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Public transport behaviours explained

(PhysOrg.com) -- Victoria University graduate Jared Thomas spent many hours riding buses and trains in the greater Wellington region as part of his PhD research.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Researchers discover pathway with implications for obesity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell scientists have discovered how two related proteins and their roles in a key molecular pathway are critical to creating obesity-causing fat cells.

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Birds' strategic mobbing fends off parasitic invaders

Reed warblers use mobbing as a front line of nest defense against parasitic cuckoos, according to a new report published online on January 29th in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication. Cuckoos act as parasites by lay ...

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created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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New study finds individual differences in anthrax susceptibility

Susceptibility to anthrax toxin is a heritable genetic trait that may vary tremendously among individuals, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unlike Patriots, NFL slow to embrace 'Moneyball'

(AP) -- It's advice that sounds like heresy on the gridiron: Go for it on fourth down. Try more onside kicks. Running backs don't matter much.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Football findings suggest concussions caused by series of hits

A two-year study of high school football players suggests that concussions are likely caused by many hits over time and not from a single blow to the head, as commonly believed.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study: Lungs infected with plague bacteria also become playgrounds for other microbes

Among medical mysteries baffling many infectious disease experts is exactly how the deadly pneumonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, goes undetected in the first few day of lung infection, often until ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

WikiLeaks scandal sparks US intelligence reform

The WikiLeaks document dump, which saw hundreds of thousands of classified US files leaked, rattled US intelligence officials, forcing them to implement reforms to prevent another such breach.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Expensive egos: Narcissism has a higher health cost for men

The personality trait narcissism may have an especially negative effect on the health of men, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of microbiologists led by Indiana University researchers has identified a new bacterial growth process -- one that occurs at a single end or pole of the cell instead ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Powerful fungal infection drug amphotericin kills yeast by simply binding ergosterol

With one simple experiment, University of Illinois chemists have debunked a widely held misconception about an often-prescribed drug.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Economic incentives could massively reduce deforestation emissions in Indonesia, yield billions of dollars

Indonesia has the potential to realize major reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, and simultaneously earn significant new income for national and regional governments, if policies to Reduce ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Learning from lizards

The speedy lizard was streaking across the tabletop when suddenly one foot hit a slippery spot.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 13, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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