Population policy needed for the UK in order to combat climate change 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
The biggest contribution UK couples can make to combating climate change would be to have only two children or at least have one less than they first intended, argues an editorial published on BMJ.com today. | |
A Viral Cloaking Device: Biologists show how Human Cytomegalovirus hides from the immune system July 18, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Viruses achieve their definition of success when they can thrive without killing their host. Now, biologists Pamela Bjorkman and Zhiru Yang of the California Institute of Technology have uncovered how one ... | |
 More than half Philippine fauna nearly extinct: official July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
More than half the birds, amphibians and mammals found only in the Philippines are either threatened or nearly extinct, the environment and natural resources department said Monday. | |
Cranberry juice creates energy barrier that keeps bacteria away from cells, study shows July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester ... | |
 Researchers pursue grasses as Earth-friendly biofuel July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- At a small site on the Batavia campus of Fermilab, ecologist Julie Jastrow of Argonne National Laboratory pushes the scientific frontier in a new and exciting way: She watches the grass grow. | |
 Lost castle solves riddle of Buckton Moor July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A mysterious monument standing on a windswept Lancashire hilltop for nearly a thousand years has been identified as one of England’s most important castles – causing a sensation among archaeologists. | |
 Scientists identify cells for spinal-cord repair July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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A researcher at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory has pinpointed stem cells within the spinal cord that, if persuaded to differentiate into more healing cells and fewer scarring cells following ... | |
For Clean Water: Chlorine-tolerant membranes for desalination July 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most pressing needs of our time is safe, sustainable access to fresh water. The dominant technology for desalination of water is membrane-based desalination, an energy-efficient, environmentally ... | |
 Study shows parasites outweigh predators July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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In a study of free-living and parasitic species in three estuaries on the Pacific coast of California and Baja California, a team of researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, the United ... | |
Plant steroids offer new paradigm for how hormones work 22 hours ago | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Steroids bulk up plants just as they do human athletes, but the playbook of molecular signals that tell the genes to boost growth and development in plant cells is far more complicated than in human and animal cells. A new ... | |
 N.M. researchers hope to cultivate 'calming herb' 6 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(AP) -- The plant has been described by local residents as magical, its qualities almost mythical. The native herb yerba mansa, translated from Spanish as the "calming herb," has been used medicinally for ... | |
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal ... | |
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