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New research reveals challenges in genetically engineered crop regulatory process

A new innovation can completely reshape an industry-- inspiring both optimism and debate. The development of genetically engineered (GE) crops in the 1980's ignited a buzz in the agricultural community with the potential ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Environmental index could save rural communities

A new approach to environmental monitoring could avert ruin for some of the world's poorest communities.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Utah breach affects 25,000 Social Security numbers

(AP) -- Utah health officials said Friday that hackers who broke into state computers last weekend stole far more medical records than originally thought, and the data likely includes Social Security numbers of children ...

Technology / Internet

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GIS siting of emergency vehicles improves response time

In an emergency, minutes matter. With this knowledge, University of Georgia researchers developed a new method for determining where emergency vehicle stations should be located. The results of their work could improve ambulance ...

Technology / Other

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers improve allocation of limited health care resources in resource-poor nations

In the developing world, allocating limited health care resources as effectively and equitably as possible is a top priority.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Uninsured turn to daily deal sites for health care

(AP) -- The last time Mark Stella went to the dentist he didn't need an insurance card. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 32

Hidden hunger from wildlife loss

How do you balance the need for biodiversity conservation and human health? For Christopher Golden, '05, a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Harvard University Center for the Environment, that question is at the core ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

British paper turns readers into newshounds

A British newspaper has thrown open its office doors, let the readers stride in, and invited them to peer over reporters' shoulders -- digitally, at least.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bovine TB testing under scrutiny

Planned changes to the way vets are allowed to conduct TB tests could have a dramatic impact on rural veterinary practices and fail to address quality control issues surrounding tests for bovine tuberculosis, ...

Biology / Other

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tick responsible for equine piroplasmosis outbreak identified

The cayenne tick has been identified as one of the vectors of equine piroplasmosis in horses in a 2009 Texas outbreak, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

High grasshopper populations require precautions for fall and winter crops

Grasshopper populations increased dramatically in Montana from 2007 to 2010, from one million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard in 2007, to 17 million acres with more than 15 grasshoppers per square yard ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Obese British man in court fight for surgery

A British man weighing 22 stone (139 kilograms, 306 pounds) launched a court appeal Monday against a decision to refuse him state-funded obesity surgery because he is not fat enough.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indiana, Planned Parenthood to argue abortion law

(AP) -- The battle over Indiana's tough new abortion law cutting off much of the public funding for Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions moved back to the courts Monday where attorneys prepared to argue over ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

British health system must reform or face crisis: minister

Britain's National Health Service faces a "financial crisis" in the next few years unless the government presses ahead with its under-fire reform plans, the health minister warned Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Interest in shock treatment is growing despite decades-old controversy

Recently, actress and writer Carrie Fisher told Oprah Winfrey that she receives electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) regularly to treat depression caused by her bipolar disorder. Taken aback, Winfrey asked, "They still do that?"

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0