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Every rose has its thorn — and its tick

2.13.18 |

A new study in Parasites & Vectors finds ticks in urban parks dominated by an invasive rose bush are nearly twice as likely to be infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, as compared to ticks from uninvaded forest fragments. But the trend reverses itself at a broader scale.

2.6.18

Police kill unarmed black Americans more often, especially when they are women, study finds

2.6.18

Large-scale removal of beachgrass leads to new life for endangered coastal lupine

2.6.18 |

A rare, coastal flowering plant known as Tidestrom’s lupine — threatened by native deer mice that can munch up to three-quarters of its unripe fruits under cover of an invasive beachgrass — has been given a new life with the large-scale removal of that grass, a long-term study in the journal Restoration Ecology shows.

1.30.18

Republican Congress got tax bill victory, but at what price?

1.30.18

Brass Tax: Cutting through the politics of tax reform

1.30.18 |

As Americans begin to file their last returns under a fading tax system, it’s time to cut through the politicking and positioning. Washington University in St. Louis compiled researchers and experts across campus to attempt to put the new tax reform into perspective, plainly speaking.

1.29.18

Record expansion of U.S. hate groups slows under Trump administration

1.28.18

Plotting the path of plant pathogens

1.28.18 |

In a sneak attack, some pathogenic microbes manipulate plant hormones to gain access to their hosts undetected. Biologists have exposed one such interloper by characterizing the unique biochemical pathway it uses to synthesize auxin, a central hormone in plant development.

1.26.18

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Every rose has its thorn — and its tick

Police kill unarmed black Americans more often, especially when they are women, study finds

Large-scale removal of beachgrass leads to new life for endangered coastal lupine

Republican Congress got tax bill victory, but at what price?

Brass Tax: Cutting through the politics of tax reform

Record expansion of U.S. hate groups slows under Trump administration

Plotting the path of plant pathogens

New molecular muscle responds to visible light

Science Research Roundup: January 2018

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