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Wild orangutans stressed by eco-tourists, but not for long, study out of Borneo finds

Wild orangutans that have come into contact with eco-tourists over a period of years show an immediate stress response but no signs of chronic stress, unlike other species in which permanent alterations in ...

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lung doctors expect respiratory diseases will worsen with global climate change

Worldwide increases in the incidences of asthma, allergies, infectious and cardiovascular diseases will result from a variety of impacts of global climate change, including rising temperatures, worsening ozone levels in urban ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Haiti should brace for more devastating quakes: study

The 2010 earthquake that devastated southern Haiti may have opened a new era of seismic activity and residents should brace for more massive temblors, said a US study on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

The mark of the beast: tradition or stress?

For animal welfare reasons, many veterinarians are currently promoting the method of implanting a microchip over the traditional practice of branding. However, officials of major sport horse breed registries deny that branding ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A chaperone for the 'guardian of the genome'

The protein p53 plays an essential role in the prevention of cancer by initiating the controlled death of a cell with damaged genes which is in danger to transform into a cancerous cell. The heat shock protein Hsp90, in turn, ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

A tool to measure stress hormone in birds -- feathers

When faced with environmental threats like bad weather, predators or oil spills, wild birds secrete a hormone called corticosterone. Traditionally, researchers have analyzed blood samples to detect corticosterone levels in ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Soybean genetic treasure trove found in Swedish village

The first screening by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists of the American ancestors of soybeans for tolerance to ozone and other stresses had an eye-opening result: The world superstars of stress ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Stress may lead to better bird parenting

Birds with high levels of stress hormones have the highest mating success and offer better parental care to their brood, according to new biology research at Queen's University.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop technique for measuring stressed molecules in cells

Biophysicists at the University of Pennsylvania have helped develop a new technique for studying how proteins respond to physical stress and have applied it to better understand the stability-granting structures in normal ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients

An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study Shows that Women's Compassion for Others Benefits the Self

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Dalai Lama holds that compassion -- concern for the well-being of others -- leads to happiness. Now a new study has found that compassion may also have health benefits in the form of stress reduction ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Better synchronization helps fish deal with predator threat

Fish alter their movements when under threat from predators to keep closer together and to help them to blend into the crowd, according to new research headed by scientists at the University of York.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

In the sex game, stressed men choose dissimilar mates

If you thought the mating business was already a jungle, where the pitfalls are looks, social rank, purchasing power, verbal skills and even subconscious smells, get ready to be dismayed for it is even more ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (11) | comments 10

New method for treating stress

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new analysis of the way the body responds to stress suggests that administering constant high levels of drugs is not the best way to treat this condition. A better way might be to design drugs that follow ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Stop and smell the flowers -- the scent really can soothe stress

Feeling stressed? Then try savoring the scent of lemon, mango, lavender, or other fragrant plants. Scientists in Japan are reporting the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alter gene ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0