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Baseball diamonds: the lefthander's best friend

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 07, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (26) | comments 1

Baseball diamonds are a left-hander's best friend. That's because the game was designed to make a lefty the "Natural," according to David A. Peters, Ph.D., the McDonnell Douglas Professor of Engineering at Washington University ...


Rising sea threatens coastline

Rising sea threatens coastline

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2009 | popularity 2.1 / 5 (17) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experts at The University of Manchester are to produce a detailed picture of the public’s views on the uncertain future of a 250-mile-stretch of coastline.





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Going underground for a climate solution

Going underground for a climate solution

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hoping to help fix the Earth's atmosphere, Catherine Peters recently found herself 4,100 feet underground.


Patients say 'no thanks' to risky medical treatments

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study suggests that increasing patient responsibility for making medical decisions may decrease their willingness to accept risky treatment options. Details of this proof-of-concept study appear in the December issue ...


The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers

The goal of robot hockey: to become better engineers (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It may be a long time before we see robots shooting pucks and making saves in professional hockey, but second-year mechanical engineering students at the University of Alberta put some pretty ...


Scientists find previous seasonal flu infections may provide some level of H1N1 immunity

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology have found that previous influenza infections may provide at least some level of immunity to the H1N1 "swine" flu.


Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Polycystins : proteins that regulate the cellular barometer

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

What is the role of proteins called polycystins in patients with polycystic kidney disease? A team of researchers from CNRS and INSERM, led by Eric Honoré from the Institut de Pharmacologie Moléculaire ...


Study finds big air pollution impacts on local communities

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heavy traffic corridors in the cities of Long Beach and Riverside are responsible for a significant proportion of preventable childhood asthma, and the true impact of air pollution and ship emissions on the disease has likely ...


Energy gap useful tool for successful weight loss maintenance strategy

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Americans continue to get heavier. Most weight control methods short of bariatric surgery are generally considered ineffective in preventing obesity or reducing weight. The term energy gap was coined to estimate the change ...


Regulating emotion after experiencing a sexual assault

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After exposure to extreme life stresses, what distinguishes the individuals who do and do not develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? A new study, published in the October 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, sugges ...


Alzheimer's researchers find high protein diet shrinks brain

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 4

One of the many reasons to pick a low-calorie, low-fat diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and fish is that a host of epidemiological studies have suggested that such a diet may delay the onset or slow the progression of Alzheimer's ...


Ford to clean up arsenic contamination after 4-year fight

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ford Motor Co. will haul out piles of arsenic-laced soil found in Ringwood State Park in New Jersey, ending a nearly-four-year battle over the source of the waste.



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