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Redundancy Reduces Birth Rates of highly-skilled: Losing a Job Can Ruin Plans to Start a Family
Highly skilled women who have lost their job tend not to realise their plans to start a family.
Aug 17, 2009
Technology
Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests
Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that appears online Aug.
Aug 16, 2009
Health
New insights into the 'smell of death' could help recover bodies in disasters and solve crimes
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 -- In an advance toward the first portable device for detecting human bodies buried in disasters and at crime scenes, scientists today report early results from a project to establish the chemical fingerprint of death.
Aug 16, 2009
Health
New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2009 -- Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year.
Aug 16, 2009
Life
UGA researchers propose model for disorders caused by improper transmission of chromosomes
Parents of healthy newborns often remark on the miracle of life. The joining of egg and sperm to create such delightful creatures can seem dazzlingly beautiful…
Aug 16, 2009
Health
Inherited risk factors increase odds of developing childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified inherited variations in two genes that account for 37 percent of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), including a gene that may help predict drug response.
Aug 16, 2009
Health
Researchers develop new, more-sensitive assay for detecting DNA methylation in colon cancer
CLEVELAND -- A study published in this week's online issue of Nature Biotechnology, demonstrates a unique and highly sensitive method for detecting methylation-associated cancers.
Aug 16, 2009
Technology
Ben-Gurion U. developing new computer techniques to analyze historic Hebrew and Arabic documents
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL?August 14, 2009 -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) will combine the scientific and scholarly expertise of their humanities and computer science experts in a new project to analyze degraded Hebrew documents.
Aug 14, 2009
Health
USC researchers identify 'regulatory' genetic sequences that may predict risk for prostate cancer
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) have identified a novel genetic mechanism that may govern an individual's risk of developing prostate cancer.
Aug 14, 2009
Health
Studies do not support unhealthful relation between animal foods and breast cancer
Breast cancer is the 7th leading cause of mortality in the United States and results in approximately 41,000 deaths each year.
Aug 14, 2009
Earth & Environment
Unique winter-hardy hibiscus has roots with AgriLife Research scientist in Vernon
VERNON -- He may study grasses by profession, but Texas AgriLife Research forage agronomist Dr. Dariusz Malinowski has a passion for flowers, particularly winter hardy hibiscus.
Aug 14, 2009
Health
MRI may be unnecessary prior to treatment in most newly diagnosed breast cancer patients
CHICAGO (August 14, 2009) -- New research findings published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons challenge the routine use…
Aug 14, 2009
Health
K-State lab gives researchers the tools to study porcine circovirus associated diseases
Porcine circovirus associated diseases cost pig producers around the world hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Aug 13, 2009
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K-State study finds 18- to 24-year-old group more politically active, but not more knowledgeable
A study by three Kansas State University graduate students finds that the 18- to 24-year-old demographic became more politically active during the 2008 U.S.
Aug 13, 2009