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Seaway's 50th anniversary soiled by invasive species

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fifty years ago Friday, President Dwight Eisenhower and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II walked down a red carpet, climbed aboard a "floating palace" of a yacht named Britannia and ceremoniously sailed through the St. Lambert ...





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Violent upbringing may lead to domestic violence

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

October 5, 2009—A recent study from the latest issue of Personal Relationships shows that individuals who have experienced violence at an early age may have trouble adjusting to healthy, adult romantic relationships and ar ...


Electronic medical records could be used as a predictor of domestic abuse

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Doctors could predict a patient's risk of receiving a domestic abuse diagnosis years in advance by using electronic medical records as an early warning system, according to research published on BMJ.com today.


Today's white rice is mutation spread by early farmers

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created Aug 17, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (25) | comments 0

Some 10,000 years ago white rice evolved from wild red rice and began spreading around the globe. But how did this happen?


Wildlife as a source for livestock infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A bacterium possibly linked to Crohn's disease could be lurking in wild animals. According to research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Map), can be transm ...


Iberian wolves prefer wild roe deer to domestic animals

Iberian wolves prefer wild roe deer to domestic animals

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A Spanish researcher has analysed the preferences of wolves from the north east of the Iberian Peninsula to demonstrate that, in reality, their favourite prey are roe deer, deer and wild boar, ahead of domestic ...


Competitive, trade-friendly nations weather volatile crop yields best

Other Sciences / Economics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Richer nations with competitive crop production and few trade barriers would fare the best if climate change, weather events or other factors cause yields of grain and oilseed crops to become more volatile, a new study has ...


Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Biology / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).


EU sets out new science plan

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- European authorities and industry must increase funding for scientific research and improve cooperation to try to close the technology gap with the United States, the European Commission said Tuesday.


Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero

Green heating and cooling technology turns carbon from eco-villain to hero

Technology / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Carbon is usually typecast as a villain in terms of the environment but researchers at the University of Warwick have devised a novel way to miniaturise a technology that will make carbon a key material in ...


Report: Arizonans make good neighbors, but not good citizens

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polls consistently show that Arizonans take pride in their state, enjoy their quality of life, and like and trust their neighbors. Yet despite such positive outlooks, the percentage of Arizona citizens who ...



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