Forecasting system provides flood warnings to vulnerable residents of Bangladesh
...ice of floods could help them ward off some of the worst impacts of rising waters. If they had sufficient warning, they could harvest at least a portion of their ripening crops, move some livestock to safety, encircle fish ponds with nets to prevent fish from escaping, and stock food and other supplies. ...Expert to provide update after 'worst tomato virus' hits California
...efly population is high. "This is undeniably the worst tomato virus there is," said Gilbertson. In other ...hope that we have this under control, but when the worst tomato virus gets introduced in the California, it is a serious issue. "We are fortunate that we cau...'Sundried tide' -- silent, natural disaster
...ny estimated that the September 2005 event was the worst in the eight-year record. However, the "sundried tides" could also be anticipated. "These events are highly predictable," Dr Anthony said. "We can go into the weather reports, align them with tidal charts and predict the times of greatest ri...Sexual orientation affects how we navigate and recall lost objects, but age just targets gender
...) they found that the table of best performance to worst was: Heterosexual men Bisexual men Homosexual men Homosexual women Bisexual women Heterosexual women In general, over the range of tasks measured, where a gender performed better in a task heterosexuals of that gender tended to perform bette...FSU researchers reap $1-million grant to make medical implants safer
...months. "Sometimes the human body can be its own worst enemy," Schlenoff said. "For years, surgeons have used stents to reopen clogged coronary arteries only to see the stents themselves cause new blockages in some patients as the bodys natural defenses attempt to wall off the foreign substance. In our ...Dinosaur hearing, listening to muscle noise, quieter cubicles
...stration, Fitz will transform some of the "world's worst sounds" (as determined by UK acoustician Trevor Cox, http://www.sound101.org/ ) into more pleasing (or at least entertaining) ones. Morphing is often applied to film soundtracks (as audio special effects) and music synthesis. (3pID2). ALIEN SOUND...Humans aren't the only ones with obesity problems
...d an effective treatment for the condition. In the worst cases of laminitis, veterinarians are forced to euthanize the horse. Horses that develop insulin resistance are at an increased risk for laminitis, Johnson said. Although society views human obesity as a harmful condition, horse owners ofte...Massive coral death atrributed to earthquake
...s from Simeulue is not all bad. At many sites, the worst affected species are beginning to re-colonize the shallow reef areas. The reefs appear to be returning to what they looked like before the earthquake, although the process may take many years. "The challenge now is to work with local communities and ...Massive coral death attributed to earthquake
...s from Simeulue is not all bad. At many sites, the worst affected species are beginning to re-colonize the shallow reef areas. The reefs appear to be returning to what they looked like before the earthquake, although the process may take many years. "The challenge now is to work with local communities and...Leanest teens are biggest energy users and consumers
...ly linked to general obesity but is considered the worst fat because it is more metabolically active, ramping up pro-inflammatory markers and dramatically increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, Ms. Stallmann-Jorgensen says. "Eight- to 12-year-olds can have enough that it...Gene hunters, patent prospectors leave indigenous communities in Pacific feeling besieged, betrayed
...Pacific region has experienced some of the world's worst examples of unethical bio-research and patenting of genes by international companies, according to a new book launched by co-publishers Call of the Earth Llamado de la Tierra, and the United Nations University. The unique flora, fauna and peoples o...Alien predators are more dangerous than native predators
...vation Union, Australia has nine of the world's 14 worst invasive mammals (domestic cat, goat, grey squirrel, mouse, pig, rabbit, red deer, red fox, ship rat). Scientists believe that more frequent contact between predator and prey populations in contiguous continents such as Eurasia, Africa and the Amer...Research suggests a significant circadian rhythm in swim performance lasting 2-4 minutes
... Additional studies have found that morning is the worst time for athletic performance. These findings,...rformance exists. The circadian range from best to worst performance in this study -- 5.84 seconds -- could have considerable importance in athletic competit...CSHL researchers show RNA splicing factor may be new target for cancer therapy
...d proteins with very different properties. In the worst case, these variant proteins can cause cancer. Krainers team found abnormally high levels of a particular splicing factor, SF2/ASF, in a variety of human cancers, particularly of the colon, lung, and breast. The research team was able to engineer ...Neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky will discuss stress, health, Feb. 17 at AAAS meeting
...s don't," Sapolsky said. "For example, having your worst rival taking a nap 100 yards away gets you agitated." But when it comes to stress-related diseases, social isolation may play an even more significant role than social rank or personality. "Up until 15 years ago, the most striking thing we found wa...Winners of the 2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards
...a, and gives a sense of hope about eradicating the worst of diseases." RADIO Bruce Gellerman, Steve Curwood, Terry Fitzpatrick, Chris Ballman Public Radio International's "Living on Earth" program "Some Like it Hot" "Cold Fusion: A Heated History" "Pebble Bed Technology Nuclear Promise or Peril?" Sept. ...Folate and B12 may influence cognition in seniors
...w vitamin B12 status and high serum folate was the worst combination," says Morris. "Specifically, anemia and cognitive impairment were observed nearly five times as often for people with this combination than among people with normal vitamin B12 and normal folate." Vitamin B12 deficiency, which affects ma...Scientists identify pancreatic cancer stem cells
...ve-year survival rate of only three percent -- the worst prognosis of any major cancer, said the study's lead author, Diane M. Simeone, M.D., an associate professor of surgery and molecular and integrative physiology. "The cells we isolated are quite different from 99 percent of the millions of other cel...Researchers earn $200,000 prize for filtering arsenic from water wells
...o counter what some people have called the world's worst environmental catastrophe. The researchers, who have designed a system that filters arsenic from well water, will receive the Silver Award in a contest sponsored by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and The Grainger Foundation. The awards......larly crucial for pancreatic cancer, which has the worst survival rate of any major cancer type. Nearly everyone who develops pancreatic cancer dies from the disease. "Over the last one to two decades we have not had a significant improvement in the long-term survival rates with pancreatic cancer. I bel...