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Personal Music Players: Scientists Warn Of Health Risks From Exposure To Noise
Listening to personal music
players at a high volume over a
sustained period can lead to
permanent hearing damage,
according to an opinion of the
European Union Scientific
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New Gene Found That Helps Plants Beat The Heat
Plant scientists have discovered
another piece of the genetic
puzzle that controls how plants
respond to high temperatures. That
may allow plant breeders to create
new varieties of crops that
flourish in warmer, drier
... > full story
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Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery
Archaeologists have dug up a
mystery worthy of Indiana Jones,
one that includes a tomb,
skeletons and burial rites with
both Christian and pagan elements. ... > full story
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New Guidelines Double Amount Of Recommended Vitamin D For Young
The American Academy of Pediatrics
is doubling the amount of vitamin
D it recommends for infants,
children and adolescents. The new
clinical report, "Prevention of
Rickets and Vitamin D Deficiency
... > full story
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Huge Gap Between World Demand For Fish And What Can Be Sustainably Harvested
There is a huge gap between world
demand for fish and what we can
harvest from the world's natural
stocks. The figures are clear: If
we don't do something about the
over fishing, the stocks of wild
... > full story
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Machines Edge Closer To Imitating Human Communication
At a major artificial intelligence
competition, machines have come
close to imitating human
communication. ... > full story
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Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink
Thirty-five percent of the world's
birds, 52 percent of amphibians
and 71 percent of warm-water
reef-building corals are likely to
be particularly susceptible to
climate change, the first results
of an IUCN study have revealed. ... > full story
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Giant Cyclones At Saturn's Poles Create A Swirl Of Mystery
New images from NASA's Cassini
spacecraft reveal a giant cyclone
at Saturn's north pole, and show
that a similarly monstrous cyclone
churning at Saturn's south pole is
powered by Earth-like storm
... > full story
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Climate Change To Devastate Or Destroy Many Penguin Colonies
Half to three-quarters of major
Antarctic penguin colonies face
decline or disappearance if global
temperatures are allowed to climb
by more than 2°C. ... > full story
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Space Fly-by Reveals New Insights Into Titan's Life
Cracking the secrets of the
atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's
mysterious moon, and how planetary
atmospheres evolve, have come a
step closer after evaluation of
data from a successful fly-by of
its surface by the Cassini
... > full story
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- Personal Music Players: Too Much Noise?
- New Gene Helps Plants Beat The Heat
- Archaeological Dig Uncovers Roman Mystery
- Vitamin D: Guidelines Double Amount For Young
- Demand For Fish Outstrips Sustainable Harvests
- Can Machines Imitate Human Communication?
- Climate Change: Pushing Species To The Brink
- Giant Cyclones At Saturn's Poles A Mystery
- Climate Change To Devastate Penguin Colonies
- Space Fly-by Reveals New Clues To Titan's Life
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Toward An Effective Treatment For Spinal Muscular Atrophy
October 14, 2008 — Scientists are reporting a key advance toward developing the first effective drug treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a genetic disease that involves motor neuron loss and occurs in 1 out of ... > full story -
Nanoscopic Screening Process To Speed Drug Discovery
October 14, 2008 — Researchers are using nanotechnology to search for new cancer-fighting drugs through a process that could be up to 10,000 times faster than current ... > full story -
Bacteria That Can Cause Bone Infections Related To Tuberculosis Pathogen
October 14, 2008 — Scientists have discovered that a bone infection is caused by a newly described species of bacteria that is related to the tuberculosis pathogen. The discovery may help improve the diagnosis and ... > full story -
High Powered New Explosive Developed
October 14, 2008 — Scientists have developed a novel tetranitrate ester, which is solid at room temperature, is a highly powerful explosive, and can be melt-cast into the desired ... > full story -
Drinking Alcohol Associated With Smaller Brain Volume
October 14, 2008 — The more alcohol an individual drinks, the smaller his or her total brain volume. Brain volume decreases with age at an estimated rate of 1.9 percent per decade, accompanied by an increase in white ... > full story
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Common Variant Increase Risk Of Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer By 170%
October 14, 2008 — Scientists report the discovery of common versions of two single-letter variations in the human genome (SNPs) that confer risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common cancer among people of ... > full story -
Tropical Wetlands Hold More Carbon Than Temperate Marshes
October 14, 2008 — Tropical wetlands are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones, according to a new study. The scientists extracted soil cores from wetlands in ... > full story -
Vision Loss More Common In People With Diabetes
October 14, 2008 — Visual impairment appears to be more common in people with diabetes than in those without the disease, according to a new ... > full story -
Byproduct Of Steel Shows Potential In Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
October 14, 2008 — With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists are reporting that a byproduct of steel production could be used to absorb that greenhouse gas to help control ... > full story -
