Keeping on top of wildlife threats
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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One of Australia’s greatest conservation challenges in protecting the Great Barrier Reef and other natural assets is staying one jump ahead of both the movement of protected species and the emergence of new and unforeseen ...
Perfect haircut is on the blower
Aug 15, 2007 |
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'Cutting edge' technology is to help trainee hairdressers create a barnet even Jennifer Aniston would be proud of.
First all-African GM crop is resistant to maize streak virus
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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The first all-African genetically modified crop plant with resistance to the severe maize streak virus (MSV), which seriously reduces the continent’s maize yield, has been developed by scientists from the ...
Older climbers face uphill battle on Mount Everest
Aug 15, 2007 |
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In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40. But new research shows that 60 year olds cannot keep up with 40 year olds on Mount Everest and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying ...
Females avoid incest by causing male relatives to leave home
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Sheffield in the UK and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW) in Berlin, Germany, have found that female hyenas avoid inbreeding with their male relatives by giving them little ...
Male elephants get 'photo IDs' from scientists
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Asian elephants don’t carry photo identification, so scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society and India’s Nature Conservation Foundation are providing the service free of charge by creating a photographic archive ...
UCLA develops new model to predict the spread of a 'super-bug' in L.A. county jail
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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Researchers at UCLA have developed a mathematical model that mimics a particularly nasty and ongoing outbreak in the Los Angeles County Jail (LACJ) of the flesh eating bacteria Staphylococcus Aureus.
ESA places two satellites into orbit
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2007 |
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The European Space Agency successfully launched an Ariane rocket from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana on a mission to place two satellites into orbit.
Astronauts Move Carts, Upgrade Communications System; Spacewalk Continues
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson are rolling through their scheduled activities as they work outside the International Space Station.
Health care disparities start at the local pharmacy, study shows
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Despite years of effort in reaching out to their local communities, the role pharmacists play as health care providers still remains unclear to the people who need them the most – elderly Americans with multiple medications ...
Texas researchers and educators head for Antarctica
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 15, 2007 |
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It’s been more than 100 years since anyone has journeyed to this section of Antarctica’s Amundsen Sea, but that is about to change. Next month five UTSA researchers and a Boerne High School science teacher ...
Gratitude is good medicine for organ recipients
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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After immunosuppressants, the best medicine for organ transplant patients may be gratitude.
Ian's frozen turkey products recalled
Aug 15, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service announced the voluntary recall of approximately 12,894 pounds of Ian's frozen turkey products due to mislabeling.
