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Agricultural & Forestry Science

Scientists Ask Farm Bureau to Recognize Climate Change

According to the Farm Bureau, “there is no generally agreed upon scientific assessment on the exact impact or extent of carbon emissions from human activities,…

Environmental Conservation

Follow Antarctic Expedition Blog

The answer is a place where “summer” means very brief forays above freezing temperatures: Antarctica, the most mysterious of the earth’s continents, a paradox…

Life & Chemistry

As in Humans, Sleep Solidifies a Bird’s Memories

The research, published Wednesday by The Journal of Neuroscience, fills an important gap between human behavioral findings and animal experiments of how the…

Life & Chemistry

How Heritability Shapes Mate Choice in Birds

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen investigated the influence of heritability versus sexual imprinting on mate choice by…

Health & Medicine

New Target Discovered to Combat Cancer Tumor Growth

For a cancer tumour to be able to grow larger than the size of a pea, the cancer cells need to stimulate the formation of new blood vessels that can supply the…

Health & Medicine

Major Donation Boosts Breast Cancer Research Efforts

“We are very happy to be donating money to the fight against breast cancer, especially in light of our own family history,” says Märit Rausing. “Hans's mother…

Business and Finance

KfW's 10-year Euro Benchmark Bond gets off to flying start

The Euro Benchmark Bond I/2010 matures on 20 January 2020, pays a coupon of 3.625% p.a. and carries a re-offer price of 99.934 (with a 3.633% yield). This…

Life & Chemistry

New 3D Brain Imaging Reveals Insights from Purdue Researchers

A completely new view of the brains of mice has been achieved by a team headed by R. Graham Cooks at Purdue University (West Lafayette, Indiana, USA). By using…

Transportation and Logistics

Extreme Weather Effects on European Transport Systems

EU has launched a research project which studies the effects of extreme weather events on the safety and reliability of traffic systems. The EWENT project,…

Earth Sciences

Edzani Weakens to Tropical Storm, Winds at 52 MPH

On Monday, January 11 at 10 a.m. ET (1500 UTC) Edzani's maximum sustained winds were near 52 mph (45 knots). Edzani's center was about 970 nautical miles…

Environmental Conservation

Exploring Microbial Innovation at Lost City Hydrothermal Vents

At least that's what happens at the Lost City hydrothermal vent field, according to work led by the University of Washington and published this week in the…

Life & Chemistry

Iguanas on Tiny Islands: Rafting or Bridging Their Way?

For years, the leading explanation has been that progenitors of the island species must have rafted there, riding across the Pacific on a mat of vegetation or…

Studies and Analyses

Cognitive Activity Boosts Memory and Reduces Alzheimer’s Risk

If you don't have a college degree, you're at greater risk of developing memory problems or even Alzheimer's. Education plays a key role in lifelong memory…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Brain Connectivity Gaps in ADHD

“This is the first time that we have direct evidence that this connectivity is missing in ADHD,” said Ali Mazaheri, postdoctoral researcher at the Center for…

Physics & Astronomy

New Quantum Cascade Lasers: More Light, Less Heat

The results are an important step toward use of quantum cascade lasers in a variety of applications, including remote sensing of hazardous chemicals.The…

Studies and Analyses

Workers' comp research provides insight into curbing health-care costs

According to a Johns Hopkins study published in the January edition of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, the practice patterns of…

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