 California eyes cattails to combat climate change 9 hours ago | User rating: 2.9 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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(AP) -- On one side of the gravel road are hundreds of acres of corn. On the other is a different crop that scientists hope will enable farmers to rebuild sinking islands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, ... | |
Tiny invasive snail impacts Great Lakes, alters ecology 7 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Long a problem in the western U.S., the New Zealand mud snail currently inhabits four of the five Great Lakes and is spreading into rivers and tributaries, according to a Penn State team of researchers. These tiny creatures ... | |
If your first cigarette gave you a buzz and you now smoke, a gene may be to blame 3 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz." | |
Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive ... | |
Eat oily fish at least once a week to protect your eyesight in old age 4 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Eating oily fish once a week may reduce age-related macular degeneration (AMD) which is the major cause of blindness and poor vision in adults in western countries and the third cause of global blindness, according to a study ... | |
No-nose bicycle saddles improve penile sensation and erectile function in bicycling police officers 10 hours ago | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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An innovative study appearing in the August issue of The Journal of Sexual Medicine examined, for the first time, if noseless bicycle saddles would be an effective intervention for alleviating deleterious health effects, ... | |
Common infertility treatments are unlikely to improve fertility 10 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 2
Long established medical interventions to help couples with infertility problems do not seem to improve fertility, according to a study published on bmj.com today. These findings challenge current practice in the UK and national ... | |
Report say flu is bigger risk than terror in UK 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Pandemic flu, not terrorism, is the most serious risk to the U.K. public, says Britain's first ever national threat assessment, published on Friday. | |
Unions set Sunday deadline for Verizon talks 3 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
(AP) -- Two unions representing 65,000 workers at Verizon Communications Inc. have set a Sunday night deadline for contract talks, saying a strike is possible next week. | |
Hydrogen-Wind-Nuclear Plant in Ontario Not Currently Worthwhile, Study Shows August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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A recent case study on using hydrogen to store the electricity generated by a mix of wind and nuclear power in Ontario, Canada, has shown that the hydrogen addition won’t be worth the cost, at least not at the current state ... | |
 Deep mystery: why sea turtles plumb the depths 9 hours ago | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers say they have figured out why sea turtles that normally feed and breed in shallow water or on land will, very rarely, go deep sea diving: the reptiles are on reconnaissance. | |
Compressor-free refrigerator may loom in the future August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 45 vote(s)
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Refrigerators and other cooling devices may one day lose their compressors and coils of piping and become solid state, according to Penn State researchers who are investigating electrically induced heat effects of some ferroelectric ... | |
 Scientists to assess Beijing Olympics air pollution control efforts 4 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs ... | |
PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And ... | |
 CERN announces start-up date for Large Hadron Collider August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 43 vote(s)
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CERN has today announced that the first attempt to circulate a beam in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be made on 10 September. This news comes as the cool down phase of commissioning CERN's new particle ... | |
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