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Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline

Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern ...





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ISU psychologists offer parental advice on promoting kids' healthy video game play

ISU psychologists offer parental advice on promoting kids' healthy video game play

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents often find themselves in a holiday quandary when deciding on which video games to purchase for their kids. They know that their children want video games, but they also want to ensure ...


Spider secrets decoded in world-first database

Biology / Plants & Animals

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Queensland scientists have developed a world-first database that catalogues the venom components from hundreds of spiders.


The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed

The cause behind the characteristic shape of a long leaf revealed

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Applied mathematicians dissected the morphology of the plantain lily (Hosta lancifolia), a characteristic long leaf with a saddle-like arc midsection and closely packed ripples along the edges. The simple ...


Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare

Medicine & Health / Health

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

In a new study, the amount of television viewed by many young children in child care settings doubles the previous estimates of early childhood screen time, with those in home-based settings watching significantly more on ...


Researchers track down protein responsible for chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

A protein known to stimulate blood vessel growth has now been found to be responsible for the cell overgrowth in the development of polyps that characterize one of the most severe forms of sinusitis, a study by Johns Hopkins ...


GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...


Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens of VIB, a life sciences research institute ...


Dutch researchers make breakthrough in bioethanol production from agricultural waste

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

With the introduction of a single bacterial gene into yeast, researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands achieved three improvements in bioethanol production from agricultural waste material: 'More ...


Carvedilol shown to have unique characteristics among beta blockers

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

In a new study, researchers report that a class of heart medications called beta-blockers can have a helpful, or harmful, effect on the heart, depending on their molecular activity.


A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...



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