Here is a collection of photos from Kosovo, taken during fieldwork with local communities in October 2014. This field expedition was part of an ethnobotany course with students from the University of Prishtina, funded by the US Embassy in Kosovo program for University capacity development. All Photos: Copyright © Cassandra L. Quave.
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Load More...Climate crisis might be behind the rise of superbug C. auris, study suggests - CNN
Climate crisis might be behind the rise of mysterious superbug, study suggests
The climate crisis may be to blame for the mysterious spread of a multidrug-resistant superbug, Candida auris, according to a study published Tuesday.
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STEM Role Model Posters - free art resource in multiple languages! I'm going to print copies of these to post in my lab & at home as a reminder that science is for everyone :) #WomenInSTEM #RoleModel #scicomm #inspire
STEM Role Models Posters â In 7 Additional Languages
Download our STEM Role Models posters for your school or workplace â now in 7 additional languages
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Awesome thread on the ingenuity of dealing with basic bodily functions when exploring challenging environments - like how to pee in a zero gravity situation. #explore #WomenInScience
Let's talk about peeing in space.
Several people, in response to my NY Times essay, have said that women couldn't go into space because we lacked the technology for them to pee in space.Have you wondered why a tomatillo is sticky? Well, here is your answer A blog post that I wrote for the Phyalis group @joy_van500 #plants
Guest Post: What Makes Tomatillos Sticky? - Boyce Thompson Institute
The following is a guest post from Dr. Craig Schenck, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Mic...
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Where will new nonaddictive pain relievers come from? Perhaps from state-of-the-art research on natural products. Learn more in this blog post by NCCIH’s Dr. Craig Hopp.
Focusing on Nature for New Sources of Analgesic Compounds
NCCIH co-sponsored a recent workshop that united two of its research priorities: natural products and pain. Learn more here.
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Really good points here. The publishing model is corrupt & broken. Exciting to see UC system taking a stand for change. University of California's showdown with the biggest academic publisher aims to change scholarly publishing for good via @ConversationUS
University of California's showdown with the biggest academic publisher aims to change scholarly publishing for good
The UC libraries let their Elsevier journal subscriptions lapse and now the publisher has cut their online access. It's a painful milestone in the fig...
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