Grub's passion for plastic causes water loss
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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Research by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has found that a small white grub is responsible for water leaking from sub-surface drip irrigation pipes used by some lucerne growers.
Genes linked to suicidal thinking during antidepressant treatment
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Specific variations in two genes are linked to suicidal thinking that sometimes occurs in people taking the most commonly prescribed class of antidepressants, according to a large study led by scientists at the National Institutes ...
Study shows lead-based paint problem isn't isolated to China
Sep 27, 2007 |
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A multinational team of environmental and occupational health researchers has found that consumer paints sold in Nigeria contain dangerously high levels of lead.
Giardia genome unlocked
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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Giardia lamblia, one of the most common human parasites in the United States, causes more than 20,000 intestinal infections a year, often through contact with contaminated drinking or swimming water. In the September 28 iss ...
For some diabetics, burden of care rivals complications of disease
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Many patients with diabetes say that the inconvenience and discomfort of constant therapeutic vigilance, particularly multiple daily insulin injections, has as much impact on their quality of life as the burden of intermediate ...
Interacting protein theory awaits test from new neutron analysis tools
Sep 27, 2007 |
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An international collaboration directed by an Oak Ridge National Laboratory researcher has performed the first-ever atomic-detail computer simulation of how proteins vibrate in a crystal.
New national study links asthma to allergies
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed ...
'Towering' Achievement for Goddard's Visualization Studio
Sep 27, 2007 |
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"Towers in the Tempest," a NASA visualization that illustrates the complex science of hurricane hot towers, has been selected for an award by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Science Magazine's fifth ...
On demand FB cell phone replays created
Sep 27, 2007 |
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People attending Purdue University home football games this fall might be the first U.S. college fans able to call up instant replays on their cell phones.
Study fuels debate over whether exercise and body size influence ovarian cancer risk
Sep 27, 2007 |
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A new study adds fuel to the debate over whether being fat or inactive affects the risk of developing ovarian cancer. The study, presented by Australian researchers today (Thursday) at the European Cancer Conference (ECCO ...
Climate may increase heat-related deaths by 2050s
Sep 27, 2007 |
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While some uncertainty does exist in climate projections and future health vulnerability, overall increases in heat-related premature mortality are likely by the 2050s, according to a recent study by Columbia University’s ...
ISS crew repositions Soyuz spacecraft
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Sep 27, 2007 |
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The Expedition 15 crew of the International Space Station moved a docked Soyuz TMA-10 spacecraft Thursday to make room for the Expedition 16 crew's arrival.
Safety measures for Grand Prix racing drivers haven't worked
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Most of the measures introduced over the past decade to boost the safety of Grand Prix motor racing, have not cut death rates or curbed speed, as intended, suggests an analysis published ahead of print in the British Journal of ...
Rating might be unlikely to affect teens exposure to smoking in movies
Sep 27, 2007 |
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Several recent research studies published in the United States have determined that young adolescents who see smoking scenes in movies are more likely to smoke. To combat smoking among youth, public health groups have called ...
Experimental drug boosts survival in recurrent ovarian cancer
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New clinical data showed an experimental drug called pertuzumab prolonged the survival time for women with recurrent ovarian cancer, a University of Alabama at Birmingham doctor said recently.
