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How can we eliminate malaria in Haiti?

3/18/2019

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Researchers wanted to know how people in Haiti perceive malaria and whether they would accept the interventions the government has planned to eliminate this disease.
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How can we manage Hendra virus in Australia?

3/11/2019

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Researchers wanted to know what Australian citizens think of ecological strategies for managing Hendra virus.
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What happens to our immune cells as we get older?

2/27/2019

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Scientists wanted to know whether the T cells in our immune system improve their survival skills over time.
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What role do rodents have in human snail fever?

2/18/2019

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Scientists wanted to know if small mammals like rats and mice spread the form of schistosomiasis (snail fever) that affects humans.

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What mutations does wheat hide?

2/1/2019

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Scientists wanted to discover the mutations hidden in wheat plants.
exploring the hidden mutations within the DNA of wheat plants, inducing mutations in order to catalog them by seed and strain, catalogue made available in public database
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Why is the world’s most expensive fungus disappearing?

1/21/2019

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Researchers wanted to know why the populations of the most expensive fungus in the world - the caterpillar fungus - are declining.
Surveying local harvesters about the reasons caterpillar fungus populations are decreasing
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Can medicine stop malaria?

1/10/2019

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Scientists wanted to find out if mass drug administration is an effective tool for malaria control.
Testing if mass drug administration could effectively control malaria
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How do nematodes learn to find a host?

1/2/2019

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Scientists wanted to see if past experience with some plant volatiles changes the infection behavior of insect-infecting nematodes.
looking at how insect-infecting nematodes change their infection behaviors to improve success depending on previous exposure to certain plant volatiles, useful in optimizing biological control
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How does pregnancy change mothers’ behavior?

12/17/2018

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Geneticists wanted to know if babies could instruct the mother's brain and alter her behavior before they are born.
impregnating mice with fetuses with different genetic expression to see how genomic imprinting impacted maternal care after pregnancy
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How do woodpeckers choose where to nest?

12/10/2018

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Scientists monitored the nesting choices of more experienced yellow-bellied sapsucker woodpeckers for use as an indicator of high-quality bird habitat.
observing the characteristics that influence the nesting choices of such a keystone species as yellow-bellied sapsucker woodpeckers to use as an indicator of high-quality bird habitat
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