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Why Less Sun Exposure Beats Sunscreen for Skin Protection

But avoiding direct sunlight and wearing clothes which stop harmful UV rays from reaching the skin, rather than sunscreen, are the best ways of avoiding skin…

Environmental Conservation

New Discovery Sparks Hope for Rare Bird Conservation Efforts

But this is the hope of scientists from the RSPB and Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Kazakhstan (ACBK) when they resume their search next…

Studies and Analyses

Breast Cancer Rates Drop: Impact of HRT and Mammography Trends

Previous studies have suggested a link between HRT use and breast cancer. Ahmedin Jemal and colleagues at the American Cancer Society conducted statistical…

Health & Medicine

Gel-Based Handrub Enhances Hospital Hygiene Practices

Good hand hygiene among health care workers can help minimise the spread of infections within hospitals. Alcohol-based handrubs are the standard method of hand…

Studies and Analyses

First research to show that diabetes damages DNA in men’s sperm and may affect fertility

In the first study [1] to compare the quality of DNA in sperm from diabetic and non-diabetic men, the researchers from Belfast, Northern Ireland showed that…

Life & Chemistry

Turning Human Proteins Into Music: A New Innovation

New research published today in the open access journal Genome Biology describes how researchers have found a way to present human proteins as musical notes.Rie Takahashi and Jeffrey H. Miller from the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, have so far transcribed segments of two human proteins into music. But to make their melodies more pleasing on the ear, they had first to overcome a few problems – how to incorporate rhythm, and how to cram the 20 standard amino acids (the building blocks of proteins) into just 13 notes. …

Social Sciences

National Party Politics – A Cold House For Europeans?

Their findings in six nations analysed to date, show parties give only limited resources to EU issues, they still treat EU affairs as a matter of foreign…

Corporate News

MindManager 7: Next-Gen Software for Visualizing Information

Mindjet® Corporation today announced MindManager® 7, a next generation release of its popular visualisation software used by almost a million business…

Environmental Conservation

Urbanization’s Impact on European Blackbirds’ Adaptation

Studying European blackbirds (Turdus merula), Jesko Partecke and Eberhard Gwinner (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology) discovered certain adaptive traits,…

Earth Sciences

New Insights into Air-Sea Surface Science from CBLAST

Aided by new observations from the Coupled Boundary Layer Air-Sea Transfer (CBLAST) – Hurricane field program, scientists at the Rosenstiel School of Marine…

Environmental Conservation

Oysters: Why They Choose to Live in Risky Areas

There are many reasons why living in dense groups with others of your own kind is a good idea. Oftentimes, aggregations of a species serve as protection from…

Environmental Conservation

Distrust of Health Authorities Among Katrina Evacuees

In a study appearing in the May issue of the Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, the researchers write that this distrust likely played a role…

Studies and Analyses

Madagascar’s Tropical Forests Thrive with Improved Management

The return of forest cover was found to be substantial in the study area, with an overall net increase of 4 % during the period 1993-2000. These dry forests…

Studies and Analyses

New Pancreatic Cancer Markers May Predict Survival Rates

The method may also distinguish patients who will survive longer than two years.The research examined pancreatic cancer cells for tiny molecules called…

Life & Chemistry

Inflammatory Genes Tied to Cognitive Decline Post-Heart Surgery

Duke University Medical Center researchers believe their findings could help physicians identify patients at risk of suffering mental decline after heart…

Life & Chemistry

Green Tea Extract Shields Brain in HIV-Related Dementia Study

University of South Florida neuroscientist Brian Giunta, MD, reported the findings May 1 at Experimental Biology 2007 in Washington, DC. His presentation was…

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