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Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Research published by a team of Indiana University bioinformaticists has shown quantitatively the influence of small sequence changes and environmental conditions on the disordered regions ...
Bosses with 'green' values more likely to over-comply with environmental rules
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A business is more likely to "over-comply" with environmental regulations if its senior management believes in protecting the environment and that it makes financial sense in the long term, according to a new study by an ...
JAMA article contends earlier study overstated validity of findings on bisphenol A
Feb 18, 2009 |
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In a letter to be published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Dr. S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, and Ming Yu, Un ...
Genetic study finds treasure trove of new lizards
Mar 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Adelaide research has discovered that there are many more species of Australian lizards than previously thought, raising new questions about conservation and management of Australia's ...
Denver to Barcelona: Global cities and greenhouse gas emissions
Sep 23, 2009 |
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Denver released the largest amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) and Barcelona the smallest amount in a new study documenting how differences in climate, population density and other factors affect GHG emissions ...
DataONE helping scientists deal with data deluge
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through a network created by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and partners.
Place of birth contributes to asthma disparity
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Tufts researchers and colleagues report that place of birth plays a role in the occurrence of asthma in a United States black population. The researchers found that within one inner-city population, blacks born in the United ...
American adults flunk basic science
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Are Americans flunking science? A new national survey commissioned by the California Academy of Sciences and conducted by Harris Interactive reveals that the U.S. public is unable to pass even a basic scientific literacy ...
A tree's response to environmental changes: What can we expect over the next 100 years?
Oct 07, 2009 |
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The many environmental issues facing our society are prevalent in the media lately. Global warming, rainforest devastation, and endangered species have taken center stage. Our ecosystem is composed of a very delicate network ...
Research finds koalas are no dwarves
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Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has found one of Australia's iconic animals is not a shadow of its former self.
Reservoir of deforming tropical disease sought
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Knowing what causes a disease may not make it easier to control and contain infection, but understanding how humans become infected and where the pathogens live may improve control. A National Science Foundation grant for ...
Australian PM vows to create 50,000 'green' jobs
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Australia's prime minister promised Thursday to create 50,000 "green" jobs and apprenticeships to combat climate change and unemployment simultaneously.
Earliest animals lived in a lake environment, research shows
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Evidence for life on Earth stretches back billions of years, with simple single-celled organisms like bacteria dominating the record. When multi-celled animal life appeared on the planet after 3 billion years ...
Google's CO2 Emissions: Some Puff, Lies & Good Old Fashion Hype
Jan 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A January 11, 2009 article in the London Times (on-line version) entitled, Revealed: The Environmental Impact of Google Searches quoted Harvard Physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross that "two Google ...
Nanoparticles could pose threat to humans: scientists
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 16, 2009 |
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They can make fabric resistant to stains, improve the taste of food and help drug research, but nanoparticles could also pose a danger to human health, experts warned Wednesday.
