'Push-button' climate modeling now available
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A tool used by scientists to create climate models is about to become easier to use and available to a much wider audience.
Evolution of animal personalities studied
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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A team of Dutch, German and Swedish scientists studying the evolution of animal personality has found animals differ strikingly in character and temperament.
Study: We learn as we shop
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Consumers might not know it, but a Canadian study finds the ability to learn from experience is of central importance when people buy products.
Simulations unravel outer membrane transport mechanism
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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Using X-ray data and advanced computer simulation and visualization software, researchers at the University of Illinois have painstakingly modeled a critical part of a mechanism by which bacteria take up large ...
How sneaky HIV escapes cells
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Like hobos on a train, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, uses a pre-existing transport system to leave one infected cell and infect new ones, Hopkins scientists have discovered. Their findings, published in the June issue ...
The insect vector always bites twice
Jun 05, 2007 |
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The reality of the threat from vector-borne diseases has been recognized and the problem is prompting research scientists to take a strong interest. Most of these infections, classified as emerging or re-emerging diseases, ...
Miniature robot for precise positioning and targeting in neurosurgery wins award
Jun 05, 2007 |
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While recent advances in neurosurgery have made it possible to precisely target areas in the brain with minimum invasiveness -- using a small hole to insert a probe, needle or catheter -- there remains a disadvantage. ...
Sediment dredging has fallen short of achieving cleanup goals at many contaminated sites
Jun 05, 2007 |
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At many projects to dredge contaminated sediments from U.S. rivers and other bodies of water, it has not been demonstrated that dredging has reduced the long-term risks the sediments pose to people and wildlife, says a new ...
Hormone helps mice 'hibernate,' survive starvation
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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A key hormone enables starving mice to alter their metabolism and “hibernate” to conserve energy, revealing a novel molecular target for drugs to treat human obesity and metabolic disorders, UT Southwestern Medical Center ...
NASA Shuttle Engine Upgrades Improve Safety and Reliability
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 05, 2007 |
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A main engine computer upgrade developed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., will fly on space shuttle Atlantis during the STS-117 mission, targeted for launch June 8. The upgrade is ...
Study Warns Climate Change and Deforestation will Lead to Declines in Global Bird Diversity
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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Global warming and the destruction of natural habitats will lead to significant declines and extinctions in the world’s 8,750 terrestria bird species over the next century, according to a study conducted by ...
Ports could hasten freight traffic by doubling up on crane trips
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Ports could use their cranes to move goods more quickly without investing in any new equipment. A system called double cycling would minimize empty return trips -- what taxi drivers and long-haul truckers refer to as "deadheading" ...
Limiting social contacts limits flu spread
Jun 05, 2007 |
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U.S. scientists have developed a mathematical model to track the progression of an influenza outbreak.
Land conversion and climate threaten land birds
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Jun 05, 2007 |
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Land conversion and climate change have already had significant impacts on biodiversity and associated ecosystem services.Using future land-cover projections from the recently completed Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, Walter ...
Extra pay does not improve hospital performance
Jun 05, 2007 |
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Paying hospitals extra money does not appear to significantly improve the way they treat heart attack patients or how well those patients do. But giving hospitals the information that they need to improve heart attack care ...
