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Earth Sciences

A 2-for-1 for NASA's Aqua Satellite: Lupit and 23W in Western Pacific

Tropical Storm Lupit is becoming extra-tropical and is expected to track parallel to Japan while remaining at sea, east of the island. Meanwhile, Tropical…

Studies and Analyses

Women’s Decision-Making in Breast Cancer Surgery: A New Study

Most studies investigating how women make this choice have surveyed women months and sometimes even years after their decision was made. Recently, however, the…

Studies and Analyses

Wild Pigs and Deer Don’t Spread GM Corn, Study Finds

Deer stew, roast of wild boar, venison ragout – come fall, all varieties of game are in season for gourmets. However, ever since the worldwide surge in…

Health & Medicine

Physically active have reduced risk of prostate cancer

In 1997, over 45,000 Swedish men between the ages of 45 and 79 responded to a survey on lifestyles and degree of lifetime physical activity. Ten years on, the…

Interdisciplinary Research

All-Electric Spintronics Breakthrough by UC Researchers

A multidisciplinary team of UC researchers is the first to find an innovative and novel way to control an electron's spin orientation using purely electrical…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Depression Neki: Impact of Cool Waters and Wind Shear

Two ingredients that don't mix well with tropical cyclones are waters cooler than 80 degrees Fahrenheit and wind shear. Those two ingredients were added into…

Health & Medicine

Healthy Exercise Benefits for Lymphoma Patients Unveiled

The Healthy Exercise for Lymphoma Patients (HELP) trial, a three-year study led by Kerry Courneya, Canada Research Chair in physical activity and cancer in the…

Information Technology

FDIC Spam Emails: UAB Expert Warns of Viruses and Risks

Warner says the spam is being delivered with one of two subject lines: FDIC has officially named your bank a failed bank You need to check your Bank Deposit…

Health & Medicine

Disrupting Sleep Causes Problems for the Body and Brain

New research in mice now shows that throwing off natural circadian rhythms over the long term can seriously disturb the body and brain, causing weight gain and…

Earth Sciences

Volcanoes Played Pivotal Role in Ancient Ice Age, Mass Extinction

Perhaps ironically, these volcanoes first caused global warming — by releasing massive amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.When they stopped…

Environmental Conservation

Ocean Acidification May Contribute to Global Shellfish Decline

In one of the first studies looking at the effect of ocean acidification on shellfish, Stephanie Talmage, PhD candidate, and Professor Chris Gobler showed that…

Medical Engineering

Researchers Study Materials, Combustion, Cancer with New ‘T-ray’ Instrument

As it did, Thomas Chiou explained how the technology would allow Iowa State University researchers to take a close and unique look at materials reliability,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Can Bumble Bees Fill Pollination Void?

The findings, which will be published in the November/December 2009 issue of Crop Science, offer promise for the use of bumble bee crop pollinators as an…

Physics & Astronomy

Whales Are Polite Conversationalists

Now a group of marine biologists at the Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center has developed a tool that can spot these rhythms and identify individual…

Studies and Analyses

Alkaline Exposure Linked to Tooth Damage: Study Insights

The study was carried out at the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Sahlgrenska Academy and published in the Journal of Dentistry.”The study shows that exposure to alkaline substances can result in damaged teeth, but that the process is different to that caused by exposure to acidic drinks or acidic industrial vapours,” says Fabian Taube, occupational hygienist and one of the researchers behind the study….

Life & Chemistry

Vegetables May Shield Unborn Children From Diabetes Risk

The study was performed in collaboration with Linköping University, which is conducting a population study called ABIS (All Babies in Southeast Sweden). The…

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