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A ground-breaking report examining the experiences of nearly 50 British women of all ages, ethnicities, backgrounds and faiths (or no faith) – who have all converted to Islam - was launched in London yesterday by the University of Cambridge. http://phys.org/news288252617.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 May 2013 07:20:02 EST news288252617 (AP)—China says it is willing to cooperate with the United States in cybersecurity after the U.S. called on it to take "serious steps" to stop cyberattacks. http://phys.org/news282286851.html Technology Tue, 12 Mar 2013 06:20:01 EST news282286851 (Phys.org)—Researchers have created an interactive website, called Antkey, which includes more than 1,150 images and 70 video clips to help users determine an ant's identity from more than 100 invasive and commonly introduced global species. http://phys.org/news273315364.html Biology Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:56:18 EST news273315364 A congressional advisory panel on Wednesday urged tighter screening of investment by Chinese state-owned companies in the U.S., saying they present unfair competition to American firms. http://phys.org/news272090765.html Technology Wed, 14 Nov 2012 05:40:01 EST news272090765 (Phys.org)—As violent crime continues to rise in Haiti, more households are helping their children cope with the trauma as well as deal with burdensome funeral and burial costs, a new University of Michigan report indicated. http://phys.org/news265443737.html Other Sciences Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:22:27 EST news265443737 (Phys.org) -- Allergy to pollen of common ragweed is increasingly affecting patients and is second only to grass pollen in terms of incidence in the general population of many European countries. An Italian team led by Giovanni Appendino and Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati has now taken the first steps to investigate the phytochemical profile of the European population of A. artemisiifolia and studied its activation of TRPA1, a major player in the induction of airways inflammatory reactions. As the scientists report in the European Journal of Organic Chemistry, their findings help to better understand the increasing problem of sensitization to Ambrosia pollen. http://phys.org/news263212596.html Chemistry Fri, 03 Aug 2012 11:50:05 EST news263212596 Weedy plants, many introduced to the U.S. for sale through plant nurseries, are responsible for extensive environmental damage and economic costs. Although legislation restricts the introduction of certain species, the procedures used to select species for inclusion on the restricted list are haphazard and out of date. http://phys.org/news260109301.html Biology Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:35:13 EST news260109301 Atmospheric oxygen facilitated the evolution and complexity of terrestrial organisms, including human beings, because it allowed nutrients to be used more efficiently by those organisms, which in turn were able to generate more energy. However, as we find out more about how oxygen molecules work inside the body, more attention is being paid to their not-so-good effects, and researchers are seeking ways to thwart them. http://phys.org/news254370511.html Chemistry Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:28:45 EST news254370511 More than 600 million people could be fed each year by halting the spread of fungal diseases in the world's five most important crops, according to research published today in the journal Nature. http://phys.org/news253367263.html Biology Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:00:08 EST news253367263 Mitten crabs, zebra mussels and rock vomit: These and hundreds of other non-native species have invaded coastal regions throughout the United States, often causing dramatic changes to coastal ecosystems and significant economic costs. The Smithsonian Environmental Research Center has now created NEMESIS (National Estuarine and Marine Exotic Species Information System), an online public database to provide key information about the non-native marine species throughout the nation. http://phys.org/news250773638.html Biology Mon, 12 Mar 2012 12:20:45 EST news250773638 Scientists have found that the capacity of the human brain to process and record information - and not economic constraints - may constitute the dominant limiting factor for the overall growth of globally stored information. These findings have just been published in an article in EPJ B by Claudius Gros and colleagues from the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. http://phys.org/news247323657.html Physics Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:01:46 EST news247323657 The economic costs for women who leave an abusive partner do not end once they walk out the door. In fact, the ongoing costs in Canada equal a staggering $6.9 billion annually. http://phys.org/news239950496.html Other Sciences Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:03:55 EST news239950496 Rising sea levels in the coming centuries is perhaps one of the most catastrophic consequences of rising temperatures. Massive economic costs, social consequences and forced migrations could result from global warming. But how frightening of times are we facing? Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute are part of a team that has calculated the long-term outlook for rising sea levels in relation to the emission of greenhouse gases and pollution of the atmosphere using climate models. The results have been published in the scientific journal Global and Planetary Change. http://phys.org/news238064557.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:02:49 EST news238064557 A key US Senate panel announced Tuesday it will hold a March 29 hearing on the economic costs of cyberattacks and cyber crimes like identity theft and hacker strikes on government computers. http://phys.org/news220031776.html Technology Tue, 22 Mar 2011 17:10:13 EST news220031776 It might be better to implement policies to reduce the impact of a flu epidemic a few weeks after the start of an outbreak rather than straight away, according to a new study that uses mathematical models to simulate the effects of different interventions. The research is published today in the online journal PLoS Computational Biology. http://phys.org/news216584294.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:30:01 EST news216584294 Comprehensive new guidelines from the Osteoporosis Canada aimed at preventing fragility fractures in women and men over the age of 50 are published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://phys.org/news206076513.html Medicine & Health Tue, 12 Oct 2010 04:28:48 EST news206076513 BP said Wednesday that it had succeeded in plugging a ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico, signalling an end to the worst spill in the United States' history. http://phys.org/news200074368.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:56:40 EST news200074368 Canadian and provincial governments could spend $2.4 billion to build a large scale solar photovoltaic manufacturing plant and then give it away for free and still earn a profit in the long run, according to a financial analysis conducted by the Queen's University Applied Sustainability Research Group in Kingston, Canada. http://phys.org/news193577188.html Technology Thu, 20 May 2010 12:29:07 EST news193577188 Finding economical and practical solutions for conserving endangered carnivores is a continuous challenge for conservationists. In a study published by the peer reviewed open access journal, PLoS ONE, on August 27th, a team of Brazilian researchers define global conservation priorities that encompass socioeconomic and life-history factors for endangered carnivores. http://phys.org/news170536483.html Biology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 20:30:02 EST news170536483 Researchers at Brandeis, in collaboration with several other institutions worldwide, have pinpointed for the first time the multi-country economic costs of dengue fever, the endemic and epidemic mosquito-borne illness that is a rapidly growing public health problem in tropical and sub-tropical countries. The study, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, assessed the direct and indirect costs of dengue cases in eight American and Asian countries, tallying the collective economic burden of dengue in those countries at about $1.8 billion annually. http://phys.org/news160923626.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:49 EST news160923626 Approximately 6.3 million adults—or one fourth of the people in the U.S. with diabetes mellitus—are unaware they have the disease, and this undiagnosed population accounts for an estimated $18 billion in health care costs each year, according to a study in a recent issue of Population Health Management, a peer-reviewed journal published by Mary Ann Liebert. http://phys.org/news160922233.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 13:37:39 EST news160922233 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commuters well versed in the physical and psychological tolls of traffic congestion can now add an economic effect to the list. A new UC Irvine study found that places with sluggish commutes - usually an indication of economic prosperity - tend to have slower subsequent job growth. The findings suggest that more efficient public infrastructure projects, while costly, can spur local economic growth. http://phys.org/news152209956.html Other Sciences Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:32:54 EST news152209956