Archive: 09/16/2009
Acne really is a nightmare for some teens
Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Failure to tackle climate change spells a global health catastrophe
An editorial and letter, published simultaneously by the BMJ and Lancet today, warn that failure to agree radical cuts in carbon dioxide emissions at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen this December spells a glob ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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North America backs plan to cut greenhouse gases
(AP) -- Small island nations gained North America's powerful backing Tuesday for a plan to convert the U.N. ozone treaty into a tool for phasing out some of the globe's most powerful climate-warming gases.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New Zealand scientists develop wireless heart pump
New Zealand scientists have developed the technology for a wireless heart pump they say could save thousands of lives and offer an alternative to heart transplants.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Egg-shaped legacy of Britain's mobile ice-sheet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ice sheets that sculpted the landscape of northern Britain moved in unexpected ways and left distinctive egg-shaped features according to new research.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world
(PhysOrg.com) -- New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to the lab, ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Exercise better than shockwave treatment for chronic shoulder pain
Supervised exercises are more effective than shockwave treatment to relieve chronic shoulder pain, finds a study published in British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Color-coded chart improves parents' understanding of body mass index
A new study shows that parents are more likely to understand a body mass index (BMI) chart if it's color-coded, like a traffic light, than the standard charts currently in use.
Sep 16, 2009 |
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First Solid Evidence for a Rocky Exoplanet (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The longest set of HARPS measurements ever made has firmly established the nature of the smallest and fastest-orbiting exoplanet known, CoRoT-7b, revealing its mass as five times that of Earth's. ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Replacing coal with cattle
As Larry Clay tends cattle at D&D Ranch, massive dump trucks growl nearby, hauling off rock stripped away to uncover coal. The Perry County ranch site was a hillside covered in trees before Pine Branch Coal Sales mined it, ...
Sep 16, 2009 |
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Northwest salmon recovery plan may include breaching dams
In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Washington state and Idaho includes studying ...
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