Climate change in the Arctic is more evident than in most parts of the world, with global warming moving at a rate of almost twice the global average. But this also has an effect on some parts of Europe, ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Jun 07, 2013 3.4 / 5 (14) 1

The first-known definitive case of a benign bone tumor has been discovered in the rib of a young Neandertal who lived about 120,000 years ago in what is now present-day Croatia. The bone fragment, which comes ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jun 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (8) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but for recent University of Georgia doctoral graduate Julie Rushmore, social networks are tools in the fight ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 05, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

With a rapidly ageing population, the number of people with dementia and other age-related disabilities is expected to soar by 2050.

Electronics - Robotics

Jun 04, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0

California wildlife officials in say an invasion of aggressive lice is causing deer across the state to go bald and is linked to numerous deer deaths.

Biology - Ecology

May 28, 2013 not rated yet 0

Conventional methods of agriculture and cattle-breeding cannot feed the world population. They are not sustainable, pollute the environment, are responsible for reducing biodiversity and have a damaging effect ...

Space & Earth - Environment

May 16, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1

A new study examining gender disparities in the Australian labour market has found female graduates earn less than their male counterparts - and the gender pay gap widens dramatically the older women are ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Apr 12, 2013 not rated yet 2

Activists warned Thursday that wild populations of Southeast Asia's striking Tokay Gecko were in danger of being over-hunted for use in traditional medicine in China and other countries.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 11, 2013 not rated yet 1

Employment and health problems rather than the xenophobia in their new country, are the biggest reasons that migrants feel less happy than average, a new study says.

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Apr 05, 2013 not rated yet 0

Studies uncover risks and threats to Arctic inhabitant's health that might be due to contaminants brought by warmer air and sea water currents resulting from climate change.

Space & Earth - Environment

Mar 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

New research on the absorption of recent graduates into the labour market has revealed wide differences in how readily graduates from various fields of study and university groups find jobs to match their ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization that funds research worldwide to save sight and mind, today released the results of a survey of more than 170 leading biomedical scientists that explores the most significant ...

Other Sciences - Other

Jan 31, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 0

Marine diseases are killing coral populations all over the world, threatening the livelihoods of millions of people who depend on reefs for food and protection from storms. Are these diseases new and unprecedented infections, ...

Biology - Ecology

Oct 09, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Call it the baby bust. Even as the world's population surpasses 7 billion, some countries are facing significant population declines. Mary Brinton's new research indicates that a complex clash between countries' ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

Sep 20, 2012 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org)—Researchers from North Carolina State University have found identical strains of antibiotic-resistant Campylobacter coli (C. coli) in both antibiotic-free (ABF) and conventionally raised pigs. This finding may i ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 17, 2012 not rated yet 1