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Arctic sea ice hits second-lowest extent, likely lowest volume

Oct 02, 2008 | 2.8 / 5 (32) | 78

Arctic sea ice extent during the 2008 melt season dropped to the second-lowest level since satellite measurements began in 1979, reaching the lowest point in its annual cycle of melt and growth on Sept. 14, ...

Arctic sea ice settles at second-lowest, underscores accelerating decline

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Sep 16, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (26) | 23

The Arctic sea ice cover appears to have reached its minimum extent for the year, the second-lowest extent recorded since satellite record-keeping began in 1979, according to the University of Colorado at ...

Director experience with acquisitions improves firm performance

Other Sciences / Other

Jan 07, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A new study in Strategic Management Journal examines how the nature of outside directors' prior experience, and resulting expertise, will influence the performance of a firm's performance. Results show that this past experi ...

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We now know that the brain controls the formation of bone

Medicine & Health / Research

7 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

The brain acts as a profound regulatory centre, controlling myriad processes throughout the body in ways we are only just beginning to understand. In new findings, Australian scientists have shown surprising connections between ...

Clinical Trial Examines Drug's Potential for Protecting the Optic Nerve

Medicine & Health / Research

Dec 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Acute optic neuritis, an inflammation of the optic nerve, doesn't occur all that often. But for those who experience it, the vision loss, pain and nerve damage that often result are no small ...

Heart transplant patients appear to have elevated risk for multiple skin cancers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

Dec 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Many heart transplant patients develop multiple skin cancers, with increased risk for some skin cancers among patients with other cancers and with increasing age, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of ...

Computer identifies authentic Van Gogh

Technology / Computer Sciences

Dec 21, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dutch researcher Igor Berezhnoy has developed computer algorithms to support art historians and other art experts in their visual assessment of paintings. His digital technology is capable ...

The world's next economic hot spot?

Other Sciences / Economics

Dec 21, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.

Depression saps endurance of the brain's reward circuitry

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

Dec 21, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

A new study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison suggests that depressed patients are unable to sustain activity in brain areas related to positive emotion.

Senate Democrats clear hurdle on health care bill (AP)

Health Care bill clears key Senate test

Medicine & Health / Health

Dec 21, 2009 | 3.2 / 5 (5) | 6

(AP) -- Landmark health care legislation backed by President Barack Obama passed its sternest Senate test in the pre-dawn hours early Monday, overcoming Republican delaying tactics on a 60-40 vote that all ...

Global warming likely to be amplified by slow changes to Earth systems

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 20, 2009 | 2.6 / 5 (38) | 45

Researchers studying a period of high carbon dioxide levels and warm climate several million years ago have concluded that slow changes such as melting ice sheets amplified the initial warming caused by greenhouse ...

Taming the flu: Researchers create map of interactions between flu virus and its human host

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Dec 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- There is no lack of worry this season over the flu, both the seasonal and H1N1 varieties, but there is a critical lack of understanding of the viruses that cause these illnesses. For years, ...