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Environmental Conservation

Asia's odd-ball antelope faces migration crisis

The study, which appears in the latest issue of The Open Conservation Biology Journal, tracked saiga with GPS collars in Mongolia and discovered a “migration…

Life & Chemistry

Hissing Cockroaches: Allergen Risks from Mold Exposure

But the giant insects also have one unfortunate characteristic: Their hard bodies and feces are home to many mold species that could be triggering allergies in…

Earth Sciences

Mercury's shifting, rolling past

Patterns of scalloped-edged cliffs or lobate scarps on Mercury’s surface are thrust faults that are consistent with the planet shrinking and cooling with time….

Studies and Analyses

Neighborhood Impact on Exercise Habits: Key Insights

Residents of neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty, lower education, and more female-headed families are less likely than others to exercise, according…

Materials Sciences

Fake Diamonds Coating Jet Engines for Heat Resistance

The zirconia chemically converts sand and other corrosive particles that build up on the blade into a new, protective outer coating. In effect, the surface of…

Studies and Analyses

Why Animal Wine Labels Capture Consumer Attention

However, marketers have recently begun using unusual visual identifiers that have little, if anything, to do with the product. For example, market research…

Business and Finance

Time isn't money: Study finds that we spend the resources differently

Money is used to pay for things like furniture and plane tickets; time is spent assembling the do-it-yourself bookshelf or searching for cheap flights on the…

Life & Chemistry

What gets a female's attention — at least a songbird's

The finding provides insights not only into the intricacies of songbird attraction and devotion but also into the way in which the brain develops and responds…

Life & Chemistry

Gecko's 'active' tail key to preventing falls and aerial maneuvers

How useful is an animal's tail? For the gecko, unlike most animals, it could be a matter of life or death, according to new research from the University of…

Health & Medicine

Severe West Nile infection could lead to lifetime of symptoms

“What we are finding is that about 60% of people, one year after severe infection with West Nile, still report symptoms,” says Kristy Murray of the University…

Environmental Conservation

Energy-using Products Act (EuPA): a building stone for climate protection

Energy-using products are those products for whose use energy must be supplied in the form of electricity, fossil fuels or renewable energy resources. This…

Information Technology

Cutting edge computing helps discover the origin of life

Deep ocean hydrothermal vents have long been suggested as possible sources of biological molecules such as RNA and DNA but it was unclear how they could…

Communications Media

BBC ONE announces flagship new medical series with Professor Robert Winston

Far from the safety of known procedures, the 3×60 series follows the lives of patients and medics making the impossible decision to jump into the unknown. What…

Environmental Conservation

Envisat makes first ever observation of regionally elevated CO2 from manmade emissions

More than 30 billion tonnes of extra carbon dioxide (CO2) is released into the atmosphere annually by human activities, mainly through the burning of fossil…

Studies and Analyses

Does Writing Help Overcoming Traumatic Stress?

Writing assignments have shown promising results in treating traumatic symptomatology. Yet no studies have compared their efficacy to the current treatment of…

Health & Medicine

Will “botox” be the aspirin of the 21st century?

Botulinum toxin (“botox”) is a very powerful and often fatal poison produced by a rare type of food poisoning bacteria. The toxin blocks the activity of…

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