Acoustics meeting in San Diego
...sign a better bat for the sport of cricket, highly popular in countries such as England, Australia, and India, Sabu John and colleagues at RMIT University in Australia ( sabu.john@rmit.edu.au ) are taking advantage of the open-ended nature of cricket rules, which place no restrictions on the bat handle's sha...Effort to control trade in great white sharks gets teeth from international community
Vilified in popular culture as a relentless man-eater, the great white shark finally received today global recognition as a persecuted species worthy of protection, as participants of the 13th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flo...Laboratory test of evolutionary theory confirms importance of links between populations
...bial experimental systems have become increasingly popular in ecology, due in part to the degree of control they offer and their relative simplicity. "Coevolutionary change happens rapidly in these communities and can be easily detected. Furthermore, the genes underlying these coevolutionary changes are know...Study confirms link between head and neck cancer and common Asian nut
...ay be linked to increased domestic production of a popular legal stimulant in Asia called betel quid. "Recent findings have spurred a great debate about whether the government should curb the expansion of domestic betel quid cultivation," said Dr. Chiun Hsu, from the Department of......a. Dr Jamie Ward, author of the study, says: "A popular notion is that some people have a magical ability to detect the hidden emotions of others by seeing a colourful 'aura' or energy field that they give off. Our study suggests a different interpretation. These colours do not reflect hidden energies be...Emory study details dolphin brain evolution for the first time
...age "pruned down from a bushier tree" has led to a popular view that several species of highly encephalized animals cannot co-exist at the same time. "However, our results show that not only do multiple highly encephalized delphinoids coexist in similar and overlapping environments today, but this situation ...Mail-order drugs exposed to extreme heat become less effective
..."Mail-order prescriptions have become increasingly popular among patients in the last few years. However, many patients do not realize that most medications have storage requirements regarding exposure to excessive temperatures," said study coauthor Richard A. Robbins, MD, FCCP, Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affa...Evidence that learning is consolidated during sleep
...a virtual town that the researchers adapted from a popular computer game. They then tested the subjects on their knowledge of the town by challenging them to quickly find routes through the town to specific locations. The researchers divided the subjects into three experimental groups: one that underwent ...DASH diet may do more than lower blood pressure
CHICAGO The popular DASH diet, established by the National Institutes of Health as a way to lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, may have health benefits that go beyond its stated purpose of lowering people's risk of heart disease, according to research publishe...System lowers breast augmentation re-operation rate by 17 percent
...st augmentation in 2003, making it the second most popular cosmetic plastic surgery procedure for women, according to the ASPS. Since 2000, the procedure has grown in popularity by 20 percent....Acetaminophen shows positive in vivo cardioprotective effects in heart attack, arrhythmia
... in treating heart disease. This position has been popular in the medical community despite that fact that "there are no in vivo reports on acetaminophen efficacy during myocardial infarction," a team from Rutgers University notes in the November issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulat...Census of Marine Life - Discoveries and Highlights 2004: Scientists add 4m+ records, 13,000 species
...North American and Eurasian plates. It may prove a popular way-station for trans-Atlantic submarine animal travelers, and home for species that surface sailors never see. After two months aboard Norway's state-of-the-art vessel G.O. Sars, 60 scientists from 13 countries returned with unprecedented quanti...Study: Pigeons can sense the Earth's magnetic field; ability might allow them to return home
...since early Egyptian times, and pigeon racing is a popular sport all over the world," said Dr. Cordula V. Mora, a biology fellow in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's College of Arts and Sciences. "In fact, pigeons are often called the poor man's race horse. "The two main theories are that...Scientists name world's whiffiest cheese
... Pungent smelling cheeses are becoming more popular in the UK - Epoisses de Bourgogne (probably the most pungent smelling cheese that is widely available here) is now sold in Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose, but in this study it was found to be less pungent than other speciality rind washed cheeses su...Patients' own stem cells used to cure incontinence
...t of the stem cell procedure was comparable to two popular treatments for incontinence: the long-term purchase and use of absorbents, such as adult diapers, and collagen injections, which show improvement during the first six months but often result in symptoms returning after a year. Dr. Frauscher also said...Citrus shows promise for certain childhood cancer
...N Orange juice and cancer don't mix. In fact, the popular citrus drink could become a cocktail to prevent or stop the deadly disease in humans. Research by Texas Agriculture Experiment Station scientists has shown that citrus compounds called limonoids targeted and stopped neuroblastoma cells in the ...Thyroid treatment can trigger homeland security detectors
...CAGO Medical procedures such as iodine therapy, a popular thyroid treatment, can result in patients triggering radiation detectors for up to three months after treatment, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Diagnostic nuclear med...NIDCR launches unique initiative on oral biofilm
...rly 20 years ago but which has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Metagenomic techniques re-build genomes from small snippets of DNA collected from a mixture of organisms found in a distinct place, such as soil or ocean water. In contrast to previous genomic sequencing studies, the metage...Researchers discover new gene in colon cancer
...naturally occurring COX-2 inhibitor. (Celebrex, a popular arthritis drug, is also a COX-2 inhibitor.) Markowitz found that 15-PGDH is directly controlled and activated by another gene, called TGF-beta. Normally, TGF-beta sends a signal that allows the colon to shed cells weekly as a way of helping to block ......ears that overgrowth was so bad at some previously popular dive reefs that these locations were no longer worth visiting. Lapointe believes based on past research that the spread of C. brachypus and other macroalgae species, in Florida and elsewhere, is largely driven by nutrient pollution from land-based so...