Marine 'dead zone' off Oregon is spreading
...dead zone" has formed off the Oregon Coast for the fifth time in five years, according to researchers at Oregon State University. A fundamental new trend in atmospheric and ocean circulation patterns in the Pacific Northwest appears to have begun, scientists say, and apparently is expanding its scope beyon...Germans set up an apartheid-like society in Britain
...nd, for more than 300 years from the middle of the fifth century. In this society, people lived together in a servant-master relationship in a system akin to the apartheid system more recently found in South Africa. Evidence of an ethnic divide can be found in ancient texts such as the laws of Ine. In a...Erectile dysfunction: Incidence rate linked to type and severity of coronary artery disease
...nary arteries. "In group 1 we found just over a fifth had ED compared to nearly two-thirds in group 3 (22% versus 65%) and the control group had an ED rate similar to group 1 (24%). Group 2's ED rate was significantly different from group 1 with over half (55%) having ED. In fact, it was similar to grou...Yale dean addresses biggest environmental threats in new book
...nd social unrest. About a billion people, one fifth of the world's population, lack clean drinking water. In 1960, five percent of marine fisheries had been fished to capacity or over-fished; today that number is 75 percent. Threats to human health from persistent organic pollutants and heavy...New clues for treatment of liver cancer
... cancer ("hepatocellular carcinoma" or HCC) is the fifth most frequent neoplasm worldwide. However, owing to the lack of effective treatment options, it is the third leading cause of cancer deaths. To gain a better understanding of the molecular causes of HCC, the researchers--led by Scott Lowe of Cold ...Speeding discovery of the 'human cancer genome'
...lular carcinoma. Hepatocellular carcinoma is the fifth most frequent form of cancer worldwide but, owing to the lack of effective treatment options, represents the third leading cause of death, Lowe said. The only curative treatments involve surgery or transplantation as chemotherapies are ineffective, a......r will celebrate the Tortugas Ecological Reserve's fifth birthday of protected status in true scientific fashion. Employing even deeper mixed-gas dives and working from a new high-tech, high-resolution LIDAR (laser-based) topographic map, they will embark on their biennial census to measure how well the p...Dan David Prize awarded to two leading American cancer researchers
...nts that advance and improve our world. Now in its fifth year, the prize covers three time dimensions--Past, Present and Future--with each representing realms of human achievement. Mendelsohn, the President of University of Texas MD Anderson's Cancer Center and Schlessinger, the program director of the Si...NJIT students take top awards at a national design contest
...eniors, who won a plaque and a $100 prize. For the fifth consecutive year, NJIT also won the prestigious Ingersoll-Rand Contest, for which students had to write an annual report documenting the professional activities of their ASME student chapter. The report had to include a list of meetings, seminars, gu...Low dose vitamin A derivative does not prevent head and neck tumors, clinical trial finds
... second primary cancers and death. HNSCCs are the fifth most common cancers and sixth leading cause of cancer related death today. In 2002, there were 600,000 new cases diagnosed worldwide. Some studies have suggested that vitamin A derivatives called retinoids may halt or even reverse growth of head and...Identity theft, cancer detection among interactive demos at UH event
...e held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, April 8 on the fifth floor of the Philip G. Hoffman Building at Entrance 14, off Cullen Boulevard at UH, and is hosted by the computer science department. To see all available demonstrations will take about two hours. It is being held to educate the public on the futu...1 in 8 of Thomson Scientific's 2005 Top 40 'hottest papers' from three Oxford Journals titles
... 2005. Of these a paper from Bioinformatics is the fifth most highly cited research article of the year, while Nucleic Acids Research has attained fifth place overall in terms of numbers of papers in the "Red-hot" list. A further article from the Journa...The Amazon in 2050: Implementing the law could save a million square kilometers of rainforest
...ne million square kilometers of deforestation (one fifth of the entire forest area), avoiding 17 billion tons of carbon emissions to the atmosphere, the elimination of several forest formations, and the degradation of several major watersheds. According to Britaldo Soares-Filho, the paper's lead author, ...Ironman study redefines fine-tuned: Balance training time with blood pressure variability
...rom Austrian running clubs), their top finisher in fifth place was Werner Leitner of TC Union Graz in 8 hours 25 minutes and 41 seconds, a personal best; their second-best subject came in 115th, and their last subject came in 1,367th. To the running public, the 2003 Austria Ironman was most notable because...Scan of human genome reveals evidence of more than 700 recently evolving genes
...y also found that each population shares about one fifth of the signals with one or both of the other groups. Among the more than 700 signals the team found were previously known sites of recent adaptation, such as the salt-sensitive hypertension gene and the lactase gene--the strongest signal in the geno...Mining the human genome for signs of recent selection
...y also found that each population shares about one fifth of the signals with one or both of the other groups. "This approach allows us to take a broad prospective to see what kinds of biological systems are undergoing adaptation," said Jonathan Pritchard, professor of human genetics and corresponding auth...Human impacts on natural systems is topic of National Science Foundation forum
...006, the National Science Foundation will hold its fifth annual mini-symposium on Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER). This year's forum focuses on understanding how humans have shaped urban, rural and natural ecosystems at every level from local to global. The symposium will feature overviews of such top...Nature, nurture and the risk of depression
...itish Journal of Psychiatry, has found more than a fifth of the population has a genetic predisposition to depression, in response to a series of stressful life events. Brain Sciences UNSW represents researchers from the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and its affiliated research institutes and teach...2006 International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases
...s was first convened in 1998; ICEID 2006 marks its fifth occurrence. The conference brings together public health professional to encourage the exchange of scientific and public health information on global emerging infectious disease issues. The program will include plenary and panel sessions with invit...New study: Inequality in recreational resources decreases physical activities, boosts weight gain
...ived, along with socio-economic data from almost a fifth of all U.S. census block groups. Factored into the analysis were the numbers of public and private exercise facilities, schools, universities, public beaches, pools, tennis courts, youth centers, parks, camps and athletic clubs within communities. "T...