Archive: 08/15/2007
The memories you want to forget are the hardest ones to lose
Painful, emotional memories that people would most like to forget may be the toughest to leave behind, especially when memories are created through visual cues, according to a new study by the University of North Carolina ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Adaptation to parasites drive African fishes along different evolutionary paths
An international team of scientists from Canada (Université Laval), the U.K. (University of Hull, Cardiff University) and Spain (Doňana Biological Station), have discovered that a pair of closely related species of East African ...
Biology /
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Air pollution linked to cardiovascular risk indices in healthy young adults
Researchers in Taiwan have demonstrated for the first time that urban air pollution simultaneously affects key indicators of cardiovascular risk in young adults: inflammation, oxidative stress, coagulation and autonomic dysfunction.
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Keeping on top of wildlife threats
One of Australia’s greatest conservation challenges in protecting the Great Barrier Reef and other natural assets is staying one jump ahead of both the movement of protected species and the emergence of new and unforeseen ...
Biology /
Aug 15, 2007 |
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DNA replication behavior in complex organisms may foreshadow leaps in genomic discoveries
For the first time, findings by scientists at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) may be paving the way for more efficient analyses and tests related to the replication of cells, and ultimately, to the better understanding ...
Biology /
Aug 15, 2007 |
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First all-African GM crop is resistant to maize streak virus
The first all-African genetically modified crop plant with resistance to the severe maize streak virus (MSV), which seriously reduces the continent’s maize yield, has been developed by scientists from the ...
Biology /
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Palm oil demand puts orangutans at risk
The growing demand for bio-diesel fuel threatens the survival of the orangutans of Borneo, the largest surviving population of the primate in the wild.
Biology /
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Rare intact tomb found in Italy
A 2,000-year-old Etruscan tomb containing the remains of at least 16 people has been found intact in Italy's Tuscany region.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 15, 2007 |
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First biomarker discovered that predicts prostate cancer outcome
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified the first immune molecule that appears to play a role in prostate cancer development and in predicting cancer recurrence and progression after surgery. The report on the B7-H3 molecule ...
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Eating junk food whilst pregnant and breastfeeding may lead to obese offspring
Mothers who eat junk food during pregnancy and breastfeeding may be putting their children at risk of overeating and developing obesity, according to a study funded by the Wellcome Trust and carried out at the Royal Veterinary ...
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Older climbers face uphill battle on Mount Everest
In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40. But new research shows that 60 year olds cannot keep up with 40 year olds on Mount Everest and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying ...
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Freshwater supplies threatened in central Pacific
An international team from The Australian National University, Ecowise Environmental, the Government of the Republic of Kiribati, the French agency CIRAD and the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission has been studying ...
Aug 15, 2007 |
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Conquest of land began in shark genome
When the first four-legged animals sprouted fingers and toes, they took an ancient genetic recipe and simply extended the cooking time, say University of Florida scientists writing in Wednesday’s issue of the journal PLoS ...
Biology /
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