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Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings (AP)

Poor being turned away from free cancer screenings

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(AP) -- As the economy falters and more people go without health insurance, low-income women in at least 20 states are being turned away or put on long waiting lists for free cancer screenings, according ...


Chinese-American and Korean-American women at highest risk for diabetes in pregnancy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 16,000 women in Hawaii that appears in the December issue of ...


New management methods extend blackberry season

New management methods extend blackberry season

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fruit growers' profits have traditionally been limited by the seasons, particularly in colder climates where growing seasons can be short. Thanks to researchers and fruit breeders, newly developed varieties ...


Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Imagine that an unknown force hacks your city into two chunks. Because of this new barrier, you can’t get from your home to your office or the grocery store. Suddenly, your access to critical resources is ...


Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Farms, Fertilizers and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are front and center in finding out how farming affects emissions of the green house nitrous oxide (N2O).


1,700 UK scientists back climate science

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 6

(AP) -- Fighting back against climate skeptics, over 1,700 scientists in Britain have signed a statement defending the evidence that climate change is being caused by humans, Britain's weather office said Thursday.


Potential new heart attack biomarker uncovered

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Though they remain a leading killer, heart attacks can be effectively treated provided they can be rapidly diagnosed following initial onset of symptoms. In a study appearing in this month's Molecular and Cellular Proteomics, resear ...


Solar power coming to a store near you (AP)

Solar power coming to a store near you

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (30) | comments 28

(AP) -- Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.


Experiment to test killing 1 owl to help another

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Scientists want to determine if killing the aggressive barred owl that has invaded old growth forests of the Northwest would help the protected spotted owl.


Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Students Hone Engineering Skills in Robotics

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots have fascinated future engineers for generations. Recently, a group of young students had an opportunity to design and build their own robots using LEGOs, the popular plastic pieces ...


New molecule identified in DNA damage response

New molecule identified in DNA damage response

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolution places the highest premium on reproduction, natural selection’s only standard for biological success. In the case of replicating cells, life spares no expense to ensure that the ...


Texas Tech Using Remote Sensing Technology to Improve Peanut Crops

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are using remote sensing to estimate biophysical characteristics including ground cover and yield.


The blood detective

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) --UCI hematologist Dr. Jae Chang employs medical sleuthing skills to identify rare blood disorders.


Women with breast cancer who consume soy food have lower risk of cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although there is a concern regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, researchers have found that women in China who had breast cancer and a higher intake of soy food had an associated lower ...


Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Fungus-on-Fungus Fight Could Benefit Chickpeas

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The fungus Ascochyta rabiei threatens chickpea crops the world over. But now this blight-causing pathogen could meet its match in Aureobasidium pullulans, a rival fungus that Agricultural ...