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News at a glance: ‘Cherry-picked’ vaccine guidance, AI-written papers, and an apology for prisoner research
ENVIRONMENT Utah’s Great Salt Lake may dry up within 5 years North America’s largest saline lake could be gone by 2028 if water inflows are not restored, researchers warned last week. The Great Salt Lake in Utah has lost nearly three-quarters of its water and 60% of its surface area since 1950, a report from 32 scientists at multiple institutions concludes, and a recent drought has accelerated the losses. To restore the lake, farmers, homeowners, and others will need to reduce the amount of water they take from feeder streams by 30% to 50% . If they don’t, the continent could lose a key habitat ...
Source: Science of Aging Knowledge Environment - January 12, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research

What Mutant Flies Can Teach Us About Autoimmune Disorders
New research suggests winged critters with a penchant for overripe fruit may hold a secret to understanding autoimmune disorders such as lupus. Rosemary Brandt Today College of Agriculture and Life SciencesiStock-174766622.jpgHealthCollege of Agriculture and Life SciencesExpertsExplorationResearch Media contact(s)Rosemary Brandt College of Agriculture and Life Sciencesrjbrandt@email.arizona.edu520-358-9729From founding the field of genetics research to unraveling the mysteries of disease, tiny fruit flies have made a big impact on our understanding of human biology.While it may not look it, the insects share 60% of...
Source: The University of Arizona: Health - September 17, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: rjbrandt Source Type: research

Deep learning and computer vision will transform entomology Biological Sciences
Most animal species on Earth are insects, and recent reports suggest that their abundance is in drastic decline. Although these reports come from a wide range of insect taxa and regions, the evidence to assess the extent of the phenomenon is sparse. Insect populations are challenging to study, and most...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 11, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Toke T. Hoye, Johanna Arȷe, Kim Bȷerge, Oskar L. P. Hansen, Alexandros Iosifidis, Florian Leese, Hȷalte M. R. Mann, Kristian Meissner, Claus Melvad, Jenni Raitoharȷu Tags: The Global Decline of Insects in the Anthropocene Special Feature Source Type: research

On a subject no one wants to read about (about which no one wants to read?) Editorials
Long before I developed an interest in entomology, I had an interest in etymology—the study of word origins and evolution. An interest in word coinage is certainly compatible with a career in science. As a matter of course, scientists develop new concepts, discover new materials, invent new instruments, or describe...
Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - January 6, 2020 Category: Science Authors: May R. Berenbaum Tags: Editorials Source Type: research

Amino Acid Utilization May Explain Why Bemisia tabaci Q and B Differ in Their Performance on Plants Infected by the Tomato yellow leaf curl virus
Discussion Research has shown that vectored viruses can alter host plant phenotypes so as to change interactions with other organisms, including interactions between plants, viruses, and insect vectors of viruses (Mauck et al., 2012, 2018; Casteel and Falk, 2016; Eigenbrode and Bosque-Perez, 2016; Mauck, 2016). Insect-vectored viruses can alter many host plant factors, including odors, induced defenses, visual and tactile characteristics, sugars, free amino acids, and secondary metabolites (Bosque-Perez and Eigenbrode, 2011; Casteel et al., 2014; Mauck et al., 2014a,b). In our study, TYLCV significantly altered the free a...
Source: Frontiers in Physiology - April 30, 2019 Category: Physiology Source Type: research

Expanding Research Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa Through Informatics, Bioinformatics, and Data Science Training Programs in Mali
Conclusion Bioinformatics and data science training programs in developing countries necessitate incremental and collaborative strategies for their feasible and sustainable development. The progress described here covered decades of collaborative efforts centered on training and research on computationally intensive topics. These efforts laid the groundwork and platforms conducive for hosting a bioinformatics and data science training program in Mali. Training programs are perhaps best facilitated through Africa’s university systems as they are perhaps best positioned to maintain core resources during lapses in sho...
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - April 11, 2019 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research

AIBS Past-President Appointed Editor-in-Chief of PNAS
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) has announced the appointment of May R. Berenbaum as Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the Academy. Berenbaum will begin the editorship on January 1, 2019. A Past-President of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), Berenbaum is Professor and Swanlund Chair of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1994 and has served on the PNAS Editorial Board since 1998. Berenbaum is also a Past-President of the Entomological Society of Am...
Source: Public Policy Reports - October 29, 2018 Category: Biology Authors: AIBS Source Type: news

New Editor-in-Chief of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Named
The National Academy of Sciences announced the appointment of May R. Berenbaum, professor and Swanlund Chair of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as editor-in-chief of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the official journal of the Academy. Berenbaum, who was elected to the NAS in 1994 and has served on the PNAS editorial board since 1998, will begin the editorship on Jan. 1, 2019. Read More
Source: News from the National Academies - October 26, 2018 Category: Science Source Type: news

Honey bee researcher Gene Robinson elected to National Academy of Medicine
(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Entomology professor Gene Robinson, an international leader in honey bee research, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine 'for pioneering contributions to understanding the roles of genes in social behavior.'
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 15, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Refining pesticides to kill pests, not bees
(Michigan State University) Researchers at Michigan State University's entomology department have unlocked a key to maintain the insecticide's effectiveness in eliminating pests without killing beneficial bugs, such as bees. The study, featured in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that molecular tweaks can make the difference.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 21, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

NAS Announces New Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences announced today the creation of a new prize, the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences, to be presented annually beginning in 2017 with an award of $100,000. The prize is being endowed through generous gifts from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences will recognize research by a mid-career scientist at a U.S. institution who has made an extraordinary contribution to agriculture or to the understanding of the biology of a species fundamentally important to agriculture or food pr...
Source: News from the National Academies - July 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news

'Neonics Not Key Driver of Bee Deaths'--USDA Study May Clash With White House Poised to Restrict Pesticide
Even as a special White House created task force is poised any day now to address concerns over supposedly vanishing honeybees, new research suggests that the very premise of the federal investigation may be misplaced. Last summer, President Obama asked the Environmental Protection Agency to investigate conflicting reports that pesticides, and in particular a class of chemicals known as neonicotinoids, were the probable cause of mysterious bee deaths and declining numbers of beehives. The latest headline on farmers' critical pollinator? The numbers of beehives are actually growing, continuing a multi-year improvement--g...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - March 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

Bee Experts Dismantle Touted 'Harvard' Neonics-Colony Collapse Disorder Study As 'Activist Science'
This study remains the only lab research to date that has evaluated how real world pollen-pesticide blends affect honey bee health. The researchers found a striking reduction in the risk from Nosema infection when neonics were used, bee health improved. Why would that be? It seems neonics may suppress the parasite associated with the disease. vanEngelsdorp and Pettis are not yet sure this is a real effect; good science requires that results be confirmed in multiple studies. That said, the intriguing but startling finding directly challenges the belief that neonics pose an unusually unique danger to bees. What is the futu...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 15, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news