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Combined Wood and Tobacco Smoke Exposure Increases Risk and Symptoms of COPD
May 20, 2013 People who are consistently exposed to both wood smoke and tobacco smoke are at a greater risk for developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and for experiencing more frequent and ... > full story -
Prenatal Exposure to Traffic Is Associated With Respiratory Infection in Young Children
May 20, 2013 Living near a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated with an increased risk of respiratory infection developing in children by the age of 3, according to a new ... > full story -
Air Pollution and Noise Pollution Increase Cardiovascular Risk
May 20, 2013 Both fine-particle air pollution and noise pollution may increase a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease, according to new ... > full story -
Do Men's and Women's Hearts Burn Fuel Differently?
May 20, 2013 Gender specific shifts in cardiac metabolism under stress may shed light on heart ... > full story -
Predicting Infectious Influenza
May 20, 2013 A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a new ... > full story -
Lovelorn Frogs Bag Closest Crooner
May 20, 2013 What lures a lady frog to her lover? Good looks, the sound of his voice, the size of his pad or none of the above? After weighing up their options, female strawberry poison frogs (Oophaga pumilio) ... > full story -
Making Ice-Cream More Nutritious With Meat Left-Overs
May 20, 2013 Most of the animal proteins found in the meat industry waste have, until now, been underutilized. The challenge is to transform such waste into food of higher functionality and added ... > full story -
Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
May 19, 2013 Scientists have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for ... > full story -
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
May 19, 2013 Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of ... > full story -
Roots of Future Tropical Rainfall: Sea Level Influenced Tropical Climate During the Last Ice Age
May 19, 2013 How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world? Climate models generally suggest that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but the ... > full story
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