News tagged with gang killings

Research finds street gang activity is a predictor of homicide in LA neighborhoods

Neighborhoods saddled with gangs fighting over the same turf suffer higher homicide rates and greater instability than areas where the gangs are scarce, according to a recent study by researchers at Charles Drew University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2




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Why men 'exhibit warrior tendencies'

A new study has looked into how our psychology concerning war and conflict may have been shaped by our evolutionary past.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 7

Mexican hacker group drops reprisal as member freed

Persons claiming to be with the Mexican arm of "hacktivist" group Anonymous said Friday they were scrapping plans to expose information about the Zetas drug cartel after a kidnap victim was released.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

China breaks up fake medicine racket

China said Friday it had busted a gang that produced and sold fake medicine -- some made of animal feed -- arresting 114 suspects and seizing more than 65 million counterfeit tablets.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Self-cleaning cotton breaks down pesticides, bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC Davis scientists have developed a self-cleaning cotton fabric that can kill bacteria and break down toxic chemicals such as pesticide residues when exposed to light.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists pinpoint river flow associated with cholera outbreaks, not just global warming

An examination of the world's largest river basins found nutrient-rich and powerful river discharges led to spikes in the blooms of plankton associated with cholera outbreaks. These increased discharges often occur at times ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Burglars hunt down rhinos in museums

It was a daring daytime robbery at the natural science museum.

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 31, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Nearly 200 rhinos killed this year in South Africa: WWF

Nearly 200 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of 2011, with most slaughtered in the world-famous Kruger National Park, environmental group WWF said.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hope on the horizon for victims of DDoS attacks

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, Yuri Gushin and Alex Behar, security experts with Radware, an Israeli security firm, gave a presentation at the Black Hat conference in Barcelona, Spain, and as part of their program ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Peaceful bonobos may have something to teach humans

Humans share 98.7 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, but we share one important similarity with one species of chimp, the common chimpanzee, that we don't share with the other, the bonobo. That similarity ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 161 | with audio podcast

New study visualises how HPV attacks human proteins

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international study involving Conway Fellow Dr Neil Ferguson has described how the human papillomavirus (HPV) interferes with the body’s natural inclination to kill infected cells and exposes the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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