News tagged with impact syndrome

Second concussion can be serious for young athletes

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sustaining a second concussion shortly after a first one can lead to serious problems for young athletes, making it extremely important for players to be correctly diagnosed after being hit in the head.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Scientists make stunning inner space observations

Scientists using high-powered microscopes have made a stunning observation of the architecture within a cell – and identified for the first time how the architecture changes during the formation of gametes, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists warn of emerging fungal peril

Fungal diseases are a major threat not just to wild plants and animals, but to us.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Metabolic errors can spell doom for DNA

Many critical cell functions depend on a class of molecules called purines, which form half of the building blocks of DNA and RNA, and are a major component of the chemicals that store a cell’s energy. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Up to 6.7 million bats dead from fungus: US

Between 5.7 and 6.7 million bats have died in North America due to a fungus known as white-nose syndrome (WNS) since the disease first appeared in 2006, US authorities said on Tuesday.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Another outbreak of coral disease hits reefs of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii

The disease called acute Montipora White Syndrome (MWS) has reappeared and is again killing corals in Kaneohe Bay, Oʻahu. 

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research may explain why serious thunderstorms and tornados are less prevalent on the weekends

(PhysOrg.com) -- For much of the last century, people in parts of the United States have come to notice that just as they got the weekends off to relax, so too did it seem, did serious weather. Big booming ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Statistically significant

When the statistician for UC Irvine’s innovative Down syndrome program retired last year, its researchers were left in a bind. The group is studying ways to prevent or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s-type ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study evaluates bat deaths near wind turbines

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's something of an ecological murder mystery — countless numbers of bats are turning up dead near wind farms. But what is killing them?

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

NOAA designates critical habitat for black abalone

NOAA's Fisheries Service today filed with the Federal Register a final rule that identifies black abalone critical habitat along the California coast. In February 2009, black abalone was listed as endangered ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Rebalancing the nuclear debate through education

Better physics teaching with a particular emphasis on radioactivity and radiation science could improve public awareness through education of the environmental benefits and relative safety of nuclear power generation, according ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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