News tagged with sampling data

Continents influenced human migration, spread of technology

How modern-day humans dispersed on the planet and the pace of civilization-changing technologies that accompanied their migrations are enduring mysteries. Scholars believe ancient peoples on Europe and Asia moved primarily ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Sep 19, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Study finds new genetic cause of neurodegeneration

(Medical Xpress) -- Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered two mutations responsible for a devastating neurological condition they first identified 15 years ago. The researchers say their study -- appearing in Nature Ge ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created May 01, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

City living helped humans evolve immunity to TB

New research has found that a genetic variant which reduces the chance of contracting diseases such as tuberculosis and leprosy is more prevalent in populations with long histories of urban living.

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Africa's rarest monkey had an intriguing sexual past, DNA study confirms

The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past. Of the last two remaining populations of the recently discovered kipunji, one population ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Keeping DNA 'all in the family'

Scientists look for clues about therapies and cures for life-threatening childhood illnesses in children's DNA -- it seems only logical to do so. But the decision as to who should have access to DNA samples from children ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Native Americans descended from a single ancestral group, DNA study confirms

For two decades, researchers have been using a growing volume of genetic data to debate whether ancestors of Native Americans emigrated to the New World in one wave or successive waves, or from one ancestral ...

Biology / Evolution

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 2

EPA to test air outside schools, but has largely ignoring its peer-reviewed screening tool

After ignoring its own research for most of the last decade, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this spring will test the air outside dozens of schools across the nation that are close to industrial polluters.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Advertising during a Recession May Yield Increased Earnings Later

Firms that are able to increase advertising during recessions are likely to have stronger future earnings, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon State University and Western Oregon University.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0