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How Ocean Energy Impacts Life in the Deep Sea: Results Will Help Scientists Understand What to Expect Under Future Climate Change
September 5, 2012 A new study of deep-sea species worldwide examines how gradients in food and temperature in the deep sea's dark, frigid waters affect the creatures that live there. Similar studies have been ... > full story -
Concern About Plans to Close Unique Canadian Environmental Project
September 5, 2012 The Canadian government's plans to discontinue in 2013 a unique environmental research project that has yielded insights into water pollution, climate change and other topics for almost 40 years ... > full story -
'Benign' Malaria Key Driver of Human Evolution in Asia-Pacific
September 4, 2012 The malaria species rampant in the Asia-Pacific region has been a significant driver of evolution of the human genome, a new study has shown. An international team of researchers has shown that ... > full story -
New 'Rust-Tracker' to Monitor Deadly Wheat Fungus in 27 Nations
August 31, 2012 The world's top wheat experts have reported a breakthrough in their ability to track Ug99 and related strains of a deadly and rapidly mutating wheat pathogen called stem rust that threatens wheat ... > full story -
Malaria Nearly Eliminated in Sri Lanka Despite Decades of Conflict
August 29, 2012 Despite nearly three decades of conflict, Sri Lanka has succeeded in reducing malaria cases by 99.9 percent since 1999 and is on track to eliminate the disease entirely by ... > full story -
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Research Shows Children at Risk from Rural Water Supplies
August 24, 2012 Children drinking from around half the UK’s private water supplies are almost five times more likely to pick up stomach infections – according to new ... > full story -
Income, 'Screen Time' Affect Soda, Junk Food Consumption
August 22, 2012 Researchers survey dietary habits of 1,800 Edmonton-area ... > full story -
Consumption Measures Poverty Better Than Income, Study Shows
August 21, 2012 The U.S. Census Bureau should reconsider income-based poverty measures in favor of a consumption-based method, according to a new study that strives to more accurately identify the neediest ... > full story -
Electrifying Success in Raising Antioxidant Levels in Sweet Potatoes
August 20, 2012 Already ranked by some as number one in nutrition among vegetables, the traditional sweet potato can be nutritionally supercharged with a simple, inexpensive electric current treatment that increases ... > full story -
Women Could Play Key Role in Correcting Crisis in Clean Drinking Water and Sanitation Crisis
August 20, 2012 People in ancient Rome 2,000 years ago had better access to clean water and sanitation that keeps disease-causing human excrement out of contact with people than many residents of the 21st century, ... > full story
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