News tagged with drastic decrease

Unexpected discovery can open a new chapter in the fight against tuberculosis

A close relative of the microorganism that causes tuberculosis in humans has been found to form spores. This is a sensational finding because researchers have long been convinced that these kinds of bacteria-the mycobacteria-were ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Annual Arctic sea ice less reflective than old ice

In the Arctic Ocean, the blanket of permanent sea ice is being progressively replaced by a transient winter cover. In recent years the extent of the northern ocean's ice cover has declined. The summer melt season is starting ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

WWF says over-consumption threatens planet

The spiralling global population and over-consumption are threatening the future health of the planet, according to conservation group WWF.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 54

The human cost of economic policy

New research will bring social scientists closer to uncovering the economic basis of a “gigantic human catastrophe” that followed the fall of communism in the former Soviet Union.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 07, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Imec demonstrates a low-power 7Gbps 60GHz transceiver for the wireless consumer market

Imec, in collaboration with Panasonic, has developed a prototype of a 60GHz radio transceiver allowing to reach data rates of 7Gbps over short distances at very low power consumption. The chip achieves this ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prions in the brain eliminated by homing molecules

Toxic prions in the brain can be detected with self-illuminating polymers. The originators, at Linköping University in Sweden, has now shown that the same molecules can also render the prions harmless, and potentially ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diesel technologies drastically cut emissions under real-world conditions

New research from North Carolina State University shows that federal requirements governing diesel engines of new tractor trailer trucks have resulted in major cuts in emissions of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Satellite observes rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarctic

One of the satellite's first observations following its launch on 1 March 2002 was of break-up of a main section of the Larsen B ice shelf in Antarctica – when 3200 sq km of ice disintegrated within a ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Chemical microgradients accelerate coral death at the Great Barrier Reef

Researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology along with Australian colleagues, have examined corals from the Great Barrier Reef affected by the Black Band Disease and identified the critical ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vaccinating chickens could prevent food-borne illness

A vaccine could be developed to prevent Campylobacter being carried in chickens. This approach could drastically cut the number of cases of food poisoning, saving the UK economy millions each year, says an American scient ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hunters, not climate change, killed giant beasts 40,000 years ago

The first Australians hunted giant kangaroos, rhinoceros-sized marsupials, huge goannas and other megafauna to extinction shortly after arriving in the country more than 40,000 years ago, new research claims.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 25 | with audio podcast


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