In a study published in the October 2008 issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel…
The study estimates that losses on first mortgages for owner-occupied homes may range as high as $180 billion.While that’s a large amount, it is not…
Noise from commercial and military jet aircraft causes environmental problems for communities near airports, obliging airplanes to follow often complex…
If you've balanced a laptop computer on your lap lately, you probably noticed a burning sensation. That's because ever-increasing processing speeds are…
Archaeological evidence suggests that glass was first made in the Middle East sometime around 3000 B.C. However, almost 5,000 years later, scientists are still…
A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other…
With a $338,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an award from the American Council of Learned Societies, Jesse Casana and Jackson…
The four-year study, reported in the September, 2008 issue of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), found the effects of air pollution were generally…
Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project.Now…
University of Michigan paleontologist Jeffrey Wilson was part of the team that made the discovery, to be published Sept. 29 in the online journal Public…
Religious emotions and believes have often been linked to a capacity to deal with pain, as those images of Philippine men being willingly crucified during…
These strips provide nine tests to detect and monitor kidney disease across the continuum of patient care. They can be used on Siemens’ CLINITEK Status®…
A novel Brandeis University study this week in PLoS Biology reports on some of the molecular gymnastics performed by a protein involved in regulating DNA…
Concerns arise when excessive irrigation of the container crops grown in soilless media leads to leaching and loss of nutrients and chemicals in runoff. The…
In a survey of the New York market from 1972 to 1984, blue mold caused by Penicillium expansum was the most damaging parasitic postharvest disease of apples….
Consumer surveys indicate that the shape of a tree is the most important factor affecting Christmas tree selection, followed by needle retention, species, and…
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