News tagged with publication process

Oil spill may endanger human health, officials say

(AP) -- With a huge and unpredictable oil slick drifting in the Gulf of Mexico, state and federal authorities are preparing to deal with a variety of hazards to human health if and when the full brunt of ...

Space & Earth / Environment

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New links among alcohol abuse, depression, obesity in young women found

(PhysOrg.com) -- There is new evidence that depression, obesity and alcohol abuse or dependency are interrelated conditions among young adult women but not men.

Medicine & Health / Health

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Obama focuses on food safety, picks FDA new chief

(AP) -- The nation's food safety system is a "hazard to public health" and overdue for an overhaul, President Barack Obama said Saturday as he filled the top job at the Food and Drug Administration.

Medicine & Health / Health

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A re-review of peer review: Leading journal looks to end the 'review nightmare'

Every scientific researcher has asked themselves the question at some stage in their professional career: Why has the paper I submitted to be peer reviewed disappeared into the ether?

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created Jan 27, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1




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Keeping up with embryogenesis: New microscope lets users track individual cells as they move, divide

(Medical Xpress) -- The transformation of a fertilized egg into a functioning animal requires thousands of cell divisions and intricate rearrangements of those cells. That process is captured with unprecedented ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Study reveals pesticide approval processes don't protect river biodiversity

(Phys.org) -- The results of an international study, using data from globally available field research, indicate that current pesticide approval procedures do not adequately protect the environment.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New release of Web-based resource resolves confusion over plant names

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet -- but it might confound scientists interested in understanding the chemical components of its fragrance or discovering where its ancestors grew in the wild.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Medicare auction will face severe difficulties, research shows

Medicare's new method for buying medical supplies and equipment -- everything from wheelchairs and hospital beds to insulin shots and oxygen tanks -- is doomed to face severe difficulties, according to a new ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Facebook to let users vote on privacy changes

(AP) — Facebook is letting its nearly 1 billion users vote on changes to its privacy policy.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Scientists map and sequence genome of switchgrass relative foxtail millet

A newly published genetic sequence and map of foxtail millet, a close relative of switchgrass and an important food crop in Asia, is giving scientists working to increase biofuel and crop yields a powerful new tool.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Highway through Amazon worsens effects of climate change, provides mixed economic gains

Paving a highway across South America is providing lessons on the impact of road construction elsewhere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

ALMA turns its eyes to Centaurus A

(Phys.org) -- A new image of the galaxy Centaurus A, made with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), shows how the observatory allows astronomers to see through the opaque dust lanes that ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New strategy directly activates cellular 'death protein'

Researchers at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have devised a strategy to directly activate a natural "death" protein, triggering the self-destruction of cells. They say the development could represent a new ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bias found in state supreme courts, according to UGA study

The assignment to write a court's majority opinion is one of the major tools for shaping judicial and, consequently, public policy. Researchers at the University of Georgia, along with the University of North Carolina at ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0


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