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Scientists map soils on an extinct American volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2008 |
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Union County New Mexico is a landscape of striking diversity. Out of expansive rangelands rise sporadic yet majestic cinder cone volcanoes and mesas preserved by basalt, part of the Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field. Capulin volcano, ...
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Arctic could face warmer and ice-free conditions
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There is increased evidence that the Arctic could face seasonally ice-free conditions and much warmer temperatures in the future.
Couples are better able to cope with health shocks than singles: study
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 28, 2009 |
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Marital status plays a significant role in how individuals cope economically with disability and health shocks, according to a working paper by University of British Columbia economists Giovanni Gallipoli and Laura Turner.
New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
Dec 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...
Hot Water Treatment Eliminates Rhizoctonia from Azalea Cuttings
Dec 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rhizoctonia, a fungal disease that can be found in many ornamental plants, can be eliminated in azalea by placing plant cuttings in a hot water treatment, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) ...
Glacier melt adds ancient edibles to marine buffet
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Glaciers along the Gulf of Alaska are enriching stream and near shore marine ecosystems from a surprising source - ancient carbon contained in glacial runoff, researchers from four universities and the U.S. ...
Soil studies reveal rise in antibiotic resistance
Dec 23, 2009 |
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Antibiotic resistance in the natural environment is rising despite tighter controls over our use of antibiotics in medicine and agriculture, Newcastle University scientists have found.
Psychologists show that future-minded people make better decisions for their health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 23, 2009 |
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When New Year's Eve rolls around and you're deciding whether to have another glass of champagne, your decision may be predicted by your perspective of the future.
Phragmites partners with microbes to plot native plants' demise
Dec 23, 2009 |
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University of Delaware researchers have uncovered a novel means of conquest employed by the common reed, Phragmites australis, which ranks as one of the world's most invasive plants.
UNL research aims to understand homelessness among women
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Women make up nearly one-third of the homeless population in the United States. Yet little is known about how they become homeless or how they live. University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociologist Les Whitbeck ...
Poll finds drop in public concern about swine flu
Dec 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A new Harvard poll finds that concern about swine flu has waned along with the number of new cases being reported.
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