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Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent

Climate change may spell demise of key salt marsh constituent

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Global warming may exact a toll on salt marshes in New England, but new research shows that one key constituent of marshes may be especially endangered.


Scientists determine geese involved in Hudson River plane crash were migratory

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US Airways Flight 1549 bird strike to determine not only the species, but also that the Canada geese involved were from a migratory, rather than resident, population. This knowledge is essential for wildlife professionals ...





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'Digging into Data Challenge' grant awarded

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A professor at Tufts University will lead a team of international researchers to explore how humanities scholars can use data analysis to track topics about the Greco-Roman world as they appear in a million documents, spanning ...


Glaxo's swine flu shot may give kids fever

Medicine & Health / Medications

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(AP) -- The European Medicines Agency warns that young children given GlaxoSmithKline's swine flu shot may get a fever after their second dose.


Study shows US lags behind in transit safety programs for female riders

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them.


BirdsEye -- a new iPhone app -- resolves your rapture for raptors or finding a finch

Biology / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Looking for larks? Searching for surfbirds? Checking for chickadees? There's an app for that.


Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.


Vaccination, antivirals and social distancing may blunt impact of H1N1 influenza

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The relatively low number of new cases created by a single case of H1N1 influenza indicates that mitigation strategies such as vaccination, social distancing and the use of antiviral drugs may help to lessen the final impact ...


Transplant infectious disease experts provide pandemic guidance

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Surgeons and other healthcare professionals specialising in solid organ transplants have been issued with expert advice to guide them through the complex clinical issues posed by the global H1N1 (swine flu) pandemic.


Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

(AP) -- Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change ...


Message for women and dogs: keeping ovaries is linked to longevity

Biology / Other

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year, hundreds of thousands of women and pet dogs will undergo a hysterectomy and have their ovaries removed along with their uterus. Now, two independent research studies looking at longevity may challenge ...


North Pole wolf emails locations to researchers

North Pole wolf emails locations to researchers

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In July the scientists, one from the United States, the other from Canada, put the satellite collar on Brutus, the leader of his wolf pack, on remote Ellesmere Island, only 600 miles from the North Pole. Their ...



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