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  Trust Your Gut? Study Explores Religion, Morality And Trust In Authority

  September 14, 2009 — Researchers provided a nationally-represented sample of adults with an online survey about the US Supreme Court's ruling on physician-assisted suicide. More religious participants tended to trust the ... > full story
• Racial Issues
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  Racial Disparity
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  Rethinking Hate Crime

  September 14, 2009 — The impact of hate crime is deep and widespread, says new research. Important new research by criminologists challenges existing stereotypes about the nature and impact of hate crime offending. While ... > full story
• Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Infectious Diseases
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  Arctic Oil: A Boon For Nest Predators

  September 8, 2009 — Oil development in the Arctic is impacting some bird populations by providing "subsidized housing" to predators, which nest and den around drilling infrastructure and supplement their diets with ... > full story
• Foodborne Illness
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  Large Majority Of Americans Want Stronger Food Safety Rules, Poll Finds

  September 8, 2009 — Among likely voters surveyed across the nation, about nine in 10 support the federal government adopting additional food safety measures, and 64 percent believe that imported foods are often or ... > full story
• Urbanization
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  Community Gardens Don't Impact Crime Rate, Study Finds; Residents Still Perceive Neighborhoods As Safer Where Gardens Grow

  September 8, 2009 — Urban residents across the United States have dug in to create green spaces in their neighborhoods and the effects are positive -- increase in the number of owner-occupied dwellings, more personal ... > full story
• Bacteria
  Microbiology
  Graphene
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  Organic Chemistry
  Foodborne Illness
   
  

  New Biosensor Can Detect Bacteria Instantaneously

  September 8, 2009 — Researchers in Spain have developed a biosensor that can immediately detect very low levels of Salmonella typhi, the bacteria that causes typhoid fever. The technique uses carbon nanotubes and ... > full story
• Justice
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  A Tale Of Two Capitalisms: Research Into Homicide Rates And The Link To Political Economies

  September 4, 2009 — Homicide rates are closely linked to the form of political economy that runs a nation, according to a new study. Researchers claim that homicide rates are significantly higher in nations in ... > full story
• Extinction
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  Last Chance To Save Rare Asian Animal From Extinction?

  September 3, 2009 — Discovered only in 1992, the Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis) that inhabit remote valleys along the border of Lao PDR and Vietnam are fast approaching the point of extinction. An emergency meeting of ... > full story
• Land Management
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  Global Priority Regions For Carnivore Conservation

  August 26, 2009 — Finding economical and practical solutions for conserving endangered carnivores is a continuous challenge for conservationists. In a new paper, a team of Brazilian researchers define global ... > full story
• Mobile Computing
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  Who Are You? Mobile ID Devices Find Out Using NIST Guidelines

  August 26, 2009 — A new publication that recommends best practices for the next generation of portable biometric acquisition devices -- Mobile ID -- has been published by ... > full story

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