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UK University to probe integrity of climate data

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(AP) -- A British university said Thursday it would investigate whether scientists at its prestigious Climatic Research Unit fudged data on global warming.


Gene Therapy Hastens Healing Process in Chronic Leg Ulcers

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chronic wounds, including venous leg ulcers which are caused by poor circulation in the veins of the legs, are difficult and expensive to treat. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine ...


Study helps advance heart-related research

Medicine & Health / Research

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Using a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical activity of heart cells.


More competitors, less competition

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established ...


Study reveals the paths of Ontario secondary students to their post-secondary destinations

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by researchers at Queen's University looking at the transitions young people make from secondary school to university, college, apprenticeship and the workplace found that over 60 percent of first-year college ...


Researchers discover how a brain hormone controls insect metamorphosis

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of University of Minnesota researchers have discovered how PTTH, a hormone produced by the brain, controls the metamorphosis of juvenile insects into adults.


Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS

Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies published this month in the Journal of Clinical Investigation provide a significant advance in understanding how some species of monkeys such as sooty mangabeys and African green ...


Psychologist studies how product messages influence our willingness to pay

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As retailers bombard holiday shoppers with a blizzard of product bargains and layaway options, they should probably be concerned with the power of the words being used to promote their products to consumers. ...


Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.


Forest deal at Copenhagen must avoid creating 'carbon refugees'

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Forest dwellers must be included in the design of the upcoming forest deal at Copenhagen in order to avoid a humanitarian crisis, according to a scientist at the University of Leeds.



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