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Medicine Channels: Food and Water Safety, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Microbiome, Cell (journal), Local - Pennsylvania, All Journal News	Microbiome Food for Thought Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites How can dietary changes shape a person’s gut bacteria, and then how do those bacteria shape health and diseases, like obesity, diabetes, and susceptibility to infection diseases?	Released: 25-Apr-2018 4:05 PM EDT Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Science Channels: Energy, Food and Water Safety, DOE Science News, Local - Pennsylvania	Gorski to Use NSF CAREER Award to Expand Access to Clean Water and Electricity Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Christopher Gorski, assistant professor of environmental engineering at Penn State, will develop devices that use electricity to desalinate water and can also generate their own electricity, thanks to an esteemed National Science Foundation (NSF) Early Career (CAREER) award.	Released: 25-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT Penn State College of Engineering
Science Channels: Food and Water Safety, Local - Virginia, Grant Funded News EPA, lead, Water	Virginia Tech Awarded $1.9 Million EPA Grant to Research Lead Exposure in Drinking Water Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites By working directly with consumers and citizen scientists, the project is designed to increase public awareness of lead in water and plumbing on a national scale.	Embargo expired: 25-Apr-2018 10:00 AM EDT Released: 25-Apr-2018 8:05 AM EDT Virginia Tech
Medicine Science Life Business Law and Public Policy Channels: Business Ethics, Cardiovascular Health, Children's Health, Civil Liberties, Climate Science, Cognition and Learning, Crime and Forensic Science, Economics, Education, Emergency Medicine, Engineering, Environmental Health, Environmental Science, Ethics and Research Methods, Food and Water Safety, Food Science, Geology, Government/Law, Green Tech, In the Home,	Costa’s Hummingbirds, White-Tailed Deer and Malaria, Coffee Commitment, and more in the Wildlife News Source Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites The latest research and experts on Wildfires in the Wildlife News Source	Released: 20-Apr-2018 2:25 PM EDT Newswise
Medicine Science Channels: All Journal News, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Food and Water Safety food pathogens, Food Contamination, Salmonella	Scientist Creates System to Quickly Detect Food Pathogens Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites University of Georgia food scientist Xiangyu Deng has created a system that can identify foodborne pathogens in a fraction of the time taken by traditional methods.	Released: 18-Apr-2018 10:05 AM EDT University of Georgia
Science Channels: Agriculture, All Journal News, Food and Water Safety, Wildlife, Local - New York, Local - New York Metro solomon islands	Logging Tropical Forests Jeopardizing Drinking Water Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Researchers have found that increasing land clearing for logging in Solomon Islands–even with best management strategies in place – will lead to unsustainable levels of soil erosion and significant impacts to downstream water quality.	Released: 16-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT Wildlife Conservation Society
Science Channels: All Journal News, Climate Science, Environmental Science, Food and Water Safety Acequia, Climate Change, Hydrology, socio-hydrology, Water, Water Management, Mutualism	Effects of Climate Change on Communally Managed Water Systems Softened by Shared Effort Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Shared fates and experiences in a community can help it withstand changes to water availability due to climate change, a recent study by Sandia National Laboratories researchers found.The work, part of Sandia’s energy-water nexus program to help safeguard resilient and sustainable energy-water systems in the interest of national and global security, was recently published in a special socio-hydrology issue of Water Resources Research. The research paired a dynamic systems model of an acequia community and its water system with a hydrology model of an upland water source to study how the community responds to changes in water availability and flow.	Released: 16-Apr-2018 11:05 AM EDT Sandia National Laboratories
Medicine Science Channels: Cell Biology, Chemistry, Diabetes, Digestive Disorders, Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Food Science, Health Food, Heart Disease, Nutrition, Obesity, Addiction, Aging, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Alternative Medicine, Asthma, Behavioral Science, Bone Health, Budgets and Funding, Local - Virginia	Corn's Nitrogen Need, Eating for AMD Prevention, The Perils of Food Packaging, and More in the Food Science News Source Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Click here to go to the Food Science News Source	Released: 13-Apr-2018 4:25 PM EDT Newswise
Science Channels: Environmental Health, Food and Water Safety, Infectious Diseases, Pharmaceuticals, Local - Pennsylvania	Sanitizing Hospital Sewage Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Researchers at Penn State have developed a water filtration system that removes contaminants and reduces toxicity in hospital wastewater.	Released: 9-Apr-2018 1:05 PM EDT Penn State College of Engineering
Science Channels: Food and Water Safety, Food Science, Plants, Agriculture Fertilizer, Pesticide, Garden, Food Safety	What Should I Consider Before Using Fertilizers and Pesticides at Home? Open in New Tab | View | Comment | Add to Favorites Choosing the right fertilizer or pesticide for your needs can be overwhelming. The April 7th Sustainable, Secure Food blog explains how to make the right choice, and why following label directions is important.	Released: 9-Apr-2018 9:00 AM EDT American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)