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Reserve, National Guard at higher risk of alcohol-related problems after returning from combat

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Younger service members and Reserve and National Guard combat personnel returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are at increased risk of new-onset heavy drinking, binge drinking and other alcohol-related problems, ...





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Mariners urged to look out for whales

Biology /

created Oct 01, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Coast Guard has warned mariners to take care to avoid hitting whales, after three whales were killed off the California coast.


Island village hit by suspected swine flu (AP)

Island village hit by suspected swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

(AP) -- Suspected swine flu is sweeping a traditional Eskimo whaling village on a remote Alaska island - prompting an urgent medical mission to deliver help.


In Brief: Motorola wins Swedish public-safety bid

Technology / Telecom

created May 12, 2006 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Motorola won a contract to supply radios for Sweden's national public safety communication network, RAKEL.


NYC eco island

NYC to Construct Eco Tourist Island

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (6) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- In 2003, the state and city of New York bought Governor's Island from the federal government for $1. Once used as a military base by the US Army and Coast Guard, the 172-acre island located ...


New theory on why male, female lemurs same size

New theory on why male, female lemurs same size

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

When it comes to investigating mysteries, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on Rice University biologist Amy Dunham. In a newly published paper, Dunham offers a new theory for one of primatology's long-standing ...


Gene that controls ozone resistance of plants could lead to drought-resistant crops

Gene that controls ozone resistance of plants could lead to drought-resistant crops

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created Feb 27, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Biologists at the University of California, San Diego, working with collaborators at the University of Helsinki in Finland and two other European institutions, have elucidated the mechanism of a plant gene ...


Racial discrimination has different mental health effects on Asians, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The first national study of Asians living in the United States shows that for some individuals, strong ties to their ethnicity can guard against the negative effects of racism. For others, strong ties to ethnicity can actually ...


What a grind: Bruxism at night likely a sign of stress by day

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You can practically track Steve Barkley's stress by the level of activity in his temporomandibular joint, or TMJ, the hinge joint that connects the lower jaw to the temporal bone of the skull and helps one chew, talk and ...


Scientists use old enemy to K.O. cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 12, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (26) | comments 2

Chemists are pulling cancer onto a sucker punch by getting infected cells to drop their guard – according to research published today. They are using the metal ruthenium as a catalyst to a cancer-busting reaction which calls ...


U.S. expands tsunami warning system

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 22, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration says it has expanded its network of deep-ocean buoys to guard against tsunamis.



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