News tagged with cumulative lead
Workers exposed to lead show more cognitive problems later in life
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may be enough to result in greater cognitive problems after age 55, according to a follow-up ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2009 |
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Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams: study
As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn't just seep back into the ground – it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and canals, eventually ...
May 08, 2012 |
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J-2X engine ready for second test series
(Phys.org) -- The next-generation engine that will help carry humans deeper into space than ever is back, bigger and better. The J-2X engine is currently on the A-2 Test Stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Phenology gardens track ties between weather, nature
How strange has this spring been?
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Policies, learning-by-doing played important role in reducing ethanol costs
A new study from the University of Illinois concludes that learning-by-doing, stimulated by increased ethanol production, played an important role in inducing technological progress in the corn ethanol industry. ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Declines in Caribbean coral reefs pre-date damage resulting from climate change
The decline of Caribbean coral reefs has been linked to the recent effects of human-induced climate change. However, new research led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego suggests ...
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Apple chief a hit with workers
Apple chief Tim Cook has won over the company's employees, according to a workplace study released on Friday showing he may be better liked than his legendary predecessor Steve Jobs.
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Copper-based materials show strange spin states
(PhysOrg.com) -- Just as water, ice, and steam are all phases of the same material that are influenced by temperature and pressure, new research shows how transitions of state work in very simple lattices ...
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Kepler releases new catalog of planet candidates
Since science operations began in May 2009, the Kepler team has released two catalogs of transiting planet candidates. The first catalog (Borucki et al, 2010), released in June 2010, contains 312 candidates id ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Upper class people more likely to cheat: study
The upper class has a higher propensity for unethical behavior, being more likely to believe – as did Gordon Gekko in the movie "Wall Street" – that "greed is good," according to a new study from ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Irish mammals under serious threat from 'invasional meltdown'
Some of Ireland's oldest inhabitants are facing serious threat and possible extinction because of foreign species, according to researchers at Queen's University.
Feb 21, 2012 |
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