Most people infected with dengue fever experience no symptoms at all or only a mild fever.

Human Clinical Trial of Dengue Vaccine Begins

“Controlling the mosquito vector can work, but it is very expensive and difficult to sustain,” says Anna Durbin, M.D., who is leading the study at Johns Hopkins. “In the long run, vaccination would be a more efficient and cost-effective approach.”


new Titi monkey

Expedition Discovers Unique Titi Monkey in the Amazon

Researchers from the National University of Colombia who discovered the new primate consider it to be critically endangered due to rapid loss of the forest where it lives and its small population.


Georgia Tech researcher Carson Meredith with sorption measurement system

Georgia Tech Scientists to Test Hollow Fibers for Carbon Capture

Georgia Tech researcher Carson Meredith is shown with a high-throughput sorption measurement system developed in his lab to screen up to 36 samples of adsorbent simultaneously. It will be used to evaluate metal-organic framework materials used in membranes designed to capture carbon from coal power plant flue gases.


University of Arkansas graduate student Rose Feinstein sets up the laser level for a survey.

Geoscience Team Gauges Stream Depths, Differences

University of Arkansas researchers took a look at streams and land use surveys to determine that restoration of urban streams cannot be based on the characteristics of streams in agricultural or forested settings.


Debris free plateau glacier in Bhutan

Scientific Collaboration Reports Glaciers Retreating in Asia

At Gamgrinchemzoe Pass in Bhutan, Shuji Iwata of Tokyo Metropolitan University captured this image of a debris-free plateau glacier, just one of several being studied for climate change effects.


GE dredges Hudson River for PCB in 2009

Panel Says Hudson Dredging Performance Standards Cannot be Met

Last summer, GE was working hard to remove PCBs in the eastern channel of Rodgers Island. With that work completed, EPA, GE and an independent panel are trying to determine the best ways to mitigate any contamination caused by the removal process.


Communities can find out about releases and transfers of chemicals at the local level.

Latest Industrial and Toxics Release Data Available Now

EPA has published industry information on 2009 emissions the same month that the information was collected.


Forest fires affect the organic content of soil.

Studies to Investigate Fire Effects, Mercury and Water Links

A collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation will support studies on the effects forest fires have on soil organic matter, which influences the amount of mercury available for methylation.


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