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Predicting the big one
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Predicting when a volcano will erupt is the aim of advanced research currently being undertaken by Victoria University's School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences.
New study may revolutionize language learning
Jan 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The teaching of languages could be revolutionised following ground-breaking research by Victoria University, New Zealand, PhD graduate Paul Sulzberger. Dr Sulzberger has found that the best way to learn a ...
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Study Suggests Affordable Vaccines Within Reach
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research paper suggests that pharmaceutical companies can afford to produce less expensive vaccines for lower-income countries because the companies can recover their research and development (R&D) ...
Anti-cancer agent could be used to prevent premature birth
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Trichostatin A, an agent initially investigated in the laboratory as a possible cancer therapy, has been shown to inhibit contractions in muscle from the uterus and could have a role in preventing premature ...
Poll: US belief in global warming is cooling
Oct 23, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Americans seem to be cooling toward global warming.
Model microbial community for studying expanding dead zones characterized
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Among the many changes in the ocean is the expansion of oxygen-deficient or oxygen minimum zones (OMZs), also known as dead zones, which affect the processes by which carbon is captured and sequestered on ...
Breakthrough with light could help viral research
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method using the force of light to gently trap, manipulate and study tiny, active objects as miniscule as viruses -- opening doors to expanded viral research.
Catching a killer one spore at a time
Oct 19, 2009 |
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A workshop at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama has dramatically improved the ability of conservationists and regulatory agencies to monitor the spread of chytridiomycosis—one of the deadliest ...
Monitoring social networking sites could prevent suicide
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Analysing posts on social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook could help to prevent suicide, according to two Victoria University researchers.
Genetic conflict in fish led to evolution of new sex chromosomes
Oct 01, 2009 |
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University of Maryland biologists have genetically mapped the sex chromosomes of several species of cichlid (pronounced "sick-lid") fish from Lake Malawi, East Africa, and identified a mechanism by which new ...
Australia's largest clinical trial to test benefits of aspirin
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Researchers at Monash University and the United States-based Berman Center for Outcomes & Clinical Research will lead an international clinical trial to test whether taking aspirin contributes to good health in the elderly.
Blood vessels contribute to their own growth and oxygen delivery to tissues and tumors (w/ Video)
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the College of Arts & Sciences have identified a new biological process that spurs the growth of new blood vessels.
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