Global sea-rise levels by 2100 my be lower than some predict, says CU-Boulder study
Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20
feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a
new University of Colorado...
Creating lung cancer risk models for specific populations refines prediction
Lung cancer risk prediction models are enhanced by taking into account risk factors by race and by measuring DNA repair capacity, according to research teams led by epidemiologists at The...
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Scientists reveal changes to embryonic stem cells caused by Down syndrome
Scientists investigating the mechanisms of Down Syndrome (DS) have revealed the earliest developmental changes in embryonic stem cells caused by an extra copy of human chromosome 21 – the aberrant...
Old sheep raising the baaa
Populations of wild animals face the challenge of surviving in a
changing climate. Researchers at Imperial College London and
Université Claude Bernard Lyon have shown how a sheep population on...
Lightweight and long-legged males go the distance for sex
Finding a mate can take considerable legwork as recently
illustrated by the flightless and nocturnal Cook Strait giant weta
Deinacrida rugosa. This cricket relative is found in New Zealand and...
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Women with hormone-receptor positive, metastatic breast cancer may take medications for years to help keep their cancer at bay, but when the tumor becomes resistant to anti-hormonal drugs, treatment with...
How STDs increase the risk of becoming infected with HIV
Individuals who have a sexually transmitted disease (e.g., genital herpes, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia) and women with yeast and bacterial vaginal infections have an increased risk of becoming infected with...
Molecular evolution is echoed in bat ears
Bats' ability to echolocate may have evolved more than once, according to research published this week by Queen Mary, University of London scientists.
Study firmly shows no connection between measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism
In a case-control study, the presence of measles virus RNA was no more likely in children with autism and GI disturbances than in children with only GI disturbances. Furthermore,...
Ancient DNA evidence points to woolly mammoths' dynamic past
The largest study ever conducted of DNA evidence extracted from long-dead woolly mammoths points to a rockier past for the iconic Ice Age giants than many had suspected.
Old before their time? Aging in flies under natural vs. laboratory conditions
Evolutionary studies of aging typically utilize small, short-lived
animals (insects, worms, mice) under benign conditions – constant
temperature and humidity, no parasites, superabundant food – in the
laboratory. Oddly enough,...
Tracking the reasons many girls avoid science and math
Most parents and many teachers believe that if middle-school and high-school girls show no interest in science or math, there's little anyone can do about it.
Free drug samples may end up costing uninsured more
Free drug samples provided to physicians by pharmaceutical companies could actually be costing uninsured patients more in the long run, according to a study done by researchers at Wake Forest...
Atomic structure of the mammalian 'fatty acid factory' determined
Mammalian fatty acid synthase is one of the most complex molecular synthetic machines in human cells. It is also a promising target for the development of anti-cancer and anti-obesity drugs...
Best way to treat malaria: Avoid using same drug for everyone, scientists say
A team of scientists employing a sophisticated computer model pioneered at Princeton University and Resources for the Future has found that many governments worldwide are recommending the wrong kind of...
Thumbs up -- a tiny ancestral remnant lends developmental edge to humans
Subtle genetic changes that confer an evolutionary advantage upon a species, such as the dexterity characteristic of the human hand, while difficult to detect and even harder to reproduce in...
Science paper examines role of aerosols in climate change
A group of scientists affiliated with the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) have proposed a new framework to account more accurately for the effects of aerosols on precipitation in climate models....
A fine-tooth comb to measure the accelerating universe
Astronomical instruments needed to answer crucial questions, such
as the search for Earth-like planets or the way the Universe
expands, have come a step closer with the first demonstration at...
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