First buoy to monitor ocean acidification launched
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Jun 12, 2007 |
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The first buoy to monitor ocean acidification has been launched in the Gulf of Alaska. Attached to the 10-foot-diameter buoy are sensors to measure climate indicators.
Call of the Child
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Jun 12, 2007 |
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Like a student in a foreign country or a young mother trying to decipher her baby’s cries, we all encounter initially meaningless sounds that in fact carry meaning. With experience, we become better at detecting and discriminating ...
Periodontal diseases are blind to age
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Two new studies in the June issue of the Journal of Periodontology (JOP) suggest that periodontal diseases are a threat to women of all ages due to hormonal fluctuations that occur at various stages of their lives.
Rove beetles act as warning signs for clear-cutting consequences
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Jun 12, 2007 |
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New research from the University of Alberta and the Canadian Forest Service has revealed the humble rove beetle may actually have a lot to tell us about the effects of harvesting on forests species.
Why an alerted person counts for two
Jun 12, 2007 |
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It was already known that people respond faster when prepared. However Dutch researcher Jan-Mathijs Schoffelen has now unravelled the mechanism in the brain behind this phenomenon. Transmitting and receiving neurons synchronise ...
New research implicates myelin in early evolution of Huntington's disease
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Last month, Dr. George Bartzokis, director of the UCLA Memory Disorders and Alzheimer’s Disease Clinic, suggested in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia that the breakdown of a type of myelin that develops late in life promotes ...
Researchers discover link between common sleep disorder and high blood pressure
Jun 12, 2007 |
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An international team of researchers, led by Emory University clinician scientists, has found evidence that people suffering from moderate to severe cases of restless legs syndrome (RLS) are at significantly increased risk ...
Light activity can help avoid chronic disease
Jun 12, 2007 |
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Reducing time spent sitting and increasing light physical activity has important health benefits that may reduce the risk of diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases.
Neural stem cells reduce Parkinson's symptoms in monkeys
Jun 12, 2007 |
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New Haven, Conn.—Primates with severe Parkinson’s disease were able to walk, move, and eat better, and had diminished tremors after being injected with human neural stem cells, a research team from Yale, Harvard, the University ...
Catastrophic events can affect a person's sleep
Jun 12, 2007 |
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A significant disruption of day-to-day life can take place in those areas affected by a natural disaster. One of the more recent disasters occurred when Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in late August 2005, causing ...
Rescue Robot Tests To Offer Responders High-Tech Help
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National Institute of Standards and Technology engineers are organizing the fourth in a series of Response Robot Evaluation Exercises for urban search and rescue (US&R) responders to be held on June 18-22, ...
