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It's time for a 'third wave' of malaria activism to tackle drug shortages

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

In this week's PLoS Medicine, the journal's editors call for concerted international action to address the crisis of malaria drug shortages across Africa.


New insights into Australia's unique platypus

New insights into Australia's unique platypus

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New insights into the biology of the platypus and echidna have been published, providing a collection of unique research data about the world's only monotremes.


Unravelling the pathology of dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Combination therapies to tackle multiple changes in the brain may be needed to combat the growing problem of dementia in ageing societies, according to a study published this week in the open access journal PLoS Medicine. The st ...


Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide

Living buildings could mop up carbon dioxide

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Architecture could help us tackle climate change, if we start to design our buildings with 'living' materials, according to Dr Rachel Armstrong, UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.


More action is needed to support millions of tinnitus sufferers worldwide

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

As many as one in seven people will experience tinnitus, or ringing in their ears, at some time of their life, but not enough is being done to support patients who experience this distressing condition, according to an extensive ...


New computer cluster gets its grunt from games

New computer cluster gets its grunt from games

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (Graphics Processing Units) computer cluster that will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently ...


Ginkgo biloba doesn’t prevent cardiovascular events but may have potential peripheral artery disease benefits

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ginkgo biloba didn’t prevent cardiovascular death or major events such as heart attack and stroke in people age 75 and older, but the herb may affect peripheral vascular disease, according to research reported ...


Redback spiders were first spotted in Japan in 1995

Venomous Aussie redback spiders invading Japan

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Australia's venomous redback spiders are on the march in Japan, where they are believed to have arrived years ago as stowaways on cargo ships, a wildlife expert warned Wednesday.


Infrared Image of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation Process

Infrared Image of Circumstellar Disk Illuminates Massive Star Formation Process

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of astronomers from Ibaraki University, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Kanagawa University, University of Tokyo, Academica Sinica, and National Astronomical Observatory of Japan ...


The drying shores of the Dead Sea

Dead Sea needs world help to stay alive

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.



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