The proof is in the tree bark
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A study by Indiana University researchers found the chlorinated flame retardant Dechlorane Plus in the bark of trees across the northeastern US, with by far the highest concentrations measured near the Niagara Falls, N.Y., ...
Policies to Address Tardiness Will Not Work, Study Suggests
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A new study by a University of Arkansas economist suggests that national campaigns against tardiness in two South American countries will not work. The findings provide insight for policymakers and business leaders who want ...
Digital preservation: Alliance set to tackle science's new frontier
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A new digital divide, or rather chasm, is opening up in the scientific enterprise, and something urgently needs to be done to prevent data from being lost into oblivion At the Second International Conference on Permanent ...
Secondhand smoke damages lungs, MRIs show
Nov 26, 2007 |
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It’s not a smoking gun, but it’s smoking-related, and it’s there in bright medical images: evidence of microscopic structural damage deep in the lungs, caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. For the first time, ...
Facial expressions have greater impact on kids with bipolar disorder
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Children with bipolar disorder respond differently to facial expressions than children without psychiatric disorders, according to a new study led by a Bradley Hospital researcher.
Warning signals for drivers who like to listen to music
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Listening to the radio can make it hard for drivers to hear the collision avoidance warning signals that are increasingly being introduced into new cars. Oxford University experimental psychologists have analysed ...
Early Catholic leaders failed Aborigines
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Australia's early Catholic bishops failed Aborigines by paying lip service to their plight and not providing enough resources to help them, according to a new historical study.
Ozone key to link between heat and increased cardiovascular death risk
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Ozone may prove the key to the link between high temperature and the increased risk of death from heart disease or stroke, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Hundreds of strokes avoidable, says study
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Hundreds of strokes could be prevented each year if patients suffering ‘mini strokes’, known as transient ischaemic attacks or TIAs, were assessed sooner by specialist clinicians.
Environmental toxins limit daughters' fertility, study suggests
Nov 26, 2007 |
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A study by a research team at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital suggests that mothers who are exposed to certain toxic environmental compounds prior to pregnancy could limit their offspring’s ...
Brain pattern associated with genetic risk of obsessive compulsive disorder
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Cambridge researchers have discovered that individuals with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and their close family members have distinctive patterns in their brain structure. This is the first time that scientists have ...
Both gender and friendship can influence adolescent alcohol use
Nov 26, 2007 |
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Adolescents who drink alcohol, smoke and/or use drugs tend to have peers who do the same. A new study that looked at other factors which may moderate the influence of peers has found that gender, and gender of friends, can ...
Engineers give industry a moth's eye view
Nov 26, 2007 |
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When moths fly at night, their eyes need to capture all the light available. To do this, certain species have evolved nanoscopic structures on the surface of their eyes which allow almost no light to reflect off the surface ...
17 infected with TB before student's death
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A Nepalese student at Colorado State University-Pueblo who died of tuberculosis in June likely infected 17 others, officials said.
Two Bobs in wireless world
Nov 26, 2007 |
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The Wireless World Initiative (WWI) has developed prototype user-centred systems that will potentially enable millions of people to make the most of third-generation (3G) and beyond mobile technology to work, ...
