News tagged with seasonal patterns


Babies born during high pollen and mold seasons have greater odds of wheezing by age two

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Newborns whose first few months of life coincide with high pollen and mold seasons are at increased risk of developing early symptoms of asthma, suggests a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.


New study suggests winter babies face socioeconomic disadvantages

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Many of us may often feel that we've been born under an unlucky sign. Now, new research by a pair of University of Notre Dame economists suggests that some of us are, in fact, born in an unlucky season.





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Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers

Researchers Establish Common Seasonal Patterns Among Bacterial Communities in Arctic Rivers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research on bacterial communities throughout six large Arctic river ecosystems reveals predictable temporal patterns, suggesting that scientists could use these communities as markers ...


Models simulate nitrate dynamics in Garonne, Southwest France

Space & Earth / Environment

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

The over-enrichment of fresh, transitional, and marine waters with nitrogen (N) can lead to problems associated with eutrophication, such as a change in species composition of aquatic plants and nuisance algal blooms. In ...


Asthma a significant risk factor for complications in children with H1N1

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study on pediatric H1N1 influenza admissions has found that asthma is a significant risk factor for severe disease in children with pandemic H1N1 compared with the seasonal flu. The study, led by researchers from The ...


HiRISE Sees Signs of an Unearthly Spring on Mars

HiRISE Sees Signs of an Unearthly Spring on Mars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New images from the HiRISE experiment detail patterns of dust carried by gas from beneath the seasonal ice cap.


Daylight savings time disrupts humans' natural circadian rhythm

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 24, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (35) | comments 5

When people living in many parts of the world move their clocks forward one hour in the spring in observance of daylight saving time (DST), their bodies’ internal, daily rhythms don’t adjust with them, reports a new study ...


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Better by design: Engineering flu vaccines

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new computerized method of testing could help world health officials better identify flu vaccines that are effective against multiple strains of the disease. Rice University scientists who created the method ...


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Intel CEO: 'So far, so good' in 2Q

Technology / Business

created May 12, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Intel Corp.'s CEO says chip orders have been "a little better than we expected" so far in the second quarter.


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.


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Semiconductor revenue forecast to fall 17 pct

Technology / Semiconductors

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Worldwide semiconductor revenue is expected to decline 17.1 percent this year compared with last year, market research firm Gartner said Wednesday.


Rainfall to decrease over Iberian Peninsula

Rainfall to decrease over Iberian Peninsula

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists have recorded a decline in winter precipitation over the past 60 years in Spain, and they now forecast that precipitation will also decrease in spring and summer. A team from the Pyrenean Institute ...



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