Signs Of Heart Disease Are Attributed To Stress More Frequently In Women Than Men
October 14, 2008 — Coronary heart disease symptoms presented in the context of a stressful life event were identified as psychogenic in origin when presented by women and organic in origin when presented by men. The ... > full story
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Embryonic Heart Exhibits Impressive Regenerative Capacity
October 14, 2008 — A new study demonstrates that the embryonic mouse heart has an astounding capacity to regenerate, a phenomenon previously observed only in non-mammalian species. The research describes the previously ... > full story -
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New Knowledge About Thermoelectric Materials Could Give Better Energy Efficiency
October 14, 2008 — New research could be used to develop motors that are more fuel-efficient and provide for more environmentally friendly cooling methods. The new data describes properties of thermoelectric ... > full story -
Unraveling The Complexity Of Human Disease
October 14, 2008 — The mysteries of the human genome are slowly being revealed -- but the more we uncover the more complicated the picture becomes. This was one key message to emerge from the European Science ... > full story -
Significant Process In Creating 3D Stacked Integrated Chips
October 14, 2008 — A nanoelectronics research institute has announced that it has made significant progress with its 3D-SIC (3D stacked IC) technology. Scientists recently demonstrated the first functional 3D ... > full story -
Five Basic Things To Know About Stem Cell Research
October 14, 2008 — In just a few weeks, voters will have an important decision to make when casting their ballots. Not just who they want to be president, or to represent them in Congress, but what they want the state ... > full story
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Why Starving Cells Prolong Life
October 14, 2008 — Cellular damage due to stress is an important factor in aging processes. It is, thus, amazing that starving, which is a stress factor per se, decelerates ageing processes and extends the lifespan of ... > full story -
Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels
October 14, 2008 — Composting beef cattle manure, even with minimal management, can significantly reduce the concentrations of antibiotics in the manure. Scientists found that composting manure from beef cattle could ... > full story -
Circumcision Not Associated With Reduced Risk Of HIV For Men Who Have Sex With Men
October 14, 2008 — An analysis of previous research indicates there is a lack of sufficient evidence that circumcision reduces the risk of human immunodeficiency virus infection or other sexually transmitted infections ... > full story -
Brightening The Future For Optical Circuits
October 14, 2008 — By working together to share costs and know-how, European researchers are shaking up the way research and development is carried out on optical ... > full story -
Pregnancy Does Not Affect Cognitive Functions, Despite Mothers' Fears: Australian Study
October 14, 2008 — Pregnancy and motherhood may make us all go a little gooey, but it's not turning mums' brains into mush, according to mental health researchers in ... > full story
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First Evidence That Common Pollutant May Reduce Iodine Levels In Breast Milk
October 13, 2008 — Researchers in Texas are reporting the first evidence from human studies that perchlorate, a common pollutant increasingly found in food and water, may interfere with an infant's availability of ... > full story -
Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have found new migratory patterns for Mediterranean and western Atlantic bluefin tuna. The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest and most sought-after of all tunas, weighing as much as ... > full story -
Wheezing And Asthma In Young Children
October 13, 2008 — The diagnosis of asthma in a young child may well be more challenging to pediatricians than previously appreciated, according to a review of research and clinical experience ... > full story -
Sound Is An Integral Part Of Products, Industrial Designer Says
October 13, 2008 — Does coffee taste better when your coffee machine produces a particular sound? According to one industrial designer, the sound a product makes is an integral part of that ... > full story -
Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics
October 13, 2008 — Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they ... > full story
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Response To Immune Protein Determines Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis
October 13, 2008 — New research may help reveal why different parts of the brain can come under attack in patients with multiple sclerosis. According to a new study in mice with an MS-like disease, the brain's response ... > full story -
New Properties Of Skin Stem Cells
October 13, 2008 — New research reveals completely new properties of the skin’s stem cells – discoveries that contradict previous findings. The studies, which are published in Nature Genetics, show amongst ... > full story -
Reason For Body’s Response To Borrelia Discovered
October 13, 2008 — Inside a cell it is so crowded that a certain protein from borrelia winds up being crunched. From having been like an oblong rugby football, it gets bent and then collapses into a lump. At this point ... > full story -
Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool For Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
October 13, 2008 — As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say. A new tool follows sea-level ... > full story -
One Hour Of Moderate Daily Exercise Insufficient To Curb Childhood Obesity, Experts Argue
October 13, 2008 — One hour of moderate exercise a day recommended to children from health experts may not be enough to tackle the rising problem of childhood ... > full story
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Potential Non-invasive Optical Detection Of Pancreatic Cancer
