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Researchers use math to reduce jet lag
Jun 18, 2009 |
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Reducing jet lag is the aim of a new mathematical methodology and software program developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan.
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More 20 mph zones in London would prevent 100 killed or seriously injured casualties each year
Dec 11, 2009 |
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20 mph traffic speed zones reduce casualties by 41.9% with the greatest reduction in child casualties, according to research published today in the British Medical Journal.
Large dead zones predicted for Gulf, Chesapeake Bay
Jul 14, 2008 |
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Record-setting "dead zones" in the Gulf of Mexico and Chesapeake Bay appear likely this summer, according to new forecasts from a University of Michigan researcher.
Increasing carbon dioxide and decreasing oxygen make it harder for deep-sea animals to 'breathe'
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New calculations made by marine chemists from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) suggest that low-oxygen "dead zones" in the ocean could expand significantly over the next ...
Study shows continued spread of 'dead zones'
Aug 14, 2008 |
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A global study led by Professor Robert Diaz of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, shows that the number of "dead zones"—areas of seafloor with too little oxygen for most marine life—has ...
India launches seven satellites: space agency
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 23, 2009 |
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India successfully launched seven satellites including six from foreign countries on Wednesday, officials said, underlining the country's ambitions in the space business.
Beneath the surface
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 11, 2009 |
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It was the geological collision between India and Asia millions of years ago that created one of the world's most distinctive places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh ...
Oxygen depletion: A new form of ocean habitat loss
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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An international team of physical oceanographers including a researcher from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has discovered that oxygen-poor regions of tropical oceans are expanding as ...
Golf course putting greens show their age
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Just like the rest of us, golf courses show their age -- especially on putting greens, which experience more foot traffic than anywhere else on golf courses. Putting greens, which comprise only about 1.6% of the total area ...
Shopping behavior: Consumers flock together, but don't necessarily buy
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Apr 20, 2009 |
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Consumers are attracted to crowds in stores, but they are not likely to buy something from a crowded location, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Tongan inspection team heads to undersea volcano
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Scientists sailed Thursday to inspect an undersea volcano that has been erupting for days near Tonga - shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ...
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