News tagged with horse barns

Barn personnel experience higher-than-average rates of respiratory symptoms

The estimated 4.6 million Americans involved in the equine industry may be at risk of developing respiratory symptoms due to poor air quality in horse barns, according to a questionnaire study undertaken earlier this year ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Panel backs sharing studies of lab-made bird flu

(AP) -- The U.S. government's biosecurity advisers said Friday they support publishing research studies showing how scientists made new easy-to-spread forms of bird flu because the studies, now revised, don't reveal details ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

With likely 'Kindle' tablet, Amazon takes on Apple

(AP) -- So far, no company has been able to even come close to rival the success of Apple's iPad, but with the expected unveiling of its version of a tablet computer Wednesday, analysts say Amazon has a real chance.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Few replicas as first cloned cat nears 10

Nearly 10 years after scientists cloned the first cat, predictions of a vast commercial market for the "resurrection" of beloved pets through cloning have fallen flat.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 7

Probing Question: Do we romanticize the Amish?

The clip clopping of horse hooves on a country lane. Barefoot children in straw hats and bonnets. Black buggies, barn raisings, and tables laden with pickles, casseroles and shoofly pie. These are the images ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Bookstores feeling pain from digital technologies

Pundits might put a different spin on how and when it will happen but all see a struggle for survival by traditional booksellers thanks to a growing shift to electronic books and Internet sales.

Technology / Other

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

Shoppers whip out smart phones to streamline purchases

Standing before a display of heart-rate monitors at Sports Authority, Robert Dries of Brookfield, Wis., was ready to buy the one he'd heard about at his health club. But before making the purchase, he decided to pull out ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 12, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Barnes & Noble unveils color Nook e-reader (Update)

Barnes & Noble Inc. is introducing a new Nook e-reader with a color touch screen for $249 as competition in the fast-growing industry heats up ahead of the holidays.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 26, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 8

Study reveals how sex hormones influence right heart function

In the largest human study to date on the topic, researchers have uncovered evidence of the possible influence of human sex hormones on the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Oct 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Texas A&M veterinary researchers achieve cloning first

Researchers at Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences have achieved another cloning first with the successful delivery of a foal using oocytes from a live mare, the first such clone in the ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 11, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Too risky to phone ET? Too late -- NASA's tried it

(AP) -- Stephen Hawking says it is too risky to try to talk to space aliens. Oops. Too late. NASA and others have already beamed several messages into deep space, trying to phone E.T. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 28, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 47


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