October 13, 2008 — Researchers are investigating whether tissue optical spectroscopy can be employed for early cancer detection in the pancreas during minimally-invasive endoscopic diagnostic ... > full story -
Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space
October 13, 2008 — Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are ... > full story -
Vitamin D A Key Player In Overall Health Of Several Body Organs, Says Biochemist
October 13, 2008 — Vitamin D, once linked to only bone diseases, is now recognized as a major player in contributing to overall human health, emphasizes UC Riverside's Anthony Norman, an international expert on vitamin ... > full story -
Claim That Simulated Temperature Trends For Tropics Inconsistent With Observations Is Flawed, Experts Argue
October 13, 2008 — Scientists have helped reconcile the differences between simulated and observed temperature trends in the tropics. They have refuted a recent claim that simulated temperature trends in the tropics ... > full story -
Why Your Boss Is White, Middle-class And A Show-off
October 13, 2008 — The way male managers power dress, posture and exercise power is due to humans' evolutionary biology, according to new ... > full story
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Age-related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified
October 13, 2008 — Clinicians and scientists have identified a major new genetic association with age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed ... > full story -
'Caffeine Receptor' Solved: Structure Of Important Neurological Receptor Defined
October 13, 2008 — Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute have determined the structure of an adenosine receptor that plays a critical role in a number of important physiological processes including pain, ... > full story -
Potential New Tool For Brain Surgeons
October 13, 2008 — One of the primary ways of treating brain cancer is surgically removing the tumors. The risk of this sort of procedure is obvious -- it involves cutting away tissue from the brain, potentially ... > full story -
Using Electrons To Treat Organic Seeds
October 13, 2008 — Sales of organic products are booming: Consumers want their food to be untainted. To avoid the use of fungicides yet nevertheless protect plants from disease, researchers have developed a method that ... > full story -
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Gender DifferenceGirls Are Happier Than Boys At Primary School, Study Shows
October 13, 2008 — Just over one quarter (26 per cent) of primary seven boys are completely happy coming to school, compared with 44 per cent of girls, according to a new ... > full story
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Common Variant Increase Risk Of Most Common Form Of Skin Cancer By 170%
Scientists report the discovery of common versions of two single-letter variations in the human genome (SNPs) that confer risk of basal cell carcinoma (BCC), the most common cancer among people of ... > full story
Mind & Brain
Signs Of Heart Disease Are Attributed To Stress More Frequently In Women Than Men
Coronary heart disease symptoms presented in the context of a stressful life event were identified as psychogenic in origin when presented by women and organic in origin when presented by men. The ... > full story
- Circumcision Not Associated With Reduced Risk Of HIV For Men Who Have Sex With Men
- Pregnancy Does Not Affect Cognitive Functions, Despite Mothers' Fears: Australian Study
- Response To Immune Protein Determines Pathology Of Multiple Sclerosis
- One Hour Of Moderate Daily Exercise Insufficient To Curb Childhood Obesity, Experts Argue
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Just A Numbers Game? Making Sense Of Health Statistics
Health statistics fill today's information environment, but even most doctors, who must make daily decisions and recommendations based on numerical data, lack the basic statistical literacy they ... > full story
Biological & Earth Sciences
Plants & Animals
Embryonic Heart Exhibits Impressive Regenerative Capacity
A new study demonstrates that the embryonic mouse heart has an astounding capacity to regenerate, a phenomenon previously observed only in non-mammalian species. The research describes the previously ... > full story
Earth & Climate
Tropical Wetlands Hold More Carbon Than Temperate Marshes
Tropical wetlands are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones, according to a new study. The scientists extracted soil cores from wetlands in ... > full story
- Minimal Composting Of Beef Cattle Manure Greatly Reduces Antibiotic Levels
- First Evidence That Common Pollutant May Reduce Iodine Levels In Breast Milk
- Atlantic Tuna Return Thousands Of Miles To Birthplace To Spawn
- Claim That Simulated Temperature Trends For Tropics Inconsistent With Observations Is Flawed, Experts Argue
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Paleozoic 'Sediment Curve' Provides New Tool For Tracking Sea-floor Sediment Movements
As the world looks for more energy, the oil industry will need more refined tools for discoveries in places where searches have never before taken place, geologists say. A new tool follows sea-level ... > full story
Physical & Applied Sciences
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Hidden Boundaries Of Sunspots Pump Out Plasma Into Interplanetary Space
Complicated networks of magnetic fields power the sun's atmosphere and create both the beautiful structures and violent explosions that scientists study. Active regions, anchored in sunspots, are ... > full story
Matter & Energy
Byproduct Of Steel Shows Potential In Carbon Dioxide Sequestration
With steelworks around the world emitting huge amounts of carbon dioxide, scientists are reporting that a byproduct of steel production could be used to absorb that greenhouse gas to help control ... > full story
Computers & Math
Significant Process In Creating 3D Stacked Integrated Chips
A nanoelectronics research institute has announced that it has made significant progress with its 3D-SIC (3D stacked IC) technology. Scientists recently demonstrated the first functional 3D ... > full story
