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Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction
Companion to a "dramatized documentary that reconstructs the weeks before, and the struggle for survival during ... [the] cataclysmic eruption"in 1883 of the Krakatoa volcano. Features video clips, survivor diaries, a build-you-own volcano interactive feature, an illustrated essay, and puzzles. From Discovery Channel. Male Elephants Get 'Photo IDs'From Scientists
Scientists are creating a photographic archive of individual Asian elephants. The researchers have developed a unique "photographic capture-recapture"survey method that identifies individual male elephants, specifically by the shape and size of their tusks, ears, and other features. This in turn can be used to monitor their survival rates and movement. Bipolar Diagnosis In Youth Rapidly Climbing
The number of visits to a doctor's office that resulted in a diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has increased by 40 times over the last decade, reported researchers. Over the same time period, the number of visits by adults resulting in a bipolar disorder diagnosis almost doubled. The cause of these increases is unclear. Medication prescription patterns for the two groups were similar. WHO Multi-Country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence Agains
"The first-ever World Health Organization (WHO) study on domestic violence reveals that intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence in women's lives -- much more so than assault or rape by strangers or acquaintances."The full text of the 2005 report (with data and quotes) is accompanied by fact sheets with information about women's health and domestic violence in Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Samoa, and several other countries. Study Identifies Key Aspect Of Immune Response Against HIV
An international research team has identified immune-system genes that appear to play a key role in the body's defense against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The findings may lead to ways of circumventing the virus's ability to avoid vaccines by rapid mutation. Switching To Chemistry
Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have demonstrated a new kind of electrical switch, formed of organic molecules, that could be used in the future in nanoscale electronic components. From Sheffield To Singapore, International Computing Grid Battles Mala
Malaria kills more than one million people each year, most of them young children living in Africa. Now physicists in the UK have shared their computers with biologists from countries including France and Korea in an effort to combat the disease. Using an international computing Grid spanning 27 countries, scientists on the WISDOM project analysed an average of 80,000 possible drug compounds against malaria every hour. Coupons, houses, and chemical nomenclature
Coupons, Cambridge houses, and chem-bio nomenclature under observation in the sciencebase science blog. Gene Therapy To Treat Haemophilia; Cure Achieved In Dogs -- Are Humans
A leading researcher from Philadelphia USA, Professor Katherine High, is examining the obstacles to successful gene therapy in human patients with haemophilia. Climate Change Will Affect Carbon Sequestration In Oceans, Model Shows
An Earth System model developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign indicates that the best location to store carbon dioxide in the deep ocean will change with climate change.
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