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Heart Attack Rates Drop 15% After National Smoking Ban

French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking…

Information Technology

Galileo Satellite GIOVE-B Unveiled at ESA/ESTEC Event

On Wednesday 5 March, media representatives will have the unique opportunity to attend an in-depth Galileo background briefing at ESTEC. It will be the last…

Life & Chemistry

Fish Feed Innovation: Benefits of Plant Oils in Aquaculture

For his doctorate, Sverre Ludvig Seierstad investigated the biological consequences of exchanging the fish oils commonly used in fish feed with vegetable oils….

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Dairy Farm Production Sees 1% Growth Amid Industry Challenges

– One percent growth is minor when compared to other sectors of industry. The low level of growth can be explained by the 1990s recession and the initial…

Environmental Conservation

New Carbon Aerogel Material Cleans Hydrocarbon Industry Pollutants

This material is a monolithic carbon aerogel with the advantage of not only being able to retain these pollutants: it can also be easily regenerated and can…

Life & Chemistry

Bird Flu Strain Spread Slowed at Thailand, Vietnam Borders

Several strains of the bird flu virus that raged across southern China were blocked from entering Thailand and Vietnam, UC Irvine researchers have discovered.This first-ever statistical analysis of influenza A H5N1’s genetic diversity helps scientists better understand how the virus migrates and could, in the future, help health officials determine whether efforts to thwart its spread were successful….

Environmental Conservation

Wild Birds Change Their Songs Due to Polluted Prey

A new study, published in PLoS ONE on February 27 by researchers at Cardiff University, reveals that wild birds foraging on invertebrates contaminated with…

Life & Chemistry

Bats’ Animal Magnetism: New Insights on Navigation Skills

They may not be on most people’s list of most attractive species, but bats definitely have animal magnetism. Researchers from the Universities of Leeds and…

Information Technology

Digital Assistant Tracks Breathing for Better Health Management

Avoid irritants, breathe properly, have plenty to drink, get regular exercise, keep an asthma diary – patients with chronic respiratory diseases have to lead a…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Boron: Key Element for Plant and Animal Growth Unveiled

Research on the biological role of boron (B), a chemical element described almost a century ago as required in small quantities to maintain just the structure…

Life & Chemistry

Exploring Brain Activity Behind Parental Instincts

Nobel-Prize-winning zoologist Konrad Lorenz proposed that it is the specific structure of the infant face, including a relatively large head and forehead,…

Event News

International Conference on Human Rights and Environment 2024

In its ninth successful year, this year’s event takes place on Saturday 8 March and focuses on international human rights and the environment. It will feature…

Information Technology

Minimally Invasive Fibroid Treatment Shows Positive Results

“We started from scratch to build the technical interfaces, the ground control systems and the working relationships. The only way to make this work is through…

Physics & Astronomy

MIT students living on 'Mars' via Utah

They're not really on Mars, of course-human missions there are not yet even in NASA's long-term schedule and are not expected to take place for at least two…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Iowa State researchers help piece together the corn genome's first draft

Patrick Schnable, a Baker Professor of Agronomy and director of the Center for Plant Genomics and the Center for Carbon Capturing Crops, and Srinivas Aluru, a…

Physics & Astronomy

Crystal Bells Silent as Physicists Pursue Dark Matter Quest

Scientists of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment today announced that they have regained the lead in the worldwide race to find the particles that…

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