Archive: 12/10/2007
Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk
As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change.
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Keeping at-risk cells from developing cancer
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered that cancers arising from epigenetic changes - in this case the inappropriate activation of a normally silent gene - develop by becoming addicted to certain growth factors. Reporting ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Employees with workplace flexibility have healthier lifestyle habits
If companies provide workplace flexibility and if employees perceive that flexibility as real, then healthier lifestyle habits are put into action by those employees, according to new research by lead author Joseph G. Grzywacz, ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Are humans evolving faster? Findings suggest we are becoming more different, not alike
Researchers discovered genetic evidence that human evolution is speeding up – and has not halted or proceeded at a constant rate, as had been thought – indicating that humans on different continents are becoming increasingly ...
Biology /
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Researchers combat slowing yields with targeted fertilizer applications
Scientists at Punjab Agricultural University, the International Rice Research Institute, and Virginia Tech have been successful in increasing average rice yields in northwest India using site-specific nutrient management ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Only second Jurassic dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
A new genus and species of dinosaur from the Early Jurassic has been discovered in Antarctica. The massive plant-eating primitive sauropodomorph is called Glacialisaurus hammeri and lived about 190 million years ago.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Ice Ages and rivers may have affected gorilla diversification
Geography and historical climate change may have both played a major role in gorilla evolutionary diversification, according to a new genetic study by Cardiff University and the University of New Orleans.
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Threatened birds may be rarer than geographic range maps suggest
Geographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly underestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific habitats, according to a study published ...
Biology /
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Combination therapy including antibiotics may be beneficial for multiple sclerosis
A preliminary study suggests that combining a medication currently used to treat multiple sclerosis with an antibiotic may slow the progress of the disease, according to an article posted online today that will appear in ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Good physical function after age 40 tied to reduced risk of stroke
People who have good physical function after the age of 40 may lower their risk of stroke by as much as 50 percent compared to people who are not able to climb stairs, kneel, bend, or lift as well, according to research published ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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Mediterranean diet and physical activity each associated with lower death rate over 5 years
Eating a Mediterranean diet and following national recommendations for physical activity are each associated with a reduced risk of death over a five-year period, according to two reports in the December 10/24 issue of Archives of ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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When she's turned on, some of her genes turn off
When a female is attracted to a male, entire suites of genes in her brain turn on and off, show biologists from The University of Texas at Austin studying swordtail fish.
Biology /
Dec 10, 2007 |
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For the fruit fly, everything changes after sex
The females of many insect species change their behavior right after mating: mosquitoes look for a meal of fresh blood and flies begin to lay eggs. Researchers at the IMP managed to identify the molecular switches that are ...
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Chemicals used as fire retardants could be harmful, researchers say
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), chemicals used as fire retardants, can be found in numerous items in the home, such as the television, computer, toaster and the sofa. Now, as reported in a KNBC story on Nov. 28, they are being found in alarmin ...
Dec 10, 2007 |
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To catch a panda
Michigan State University’s panda habitat research team has spent years collecting mountains of data aimed at understanding and saving giant pandas. Now a graduate student is working to catch crucial data that’s black, white ...
Biology /
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