long necks, long tails and four pillar-like legs that…
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Are Psychedelics the Future of Eating Disorder Treatment?
Ketamine and esketamine are the only psychedelics currently being used clinically with eating disorder patients. RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group / The Denver Post via Getty Images Sarah Kelley was 14 years old when she first started to feel an intractable need to control her body and how it looked. She restricted her eating and…
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Race Cannot Be Used To Predict Heart Disease, Scientists Say
Doctors have long relied on a few key patient characteristics to assess risk of a heart attack or stroke, using a calculus that considers blood pressure, cholesterol, smoking and diabetes status, as well as demographics: age, sex and race. Now, the American Heart Association is taking race out of the equation. From a report: The…
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Safeguarding future marine biodiversity and ecosystem services under climate change (FutureMARES)
FutureMARES brings together over 250 scientists from 32 partner institutions working across European and South American seas to provide innovative, science-based advice on how to rebuild marine biodiversity for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The EU-funded FutureMARES project brings together more than 250 scientists from 32 partner institutions working across European and Central/Latin American seas…
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Europe’s Euclid Space Telescope Releases First Images
ESA / EUCLID / Euclid Consortium / NASA / AFP-JijiAn alternative crop of astronomical image of a Horsehead Nebula taken during ESA’s Euclid space mission obtained on Nov. 2 AFP-Jiji 15:51 JST, November 17, 2023 DARMSTADT, Germany (AFP-Jiji) — The first images from Europe’s Euclid space telescope were released on Nov. 7, showing a nebula resembling…
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Scientists Observe Chimpanzees Using Human-Like Warfare Tactic
Roman M. Wittig / Tai Chimpanzee Project / Handout via ReutersA group of chimpanzees listen to other chimpanzees heard at a distance in the West African forests of Cote d’Ivoire in this undated handout photograph. Reuters 15:33 JST, November 17, 2023 On the boundary of dangerous territory, a troop of about 30 individuals engaging in a…
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Assistant Professor (Nature-Based Climate Solutions)
Job Description The Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the National University of Singapore (NUS) seeks faculty candidates for multiple tenure-track appointments in the emerging field of nature-based climate solutions – tackling the challenge of climate change by protecting, restoring or better managing natural ecosystems. Hiring will be primarily at the assistant professor level, but…
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The Student Becomes the Teacher
When he arrived on the Seattle University campus as a freshman, Christopher Whidbey, ‘10, was certain his next stop would be medical school. But during his experience as an undergraduate researcher at SU, where he triple majored in chemistry, biology and philosophy, and helped mentor younger students, Whidbey envisioned a different path. This one combined his…
