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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...
(Date:5/16/2013)... Illustrating a commitment to the support of ... (AGA) Research Foundation has announced the inaugural AGA ... recipients. Supported by the National Institute of Diabetes ... award helps underrepresented minority students to further their ... , "By establishing this new award, AGA demonstrates ...
(Date:5/16/2013)... adults living closer to a fast food restaurant had ... lived further away from fast food, according to researchers ... and this association was particularly strong among those with ... online in the American Journal of Public Health ... a fast food restaurant, and among lower-income African-Americans, the ...
(Date:5/16/2013)... CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Injectable nanoparticles developed at MIT ... Type 1 diabetes to constantly monitor their blood-sugar ... nanoparticles were designed to sense glucose levels in ... amount of insulin, thereby replacing the function of ... with Type 1 diabetes. Ultimately, this type of ...
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