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Exercise Proves to Be Ineffective Against Care Home Depression
May 2, 2013 Researchers have shown that exercise is not effective in reducing burden of depression among elderly care home ... > full story -
Newly-Discovered Human Fat Cell Opens Up New Opportunities for Future Treatment of Obesity
May 2, 2013 The body's brown fat cells play a key role in the development of obesity and diabetes. Researchers have now discovered that we humans have two different kinds of brown fat cells and not one kind as ... > full story -
Dustless Chalk May Cause Allergy and Asthma Symptoms in Students With Milk Allergy, Study Finds
May 2, 2013 Many of today's schools and school teachers opt for dustless chalk to keep hands and classrooms clean. But according to a new study, this choice in chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in ... > full story -
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Printable Functional 'Bionic' Ear Melds Electronics and Biology
May 1, 2013 Scientists used off-the-shelf printing tools to create a functional ear that can "hear" radio frequencies far beyond the range of normal human capability. The researchers' primary purpose was to ... > full story -
Potential of Best Practice to Reduce Impacts from Oil and Gas Projects in the Amazon
May 1, 2013 Hydrocarbon exploration and production continues to press into the most remote corners of the western Amazon, one of the most biologically and culturally diverse zones on Earth. A new best practice ... > full story -
Some 'Green' Hot Water Systems Fail to Deliver on Promises, Study Shows
May 1, 2013 A new research paper reports that hot water recirculating systems touted as "green" actually use both more energy and water than their standard ... > full story -
Midwestern Frogs Decline, Mammal Populations Altered by Invasive Plant, Studies Reveal
May 1, 2013 Researchers have discovered a new culprit contributing to amphibian decline and altered mammal distribution throughout the Midwest region -- the invasive plant European ... > full story -
Transfer of Ultraprecise Time Signals Over a Wireless Optical Channel Demonstrated
May 1, 2013 By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers have transferred ultra-precise time signals through open air with unprecedented precision equivalent to the "ticking" of the ... > full story -
Global Networks Must Be Redesigned, Experts Urge
May 1, 2013 The increasing interdependencies between the world's technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems have the potential to create global catastrophic risks. We may have to redesign global ... > full story -
New Plant Protein Discoveries Could Ease Global Food and Fuel Demands
May 1, 2013 New discoveries of the way plants transport important substances across their biological membranes to resist toxic metals and pests, increase salt and drought tolerance, control water loss and store ... > full story
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