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The key to good foreign aid: Research highlights aid achievements in Solomon Islands
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Health aid contributes 60% of funding to the Solomon Islands. The Islands have considerable health concerns including a double burden of both infectious and chronic diseases. This, coupled with damages from natural disasters, ...
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Lowering your cholesterol may decrease your risk of cancer
Feb 23, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that lowering cholesterol may block the growth of prostate tumors. The related report by Solomon et al, "Ezetimibe Is an Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis," appears in the March 2009 issue of The ...
High cholesterol in your 40s increases risk of Alzheimer's disease
Apr 16, 2008 |
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People with high cholesterol in their early 40s are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than those with low cholesterol, according to research that will be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th ...
Solomon Islands earthquake sheds light on enhanced tsunami risk
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 09, 2009 |
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The 2007 Solomon Island earthquake may point to previously unknown increased earthquake and tsunami risks because of the unusual tectonic plate geography and the sudden change in direction of the earthquake, ...
Police sketch artist evolves: Computer program uses interactive genetic algorithm to help witnesses remember criminals
Oct 05, 2009 |
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Criminals are having a harder time hiding their faces, thanks to new software that helps witnesses recreate and recognize suspects using principles borrowed from the fields of optics and genetics.
Beautiful plumage: Feather color and sex start the species revolution
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Faculty of 1000, the leading scientific evaluation service, has highlighted research providing evidence for the evolution of a new species.
Chinese-American and Korean-American women at highest risk for diabetes in pregnancy
Dec 11, 2009 |
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More than 10 percent of women of Chinese and Korean heritage may be at risk for developing diabetes during pregnancy, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 16,000 women in Hawaii that appears in the December issue of ...
Unraveling the Mercury mystery: Boldly going where no one has gone before
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 09, 2008 |
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Twelve years ago Sean Solomon put a proposal in front of NASA to develop the first probe to orbit Mercury. His tenacity has finally paid off. Three months ago his spacecraft, named Messenger (Mercury surface, ...
Molecular Solomon’s Knot
Dec 15, 2006 |
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It has been a beloved symbol for centuries, prized as an ornament found in engravings and embroidery, mosaics, and tattoos—and now as a molecule: Solomon’s knot, a motif consisting of two doubly intertwined rings.
Ocean Bridge Links Climate In Mid-Latitudes And Tropics
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Jan 22, 2008 |
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It's no surprise when a tropical El Niño brings wet storms to the U.S. Southwest; now researchers are finding that the relationship may be two-way, with atmospheric variability outside of the tropics impacting the formation ...
URI entomologist predicts early tick season, high infection rate
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May 07, 2008 |
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A University of Rhode Island tick expert believes that several ecological factors are likely to make 2008 a big year for ticks and disease, so he advises Rhode Islanders to develop an action plan for taking appropriate precautions ...
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