Archive: 01/23/2008
Thousands of crop varieties from 4 corners of the world depart for Arctic seed vault
At the end of January, more than 200,000 crop varieties from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East—drawn from vast seed collections maintained by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)—will ...
Biology /
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Seasonal weight changes linked to metabolic syndrome
Seasonal changes in weight increase the risk for metabolic syndrome, a group of scientists from National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland, reports in a study published in the January 23 issue of the online, open-access ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Mothers trade child quantity for quality
Researchers at the University of Sheffield have shown that mothers are choosing to have fewer children in order to give their children the best start in life, but by doing so are going against millenia of human evolution. ...
Jan 23, 2008 |
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DNA sensors found to be an effective artificial nose
In designing artificial noses modeled after biological olfaction, the challenge has been to generate a similarly large sensor repertoire with the requisite combinatorial complexity to detect odors in the real world. A further ...
Biology /
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Nanotubes Go With the Flow
Carbon nanotubes are attractive candidates for use as the active elements in the next generation of electronic devices. However, it has proven incredibly difficult to align nanotubes within device architectures.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Scientists look at those in evolutionary race who don't make it 'out of the gate'
In the race of evolution, scientists until now have only looked at winners and losers. Now, they’ve come up with a way to look at the contenders who never made it out of the gate.
Biology /
Jan 23, 2008 |
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NSAIDs are effective for short-term relief of low-back pain
Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; such as aspirin and ibuprofen) can help reduce symptoms of low back pain that doesn’t involve sciatica, a Cochrane Systematic Review has found.
Jan 23, 2008 |
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