New weather, old pipes challenge nation's water supply
... periodically spills into surface waters; there is inadequate monitoring of the rivers, lakes and streams that provide drinking water and the quality of the treated drinking water; and there are signs that the water and sewer pipes are getting old. Much of the United States particularly in the Great Lakes an...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
... that doesn't even exist. We could be made to feel inadequate by seeing Bill Gates on the news at night, and we've never even been in the same village as him or seen our goats next to his. So the realm of space and time that we can extend our emotions means that there are a whole lot more abstract things that c...Scientists will discuss creating a culture of sustainability February 19 at AAAS
...t analyses and the focus on goods and services are inadequate to address climate-change impacts. "Cost-benefit analyses alone, which often focus only on markets, cannot address global inequities around carbon generation and mitigation," said Schneider, co-director of Stanfords Center for Environmental Scienc...New UD technology removes viruses from drinking water
...is disease is attributed to unsafe water supplies, inadequate sanitation and hygiene. In the United States, viruses are the target pathogenic microorganisms in the new Ground Water Rule under the Environmental Protection Agency's Safe Drinking Water Act, which took effect on Jan. 8. "What is unique about ou...National panel led by LSU Chancellor releases report on Corps of Engineers
... suggests that this narrow focus to the process is inadequate and must be broadened to incorporate public safety, environmental consequences and other factors in addition to economic value. "Human safety should be one of the most important factors in the prioritization process," OKeefe said. "Economic benefit...Tracking sperm whales and jumbo squid
... speed may be significantly impaired because of an inadequate supply of oxygena condition known as hypoxia. "Squid need a constant supply of oxygen to support their metabolism," Davis added. "Sperm whales, on the other hand, take the oxygen down with them bound to the hemoglobin in their blood and the myoglob...Failure to meet United Nations sanitation target could affect millions of the world's poorest
...contaminated during storage by family members with inadequate hygiene practices. On the other hand, without a sufficient quantity available to the household, it is exceedingly difficult to practice good hygiene, such as hand washing." In addition to health benefits, clean water and sanitation also have a posi...Genomics throws species definition in question for microbes
...ting microbial species is somewhat functional, but inadequate in many ways. It is unclear whether this system should be replaced or renovated," says Richard Roberts of New England Biolabs, one of the authors of the report. The report is the result of a colloquium convened by the AAM in September 2006. Pa...Quantum secrets of photosynthesis revealed
...description of the energy transfer process is both inadequate and inaccurate," said Fleming. "It gives the wrong picture of how the process actually works, and misses a crucial aspect of the reason for the wonderful efficiency." Co-authoring the Nature paper with Fleming were Gregory Engel, who was first auth...Health disparities -- Genetics, society and race play an important role in access to healthcare
...ance, poverty, language and cultural barriers, and inadequate access to early detection services and good medical care as causes. Research reported today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) suggests that genetics, in addition to socioeconomic status, are important f...Renowned nutrition experts tackle nation's obesity problem in new book on primary care nutrition
... and Darwin Deen, have responded to the problem of inadequate nutrition training among primary care physicians by developing a comprehensive guide that educates doctors about the important role that nutrition plays in the promotion of their patients health. The Complete Guide to Nutrition in Primary Care pro...Protein enables discovery of quantum effect in photosynthesis
...description of the energy transfer process is both inadequate and inaccurate," said Fleming. "It gives the wrong picture of how the process actually works, and misses a crucial aspect of the reason for the wonderful efficiency." The taco shell is a sort of "middleman" in the antenna system, sandwiched in betw...Book explores history, causes of allergy and asthma epidemic
...posure to cockroach allergens and pesticides, plus inadequate access to medical care combine to make impoverished urban residents vulnerable to asthma," he says. Students, a mix of undergrads and grads, have been studying issues of disease ecology this semester in Mitman's class on the history of environment ...New techniques redefine assessment of liver disease
...edical disorders including insulin resistance (IR, inadequate response to insulin) and diabetes mellitus (DM, a metabolic disorder characterized by high blood sugar) in patients with obesity and NAFLD to evaluate whether cell signaling pathway profiles within WAT are associated with the presence of IR and wheth...New study indicates that people may need more dietary choline than previously thought
... Adequate Intake (AI) for choline may, in fact, be inadequate for some people. 1 Choline is an essential nutrient for normal functioning of all cells, including those involved with liver metabolism, brain and nerve function, memory, and the transportation of nutrients throughout the body. In this depletion-...Flaws in colonoscopies may increase risk of colon cancer
...re technically challenging than endoscopies due to inadequate preparation and the safe administration of sedatives. This study, conducted by researchers from the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine in London, sought to determine the effectiveness of colonoscopy for complete examination of the colon in patient...Viable tiger populations, tiger trade incompatible
...e poaching of tigers and their prey, combined with inadequate government efforts to maintain tiger populations, have resulted in a dramatic reduction in tiger numbers. These big cats now occupy just 7 percent of their historical range, according to the BioScience paper. And the possibility that China could reop...Latest data shows MabThera provides significant, sustained relief from symptoms of RA
...rs. The study was conducted in patients who had an inadequate response to treatment with either tumour necrosis ...r three courses of MabThera in patients who had an inadequate response to TNF inhibitors: The number of patients achieving the hard-to-reach goal of a 70% impr...Children of smokers have more than 5 times higher levels of a nicotine toxin
...rom poorer homes, which may have smaller rooms and inadequate heating. Higher cotinine levels in colder times of year may be a reflection of the other key factors which influence exposure to passive smoking, such as poorer ventilation or a greater tendency for parents to smoke indoors in winter. Sleeping ...Study: Donated embryos could result in more than 2,000 new embryonic stem cell lines
...ists now agree that the eligible lines have proven inadequate in number and unsafe for transnational research. Until recently, the best estimate of human embryos currently in storage that might be available for additional stem cell research was three percent. The 2003 study showed that donations would yield, at...