'Europeans and biotechnology' survey of public perception
...ries with the exception of Italy, which sees a 10% decline in support. How Europeans rate different actors involved in biotechnology Around 70% of Europeans have confidence in doctors, university scientists, consumer organisations and patients' organisations in their dealings with biotechnology. Around 55%......tion over the course of evolution: apparently, its decline took place within an "evolutionary moment" only 3 to 5 million years and occurred four times faster in the branch leading to humans compared to other primates. The scientists conclude that the drop in the sharpness of smell is a purely Homo sapiens...Gretchen Daily named Nature Conservancy senior scholar
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...in psychomotor vigilance over days, resulting in a decline of performance that matched that of the subjects who went without sleep for 88 hours. At that level, the subjects suffered lapses in their ability to react that would put them at risk driving or flying an airplane. They were also less able to multi......eaper off-shore labor has led not only to a steady decline in traditional US electronics manufacturing jobs, but also to the accompanying loss of revenue to sustain research and development critical to the development of next-generation products. Without the availability of next-generation products, compani...Crash in male saiga antelope numbers drives species closer to extinction
... you get these indirect effects causing population decline through fecundity you can not be sure whether the ...five per cent of its previous size. The population decline has been driven by the collapse of the Soviet Union, which reopened its strict borders allowing the ...Common industrial chemical now linked to male infertility
...ities from chemicals that may lead to the reported decline in semen quality in humans." The current occupational exposure limit for TCE is 50 ppm (parts per million). However, this regulation is often difficult to enforce, Dr. Forkert says....The global decline of amphibians has received a great deal of attenti...hus, understanding the complexity of the amphibian decline case may provide insight as to how other species, including humans, may be affected by changes in th...Leatherback sea turtles careening towards extinction
...heir short time on land. The task of reversing the decline of Pacific leatherbacks is daunting because they n...ional cooperation has worked before to reverse the decline of Kemp's ridleys another species of sea turtle whose numbers became dangerously low in the mid 198...Meeting the nitrogen management challenge: Arresting the nitrogen cascade
...e and subsurface aquatic systems, which leads to a decline in fisheries production and recreational value in the area. But there are also additional remediation costs associated to returning the water systems to their unpolluted state. Estimates of the economic damage or benefits can be interred from product...Scientists urge managers to limit use of destructive fishing gears
...and marine food webs. "Considering the documented decline in global fisheries, this kind of waste is unacceptable. But because this travesty is unseen by most people, it continues," says Larry Crowder of Duke University. Experts agree that bottom trawls are one of the worst offenders, entrapping vast numb...How postnatal experience influences brain development and brain function
... Greenough said, "there appears to be a deficit or decline in dorsolateral prefrontal cortical synaptic connectivity combined with morphological abnormalities, suggesting abnormal plasticity at the level of individual synapses." Greenough's findings don't run counter to the long-held view of what occurs in s...Worlds leading journal editors urge self-governance and responsibility ...
...tweigh benefits, editors should modify articles or decline to publish them. The editorial statement will be published 18 February in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS); 20 February in the journal, Nature; and 21 February in the journal, Science. In an accompanying editorial, Science E...Genetics, genes and intelligence
...th the onset of dementia and the rate of cognitive decline in community-dwelling older persons. Previous studies screening for quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that influence general intelligence in healthy individuals have identified four loci, two of which are located within the genes insulin-like growth fac...Climate affects recent crop yield gains
...According to our calculations, we can expect a 17% decline in yield of these crops for a one degree increase in growing-season temperature." "The continuing growth of the human population already challenges the agricultural sector, and climate change may make efforts to increase yields even more difficult...SRS research highlights from the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Symposium
...riginal forest and fire suppression led to a rapid decline in populations of this species. By 1996, when the Ouachita National Forest was designated for red-cockaded woodpecker recovery, only 11 groups of red-cockaded woodpeckers remained in Arkansas. Forest managers began restoring 118,000 acres of national...New study of healthy men finds semen quality decreases with age
... female biological clock - which reflects a marked decline in fertility in a woman's mid-30s - the male clock proceeds gradually, the researchers found. The decreased fertility associated with maternal age has been well established, but understanding the effects of paternal age has become increasingly impor...World shark attacks sink for second year in row, UF research shows
...nditions, he said. One explanation for the recent decline in attacks may be over fishing of sharks, Burgess ...decades." Economics may be another factor in the decline in attacks, Burgess said. "Clearly, the economy has been down for the last year or so, which may red...Mean population size increases with diversity
... predicts that the stability of populations should decline as community diversity increases, in part, because population size is assumed to decline with community richness. In the February issue of Ecology Letters, Valone and Hoffman, using an 11-...A new animal study clarifies how different parts of the brain regulate sleep
...A by prolonged waking and its subsequent monotonic decline during sleep was documented for humans and several animal species. These observations suggested that SWA could be a recovery process occurring during sleep. EEG power within the delta band showed a frontal predominance in human NREM sleep, a feature...