News tagged with circulation system
Gasoline worse than diesel when it comes to some types of air pollution: study
The exhaust fumes from gasoline vehicles contribute more to the production of a specific type of air pollution-secondary organic aerosols (SOA)-than those from diesel vehicles, according to a new study by scientists from ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Stalled weather systems more frequent in decades of warmer Atlantic
(PhysOrg.com) -- Slow-moving winter weather systems that can lead to massive snowfalls are more frequent during the decades when the North Atlantic Ocean is warmer than usual, a new NASA study finds. The study ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 07, 2011 |
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Researchers discover Icelandic current, change North Atlantic climate picture
An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 21, 2011 |
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Using magnets to help prevent heart attacks
If a person's blood becomes too thick it can damage blood vessels and increase the risk of heart attacks. But a Temple University physicist has discovered that he can thin the human blood by subjecting it to a magnetic field.
Jun 07, 2011 |
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New research points to the significant role of oceans in ancient global cooling (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Thirty-eight million years ago, tropical jungles thrived in what are now the cornfields of the American Midwest and furry marsupials wandered temperate forests in what is now the frozen Antarctic. ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2011 |
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Arctic sea ice captured by satellite
The Arctic Ocean is covered by a dynamic layer of sea ice that grows each winter and shrinks each summer, reaching its yearly minimum size each fall. While the 2010 minimum remains to be seen, NASA's Aqua ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 14, 2010 |
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Glitch won't keep GOCE gravity mission down
(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's GOCE gravity mission has recovered from a glitch that prevented the satellite from sending its flow of scientific data to the ground. News of the recovery comes earlier than expected, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Scientists discover clues to inflammatory disease
Immune system cells called macrophages spring into action to surround and destroy threats such as viruses or cancer cells. But sometimes the would-be protective response leads to persistent inflammation, which, in turn, can ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Study pinpoints new role of molecule in the health of body's back-up blood circulation
When the arteries delivering oxygen to our vital organs are obstructed by atherosclerosis or clots, the result is almost always a stroke, heart attack or damage to a peripheral tissue such as the legs (peripheral ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
May 26, 2010 |
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Particulate air pollution affects heart health
Breathing polluted air increases stress on the heart's regulation capacity, up to six hours after inhalation of combustion-related small particles called PM2.5, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.
May 19, 2010 |
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New discoveries could improve climate projections
New discoveries about the deep ocean's temperature variability and circulation system could help improve projections of future climate conditions.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 11, 2009 |
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'Live' imaging reveals breast cancer cells' transition to metastasis
The spread, or metastasis, of individual breast cancer cells from the main tumor into the blood circulation to the lungs and other body tissues and organs is under the control of a growth factor abbreviated TGFb, according ...
Dec 06, 2009 |
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Want to read all about it online? It may cost you
(AP) -- With their advertising revenue drying up, newspaper publishers spent much of the spring and summer debating whether to cut off free online access to some of the material they run in their shrinking ...
Sep 20, 2009 |
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Geoengineering climate requires more research, cautious consideration, appropriate restrictions
deliberately manipulating physical, chemical, or biological aspects of the Earth system to confront climate change - could contribute to a comprehensive risk management strategy to slow climate change but could also create ...
Jul 21, 2009 |
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Researchers solve 'bloodcurdling' mystery
By applying cutting-edge techniques in single-molecule manipulation, researchers at Harvard University have uncovered a fundamental feedback mechanism that the body uses to regulate the clotting of blood. The finding, which ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2009 |
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