News tagged with predilection
Vibrio bacteria found in Norwegian seafood and seawater
(PhysOrg.com) -- While working on her doctorate, Anette Bauer Ellingsen discovered potentially disease-causing vibrios (Vibrio cholerae, V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus) in Norwegian seafood and inshore ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Nowhere to hide: Study finds future of Sumatran tigers threatened by human disturbances
Three of the world's subspecies of tigers are now extinct. A new study found that the Sumatran tiger subspecies is nearing extinction as a result of human activities, particularly the conversion of natural ...
Feb 29, 2012 |
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Less knowledge, more power: Uninformed can be vital to democracy, study finds
Contrary to the ideal of a completely engaged electorate, individuals who have the least interest in a specific outcome can actually be vital to achieving a democratic consensus. These individuals dilute the ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Responses shift when changing languages
The language we speak may influence not only our thoughts, but our implicit preferences as well. That's the finding of a study by Harvard psychologists, who found that bilingual individuals’ opinions ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 03, 2010 |
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What's causing life-threatening blood clots in brain surgery patients?
One of the most severe complications of brain surgery is a life-threatening blood clot in the lungs called a pulmonary embolism.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 03, 2010 |
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Gender-bias impacts women physicists
While some might argue that the lack of women in physics is down to personal choice or perhaps even biological determinism, Amy Bug, a physicist at Swarthmore College, Pennsylvania, USA instead claims it could be due to small, ...
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Aug 03, 2010 |
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This is your brain on Cryptococcus: Pathogenic fungus loves your brain sugar
Highly dangerous Cryptococcus fungi love sugar and will consume it anywhere because it helps them reproduce. In particular, they thrive on a sugar called inositol which is abundant in the human brain and spinal cord.
Apr 05, 2010 |
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Mexican Americans less likely than whites to call 9-1-1 for stroke
Mexican Americans are 40 percent less likely than non-Hispanic whites to call 9-1-1 and be taken to the hospital via ambulance for stroke — resulting in medical treatment delays — according to a new study reported in Stroke: ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Diabetes epidemic in First Nations adults, especially women in prime reproductive years
A diabetes epidemic is affecting First Nations people, especially women in their prime reproductive years, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The incidence of diabetes was more than 4 t ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 18, 2010 |
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Stress rewires the brain to make rats creatures of habit
Chronic stress rewires the brains of rats to make them creatures of habit who make rote decisions instead of changing their behavior to gain rewards, a study published Thursday has found.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Climate change to bring more whale beachings
Experts studying the mass beaching of whales along Australia's coast have warned that such tragedies could become more frequent as global warming brings the mammals' food stocks closer to shore.
Apr 02, 2009 |
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