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Hawaiian hot spot has deep roots
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hawaii may be paradise for vacationers, but for geologists it has long been a puzzle. Plate tectonic theory readily explains the existence of volcanoes at boundaries where plates split apart ...
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Smoking cessation results mixed among Ohio's Appalachian women
Dec 03, 2009 |
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In the Appalachian region of the country — where smoking rates are high, tobacco is often a cash crop and income and education levels are low — a smoking cessation effort led by non-medical professionals was successful in ...
Carbon and oxygen in tree rings can reveal past climate information
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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The analysis of carbon and oxygen isotopes embedded in tree rings may shed new light on past climate events in the Mackenzie Delta region of northern Canada.
Blushing dusty nebula
Dec 01, 2009 |
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On Earth, we tend to find dust nothing more than a nuisance that blankets our furniture and causes us to sneeze. Cosmic dust can also be a hindrance to astronomers because cameras using visible light cannot ...
Preterm births higher among deprived mothers, despite equal care
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Despite improvements in obstetric care services, women from deprived areas are still more likely to give birth to a very preterm baby compared with mothers from more affluent areas, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
The end of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?
Dec 03, 2009 |
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A new article in the December 4 issue of Science addresses how the combined efforts of government commitments and market transition could save forest and reduce carbon emissions in Brazil. The Policy Forum brief, entitled "The E ...
The thalamus, middleman of the brain, becomes a sensory conductor
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
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Two new studies show that the thalamus--the small central brain structure often characterized as a mere pit-stop for sensory information on its way to the cortex--is heavily involved in sensory processing, and is an important ...
Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.
Careful diagnosis helps fracture patients put best foot forward
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Located in areas of the foot that can be hard to visualize with X-rays and other imaging techniques, injuries to the ankle area of the foot are the most frequently misdiagnosed of all foot fractures. Delayed diagnosis can ...
Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder
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Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...
New source discovered for the generation of nerve cells in the brain
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Dec 01, 2009 |
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The research group of Professor Magdalena Gotz of Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich (Germany) has made a significant advance in understanding regeneration processes in the brain. The researchers ...
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