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Potential Novel Treatment for Influenza Discovered: Scientists Pursue New Therapies as Deadly H7N9 Flu Spreads in China
May 1, 2013 — An experimental drug has shown promise in treating influenza, preventing lung injury and death from the virus in preclinical studies, according to new research. The scientists found that a drug ... > 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 -
Finding a Sensible Balance for Natural Hazard Mitigation With Mathematical Models
April 30, 2013 — Uncertainty issues are paramount in assessing risks posed by natural hazards and in developing strategies to alleviate their consequences. A new model estimates the balance between costs and benefits ... > full story -
NASA Probe Gets Close-Up Views of Large Hurricane on Saturn
April 30, 2013 — NASA's Cassini spacecraft has provided scientists the first close-up, visible-light views of a behemoth hurricane swirling around Saturn's north pole. In high-resolution pictures and video, ... > full story -
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The Politics of Climate Change
April 29, 2013 — US residents who believe in the scientific consensus on global warming are more likely to support government action to curb emissions, regardless of whether they are Republican or Democrat, according ... > full story -
New Metric to Measure Destructive Potential of Hurricanes
April 25, 2013 — Researchers have developed a new metric to measure seasonal Atlantic tropical cyclone activity that focuses on the size of storms in addition to the duration and intensity, a measure that may prove ... > full story -
Insight on Pandemic Flu
April 25, 2013 — Pandemic flu continues to threaten public health, especially in the wake of the recent emergence of an H7N9 low pathogenic avian influenza strain in ... > full story -
Chernobyl Follow-Up Study Finds High Survival Rate Among Young Thyroid Cancer Patients
April 24, 2013 — More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a ... > full story -
Calculating Tsunami Risk for the US East Coast
April 19, 2013 — The greatest threat of a tsunami for the US East Coast from a nearby offshore earthquake stretches from the coast of New England to New Jersey, according to ... > full story -
Superstorm Sandy Shook the U.S., Literally
April 18, 2013 — When superstorm Sandy turned and took aim at New York City and Long Island last October, ocean waves hitting each other and the shore rattled the seafloor and much of the United States – ... > full story
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