(PhysOrg.com) -- In a globalized world, infectious diseases such as SARS, swine flu or seasonal influenza can be transmitted over the entire planet by travellers. To enable a more effective response to this threat, scientists ...
Mathematics
Aug 31, 2011
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In today's world, conflicts and misunderstandings frequently arise between those who are from more restrictive cultures and those from less restrictive ones. Now, a new international study led by the University of Maryland ...
Social Sciences
May 26, 2011
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Satellite images are great for creating maps, finding bad guys, and, it turns out, predicting when deadly illnesses may break out.
Ecology
Feb 24, 2011
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The genome of the Blackleg fungus, which causes the most damaging disease to canola crops worldwide, has been sequenced for the first time by a team of French and Australian scientists.
Biotechnology
Feb 15, 2011
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Modern marsupials may be popular animals at the zoo and in children's books, but new findings by University at Buffalo biologists reveal that they harbor a "fossil" copy of a gene that codes for filoviruses, which cause Ebola ...
Evolution
Jul 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Anthropologist James Holland Jones and biologist Marcel Salathe developed a mathematical model to identify social networks and predict how they'll interact during a disease outbreak. They say that's the key ...
Other
Apr 9, 2010
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An infectious disease striking a large city may seem like a disastrous scenario -- millions of people sharing apartment buildings, crammed on buses and trains and brushing past one another on crowded sidewalks.
Computer Sciences
Jun 2, 2009
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Bluetongue virus cases have shot up in several European countries, data gathered by AFP on Tuesday showed, as farmers are worrying about consequences for sheep and cattle.
Veterinary medicine
Aug 13, 2024
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The recent outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI H5N1) virus has raised concerns among poultry producers and food safety experts. The virus is highly contagious among birds and poses a significant risk despite ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2024
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Greece's agriculture ministry on Monday banned the transport of sheep and goats around the country as a highly contagious ruminants plague surfaced in more areas following a July 11 outbreak.
Veterinary medicine
Jul 29, 2024
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