News tagged with gulf


Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic

Timing is Everything for Northern Shrimp Populations in the North Atlantic

Biology / Ecology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even for Northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis), which support commercial fisheries worldwide, timing is everything in life. The tiny creatures, eaten in shrimp rolls and shrimp salad, occupy ...


Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Gulf War veterans display abnormal brain response to specific chemicals

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 3

A new study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers is the first to pinpoint damage inside the brains of veterans suffering from Gulf War syndrome - a finding that links the illness to chemical exposures ...


Somalia Pirates

Rough waters: Fighting modern-day pirates with technology

Technology / Other

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

In the past year, maritime shipping has suffered a resurgence of piracy, at a level that the world has not seen since the early 18th century.


Pacific Northern Right Whale

High numbers of right whales seen in Gulf of Maine

Biology /

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A large number of North Atlantic right whales have been seen in the Gulf of Maine in recent days, leading right whale researchers at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) to believe they have identified ...


Deep brain mapping to isolate evidence of Gulf War syndrome

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at Southern Methodist University in Dallas are pioneering the use of spatial statistical modeling to analyze brain scan data from Persian Gulf War veterans, aiming to pinpoint specific areas of the their brains ...


Gulf War research panel finds 1 in 4 veterans suffers from illness caused by toxic exposure

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against ...


War affects Iraqis' health more after fleeing

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The risk of depression is greater among Iraqi soldiers who took part in the Gulf War than among civilians. Surprisingly, on the other hand, neither of these groups showed any signs of post-traumatic stress ten years after ...


Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 02, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

The most comprehensive geological review ever undertaken of the upper U.S. Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and dammed rivers could flood large swaths of wetlands this century in one or more bays from ...


Katrina and Rita provide glimpse of what could happen to offshore drilling if Gustav hits Gulf

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 29, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the U.S., Rice University civil and mechanical engineering professor Satish Nagarajaiah studied damage done to offshore drilling platforms in the Gulf of Mexico. If tropical storm ...


Women and war: The toll of deployment on physical health

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than 80 percent of a sample of Air Force women deployed in Iraq and other areas around the world report suffering from persistent fatigue, fever, hair loss and difficulty concentrating, according to a University of Michigan ...


Researchers probe geographical ties to ALS cases among 1991 Gulf War veterans

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Duke University, the University of Cincinnati and the Durham Veterans Administration Medical Center are hoping to find a geographical pattern to help explain why 1991 Gulf War veterans contracted the fatal ...



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