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Europe Needs to Tackle Legal, Ethical and Cultural Barriers to Child Organ Donation
September 8, 2011 — Consultants from a leading UK children's hospital have called for European countries to change the way they tackle the shortage of organ donations from children. The review explores discrepancies in ... > full story -
Mobile Phone Data Help Track Populations During Disasters
August 30, 2011 — Mobile phone positioning data can be used to monitor population movements during disasters and outbreaks, according to a new study. The study finds that reports on the location of populations ... > full story -
Studies Question Effectiveness of Sex Offender Laws
August 30, 2011 — Two new studies cast doubt on whether sex offender registry and notification laws actually work as ... > full story -
Single Parents and Gay Couples Face Rental Housing Discrimination, Canadian Study Finds
August 26, 2011 — A new study by researchers in Canada finds that single parents are approximately 15 per cent more likely to be rejected by landlords seeking renters, while male gay couples are nearly 25 per cent ... > full story -
Source of Haitian Cholera Outbreak Uncovered
August 24, 2011 — Employing technology that reads the entire DNA code, researchers have pinpointed the source of a cholera outbreak in Haiti that killed more than 6,000 people and sickened 300,000. Using whole genome ... > full story -
Magnitude-5.8 Earthquake Strikes U.S. National Capital Area
August 24, 2011 — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the National Capital Area on Tuesday, August 23, at 1:51p.m. (EDT), causing moderate shaking and potentially significant damage, and was felt throughout Northern ... > full story -
Investments in Pastoralism Offer Best Hope for Combating Droughts in Africa's Drylands
August 23, 2011 — As hunger spreads among more than 12 million people in the Horn of Africa, a new study of the response to Kenya's last devastating drought, in 2008-2009, finds that investments aimed at increasing ... > full story -
Poverty and National Parks: Decade-Long Study Finds Surprising Relationship
August 22, 2011 — If so many poor people live around national parks in developing countries, does that mean that these parks are contributing to their poverty? Yes, according to the conventional wisdom, but no, ... > full story -
New Research Explores Military Organization and Child Mortality Rates
August 22, 2011 — Newly published research examines the impact of armed conflict and military organization on child-morality ... > full story -
Race and Poverty Often Unjustifiably Tied to School Security Measures
August 20, 2011 — Elementary, middle, and high schools with large minority populations -- but not necessarily higher crime rates -- are far more likely than others to require students and visitors to pass through ... > full story
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