Duke geologist's book assails unrealistic mathematical models
...mples of quantitative models that I looked at, the worst is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' modeling of the behavior of beaches," said Pilkey, who has also assailed those models in previous books on coastal development. "There is no truth in those models at all." State and local governments use Corps ...In-shell vaccine for chick disease
...in-ovo) using robotic 'vaccinators'. IBV is the worst infectious disease in terms of economic loss to the UK poultry industry. Infection can lead to severe respiratory disease, dramatically reduce egg production and affect the quality and hatchability of eggs. The researchers, funded by the Biotechnol...Tweaking the treatment for restless legs
...life of pacing in the wee morning hours, or in the worst cases, being unable to take road trips or even sit through a movie. In both cases, and in most other patients the doctors have treated, they have found it helpful to switch the medications that patients receive. Sometimes the medication is no longer ...Cluster of journals publish findings on dangerous parasite, Toxoplasma gondii
...onscious of their surroundings. "It's one of the worst syndromes an AIDS patient can die from," said Jay Radke, another of the MSU authors. Toxoplasmosis is a disease caused by the parasite "Toxoplasma gondii." Symptoms usually appear only in people with weakened immune systems, but on rare occasions, ...Sodium, prostaglandin may be keys to successful treatment for some bedwetters
...about most, Rittig said. When asked to imagine the worst things that could happen to them, children rated bedwetting in the top 10, he said. Rittig published a study in 1989 showing that the hormone vasopressin plays a role in enuresis. This research helped lead to the use of desmopressin to stop bedwett...Painkillers may threaten power of vaccines
...e antibodies. The next step is to figure out the worst time to take drugs that inhibit cox-2 in the context of getting vaccinated. Is it the day before, the day of, or the day after" The timing is likely to be very important, Phipps said. But meanwhile, we believe that when you reach for the medicine cab...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?" S...ESSP launches new Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study
...le the Chinese province of Sichuan experienced its worst drought in 50 years and Chongqing its worst in around a century. According to a recent study by China Agriculture University, water shortages ar...'Fruit fly dating game' provides clues to our reproductive prowess
...spring while the highest quality pair produced the worst offspring. The Queen's research team measured the inheritance of "fitness" (quality and number of offspring) using samples of low-and-high-fitness males and a separate set of low-and-high-fitness females to uncover what occurs as a result of sexual...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
...Venezuelan Disaster: In December 1999, one of the worst natural disasters in the recorded history of the Americas hit the Venezuelan state of Vargas, near the capital, Caracas. A series of severe storms triggered flash floods and debris flows that stripped some hillsides entirely, eroding 15-20 million c...Train your brain to hear your friends at a party
...e in a noisy room. Parties or bars are some of the worst places because the level of background noise is high, and so scientists call this the "cocktail party effect". To see what this was like, Irving wore an earplug in one ear for a week which gave him a one-sided hearing loss. He said: "It was hell - ...New study finds chocolate chip cookies lower cholesterol
...ht Direction Cookie group. The decrease was in the worst kind of lipoproteins, those that were smallest and most likely to raise risk for heart disease. Body weight did not change and there were no changes in HDL (good) cholesterol. According to the Center for Disease Control, a 10 percent decrease in tot...Urgent call to action issued to protect world's most vulnerable populations from influenza pandemic
...nto account the interests of those who will be the worst affected: the world's most poor and disadvantaged.... and more about one that for the benefit of those worst affected - simply works."...Inheriting a tendency to brain infection
...nfected by the herpes simplex virus. For most, the worst symptom is a cold sore, but in some individuals, the virus causes inflammation of the brain that can lead to mental retardation, epilepsy, or death. Until now, scientists have been unable to identify any specific risk factors for the disease. Five ...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 20, 2006
..."the Godzilla of smells" and described them as the worst odor in the world. "You can't believe how awful they smell," Turin said. "They make you vomit your guts out instantly." That offensive odor is a major reason why chemists have largely shunned the isonitriles as ingredients in important chemical reac...Study illuminates how the plague bacteria causes disease
... bacteria historically responsible for some of the worst diseases," he added. Although improvements in sanitation have eliminated acute problems from diseases caused by Yersinia, concerns remain about the possibility that an untreatable strain might arise or that the bacteria might come into use as a biolo...'Dead Zone' causing wave of death off Oregon coast
...s in oxygen along the seafloor. This is by far the worst such event since the phenomenon was first identifi...ff the U.S. West Coast. "Some of the worst conditions are now approaching what we call anoxia, or the absence of oxygen," said Francis Chan, a ...Movie spies on malaria parasite's sneaky behavior
...ood cells. The rupturing of blood cells causes the worst symptoms of the infection, which can be deadly to children, pregnant women, and others with weak immune systems. After leaving this trail of cellular death and destruction in its wake, the parasite is finally taken up again from the blood when anot...More large forest fires linked to climate change
...p of that warming temperatures and now we have the worst of both situations -- changed forests and changed climate."...Genetic parallels found between lung development and lung cancer
...g the earliest stages of lung development have the worst prognosis of all. "This confirms our earlier f...e those during very early lung development had the worst prognosis, while tumors with gene expression patterns resembling those seen late in lung development...