News tagged with cycling
Young women with menopause-like condition at risk for depression
Young women with the menopause-like condition, primary ovarian insufficiency, are much more likely than other women to experience depression at some point during their lives, according to a study from the National Institutes ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2010 |
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Study assesses nuclear power assumptions
A broad review of current research on nuclear power economics has been published in the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. The report concludes that nuclear power will continue to be a viable power source but th ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2010 |
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Crucial sex hormones re-routed by missing molecule
A hormone responsible for the onset of puberty can end up stuck in the wrong part of the body if the nerve pathways responsible for its transport to the brain fail to develop properly, according to research funded by the ...
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Two new Earth observation missions chosen for further study
As part of the procedure to realise ESA's series of Earth Explorers, two new mission proposals have been selected for further development. The missions, called FLEX and CarbonSat, now vying to be the eighth ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Cycling is all about 'me time'and a return to childhood
(PhysOrg.com) -- A ground breaking study into the image of cycling in Britain by a research team from the University of the West of England has revealed that people who regularly make small trips by bike are ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Cleaning up slum life with sewage cycle
Pedal power may hold the answer to cheap and efficient sewage removal in some of the world’s poorest slums – if the work of a Cambridge University researcher can be taken into large-scale production.
Nov 19, 2010 |
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Walk in the park yields biological treasure
A newly identified relationship between a fly and a weedy mustard-type plant promises to answer many long-standing questions surrounding the evolutionary arms race between plant-eating insects and their host ...
Nov 19, 2010 |
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New characteristics of premature aging protein discovered
(PhysOrg.com) -- Dr. Joseph Glavy at Stevens Institute of Technology studies the smallest and most basic elements of life. The Assistant Professor of Chemical Biology runs the Glavy Lab, where advanced student ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Declining nitrogen availability reduces CO2 fertilization effects
Climate models that project future atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations should include a coupled nitrogen cycle, a team of researchers led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory has concluded.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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NASA extends TIMED mission for fourth time
Nine years after beginning its unprecedented look at the gateway between Earth's environment and space, not to mention collecting more data on the upper atmosphere than any other satellite, NASA's Thermosphere ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 05, 2010 |
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PET scans reveal estrogen-producing hotspots in human brain
A study at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has demonstrated that a molecule "tagged" with a radioactive form of carbon can be used to image aromatase, an enzyme responsible for ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 03, 2010 |
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More not always better with in vitro fertilization
(AP) -- More tries aren't necessarily better when it comes to in vitro fertilization.
Oct 27, 2010 |
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It is unclear if programs to encourage cycling are effective
More research and evaluation are needed to determine the most effective community programmes to encourage cycling, says a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Too much of a good thing: Human activities overload ecosystems with nitrogen
Humans are overloading ecosystems with nitrogen through the burning of fossil fuels and an increase in nitrogen-producing industrial and agricultural activities, according to a new study. While nitrogen is ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Northern Lights hit 100-year low point: Finnish researchers
The Northern Lights have petered out during the second half of this decade, becoming rarer than at any other time in more than a century, the Finnish Meteorological Institute said Tuesday.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 28, 2010 |
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