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Life without plastic

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (11) | comments 10

Amid a recent flurry of worrisome reports about plastic, a simple question came up: Could we live without it? Could my typical family - a mom, a dad, a 3-year-old girl and a 7-month-old boy - put aside the very material of ...





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Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Disordered proteins sensitive to environment, sequence changes

Biology / Other

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(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

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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

Genetic study finds treasure trove of new lizards

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(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

Denver to Barcelona: Global cities and greenhouse gas emissions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 1.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

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

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (19) | comments 25

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?

Biology / Ecology

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

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

Research finds koalas are no dwarves

Biology /

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland research has found one of Australia's iconic animals is not a shadow of its former self.



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