Archive: 02/14/2009
Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, researcher warns
Farmers across the tropics might raze forests to plant biofuel crops, according to new research by Holly Gibbs, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford's Woods Institute for the Environment.
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Internet emerges as social research tool
For the past two decades, the Internet has been used by many as an easy-to-use tool that enables the spread of information globally. Increasingly, the Web is moving beyond its use as an electronic "Yellow Pages" and online ...
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Tracking the digital traces of social networks
Why do we create and maintain social networks? Most people can immediately think of a few natural reasons -- we get something from the interaction, or the person is nearby and is close to us in proximity, age or gender.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
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Surprising results: Virtual games players stick close to home
In the real world, tracking a person's social network -- which could include hundreds of contacts that serve different purposes -- is nearly impossible.
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Exploring planets in distant space and deep interiors
In recent years researchers have found hundreds of new planets beyond our solar system, raising questions about the origins and properties of these exotic worlds—not to mention the possible presence of life. Speaking at a ...
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Molecules self-assemble to provide new therapeutic treatments
Researchers in the laboratory of Samuel I. Stupp at Northwestern University have an interesting approach for tackling some major health problems: gather raw materials and then let them self-assemble into structures that can ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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Environmental economist says invasive species is part of the price of doing business
When the sun rides low on the horizon and winter chills wrap us all in down and fleece, global trade brings blueberries from South America, oranges from Israel. But trade in exotic goods also comes with significant local ...
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New surgical option for wrist arthritis
Breaking a fall, such as a tumble on the sidewalk, with your hands and wrists is everyone's natural reflex. But, if you fall hard enough, you'll often fracture your radius bone, or even one of the smaller wrist bones and ...
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Virtual studies answer real questions
"Are online games just for male teenagers?" About 80 percent of "Ever Quest II" players are male, but the hardcore players are women. And, almost all players are adults.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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X-ray eyes bring us closer to early diagnosis of Parkinson's disease
It is estimated that 4 million people world-wide are suffering from Parkinson's, a complex disease that varies greatly among affected individuals. Understanding the brain chemistry that leads to the onset ...
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US petroleum dependency factor of history
When the Drake Oil Well in Titusville, Pennsylvania began seeping crude oil 150 years ago, humanity allowed itself to become engulfed in the ecology of oil, according to a Penn State environmental historian. Now in the midst ...
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Decisive action needed as warming predictions worsen, says expert
Greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are rising more rapidly than expected, increasing the danger that without aggressive action to reduce emissions the climate system could cross a critical threshold by the end of the century, ...
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New data suggest 'jumping genes' play a significant role in gene regulatory networks
Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements--also known as transposons or "jumping genes"--do indeed ...
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Research suggests pollution-related asthma may start in the womb
Children born in areas with increased traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes acquired in the womb, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and ...
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Artificial cells, simple model for complex structure
A simple, chemical materials model may lead to a better understanding of the structure and organization of the cell according to a Penn State researcher.
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