#NSWASCIWIRE
Recent work by our members#nswasciwire highlights the published writing of NSWA members each month. Would you like to see your writing featured? Please suggest an item online or send a link or PDF file to Susan Keown at sciencewire@nwscience.org. The NSWA Board of Directors determines what material to present. We look forward to highlighting your work.
Blow: Fungal Threat to Workers
In Scientific American, Ashli Blow (@ashliblow) takes us to California’s Central Valley to explain how a fungus in soil is making people — largely farmworkers and construction workers — sick with a condition known as “Valley Fever.” Those who fall ill experience...
Heisman: Social Learning in Birds
How do migrating birds learn their routes? Rebecca Heisman (@r_heisman) reports for Hakai Magazine that, for at least some birds, social learning plays a major role. She discusses new research on a migrating shorebird, the black-tailed godwit, that proves this...
Tachibana: PrEP Access
Pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection — aka PrEP — is very effective, writes Chris Tachibana (@ChrisTachibana), but only a quarter of eligible Americans take it, and uptake is lower in particular groups. In her piece for the University of Pennsylvania...
Ledford: Dolly’s Legacy
Heidi Ledford (@heidiledford) recently explained the legacy of Dolly the cloned sheep for Nature. Although CRISPR is now the technique of choice for genome editing, researchers still use somatic cell nuclear transfer to clone animals. In this technique, scientists...
Doermann: Color-Changing Seas
For NASA’s Earth Observatory, Lindsey Doermann writes about new research showing that our oceans are turning more green. Caused by growth of phytoplankton, this shift was predicted by climate-change models, although researchers can’t yet pinpoint the specific...