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Health & Medicine

Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exploring Gender Differences in Impact

Tuulikki Sokka from the Jyvaskyla Central Hospital, Finland, along with other members of the Quantitative Standard Monitoring of Patients with RA (QUEST-RA)…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Biodiversity in Farming: Healthier and Tastier Options

The research, part of the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) programme which draws together the social and natural science, concluded that pasture-based farming…

Business and Finance

KfW Launches 10-Year Euro Benchmark Bond for 2009

The benchmark bond I/2009 matures on 21 January 2019, pays a coupon of 3.875% p.a. and carries a re-offer price of 99.471 (with a 3.94% yield). This…

Environmental Conservation

Organic Soils Acidify Further Despite Lower Acidic Deposition

Following the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970 and 1990 acidic deposition in North America has declined significantly since its peak in 1973. Consequently,…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Preventing Soil Erosion in Continuous Corn Farming Practices

With recent increase in the cost of energy and subsequent explorations into alternative energy sources, the increased harvest of corn residue for cellulosic…

Earth Sciences

Soil Maps Enhance Quaternary Geologic Mapping Accuracy

Geologists, archeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, engineers, and natural resource managers routinely use National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) data…

Health & Medicine

Mental Health History Linked to Increased PTSD Risk

Individuals undergoing mental health treatment prior to exposure to a traumatic event are twice as likely to experience post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)…

Life & Chemistry

Wireless Microgrippers Grab Living Cells in ‘Biopsy’ Tests

In experiments that pave the way for tiny mobile surgical tools activated by heat or chemicals, Johns Hopkins researchers have invented dust-particle-size…

Earth Sciences

Dirty Snow Accelerates Runoff in Cascades and Rockies

Soot from pollution causes winter snowpacks to warm, shrink and warm some more. This continuous cycle sends snowmelt streaming down mountains as much as a…

Studies and Analyses

Humans Accelerate Prey Evolution at Unprecedented Rates

Human predation is accelerating the rate of observable trait changes by 300 percent above the pace observed within natural systems, and 50 percent faster than…

Environmental Conservation

New technology needed to monitor rain forest 'tsunami'

Speaking at a January 12, 2009 symposium “Will the Rainforests Survive? New Threats and Realities in the Tropical Extinction Crisis*,” hosted by the…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Therapy Boosts Immune Cells to Target Brain Tumors

Scientists seeking to harness the power of the immune system to eradicate brain tumors face two major hurdles: recruiting key immune cells called dendritic…

Life & Chemistry

'Museomics' yields new insights into extinct Tasmanian tiger

Later that year, a female and her three cubs arrived at the zoo. However, by the mid-1930s, the thylacine was extinct, leaving behind only preserved museum…

Environmental Conservation

Reducing Disease Risk: Safeguarding Yellowstone Bison

Such drastic measures may be unnecessary, however, according to researchers who have assessed the risk of disease transmission from Yellowstone bison to cattle.

Life & Chemistry

New Enzyme Discovery Could Prevent Obesity in Mice

“We have discovered a new enzyme within fat cells that is a key regulator of fat metabolism and body weight, making it a promising target in the search for a…

Life & Chemistry

Synthetic HDL: Innovative Solution for Cholesterol Issues

Northwestern University scientists now offer a promising new weapon — synthetic high-density lipoprotein (HDL), the “good” cholesterol — that could help…

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