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Scientists discover cost-effective ways to improve crop output in Uganda

... Maintaining or improving the productivity of the ancient, weathered soils of eastern Uganda is a major challenge for small-scale, resource-poor farmers. Many Ugandan...

Uganda's mountain gorillas increase in number

... This is great news for all of the organizations that have worked to protect Bwindi and its gorilla population, said Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Dr. Alastair McNe...

E. coli bacteria migrating between humans, chimps in Ugandan park

... ... Other studies have found bacterial exchanges between humans and non-human...

Pregnant women at higher risk for HIV, Uganda study finds

The risk of acquiring HIV rises during pregnancy, according to a study of women in Uganda's Rakai District led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The increased risk for acquiring HIV remained even after researchers controlled for behavior and other factors that contribute to HIV risk. The findings, which are published in the September 30, 2005, edition of The L...

Reports says Uganda's forests worth $350 million/year

NEW YORK (Nov. 8, 2004) -- A report released by the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Uganda's National Forest Authority says that Uganda's forests are worth some $350 million per year, with rural people supplementing up to 36 percent of their income with renewable forest products. ...The authors of the report found that forest products such as charcoal and firewood cont...
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(Date:6/15/2013)... drug approved in Europe to treat osteoporosis has now ... cells, even in cancers that have become resistant to ... study. , The findings, presented June 15, 2013, at ... that the drug bazedoxifene packs a powerful one-two punch ... cell growth, but also flags the estrogen receptor for ...
(Date:6/14/2013)... will collaborate with researchers from Oklahoma State University, ... of Tulsa to advance understanding of how socio-ecological ... and variability in the state. , Oklahoma ... $20 million National Science Foundation Experimental Program to ... innovative research over the next five years. ...
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