News tagged with oxford
'Unfriend' is New Oxford American word of the year
Nov 16, 2009 |
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The New Oxford American Dictionary named "unfriend" -- as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook -- its word of the year on Monday.
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape beneath Oxford
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists excavating the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford have uncovered evidence of a prehistoric monumental landscape stretching across the gravel terrace between the Thames ...
Female birds 'jam' their mates' flirtatious songs
Mar 12, 2009 |
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When a single female is nearby, female antbirds will sing over the songs of their male partners in an apparent attempt to keep their messages from getting through, according to a new report published online on March 12th ...
HIV is evolving to evade human immune responses
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- HIV is evolving rapidly to escape the human immune system, an international study led by Oxford University has shown. The findings, published in Nature, demonstrate the challenge involved ...
British researcher says Facebook a brain drain
Feb 25, 2009 |
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This is your brain. This is your brain on Facebook.
Million women study shows even moderate alcohol consumption associated with increased cancer risk
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Low to moderate alcohol consumption among women is associated with a statistically significant increase in cancer risk and may account for nearly 13 percent of the cancers of the breast, liver, rectum, and upper aero-digestive ...
Web users to write ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxies’
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today saw the launch of Galaxy Zoo 2, a website that invites members of the public to help create a detailed guide to some of the Universe's most fascinating objects. The online project is ...
New discovery may lead to new class of allergy drugs
Biology /
Jan 29, 2009 |
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If you've ever wondered why some allergic reactions progress quickly and may even become fatal, a new research report published in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology provides an important part of the ...
Anxiety and depression do not affect pregnancy and treatment cancellation rates
Jan 29, 2009 |
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Anxiety and depression before and during fertility treatment does not affect the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant or of her cancelling her treatment, according to a study published in Europe's leading reproductive ...
Seabird's ocean lifestyle revealed
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Jan 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An important British seabird has been tracked for the first time using miniature positioning loggers. The results are giving a team led by Oxford University zoologists information that could ...
Wild dogs reveal nature's 'poverty trap'
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Sep 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hunting in a fast-moving pack is a high-risk strategy, according to research by Oxford University and Université Paris-Sud scientists.
