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Nearly A Quarter Of Children Are Especially Susceptible To Respiratory
Children with a certain genetic makeup are at heightened risk of chest infections and other respiratory illnesses due to second-hand smoke exposure, according to researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. [Ironic] LONDON: A jailed cocaine dealer is working as Santa Claus on
John Tams, who dons beard, boots and red suit to work in a cafe's Christmas grotto, said he wanted to give something back to the community... Uncalculated Risks In Some Pesticides, UCR Study Finds
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have demonstrated that isomers -- or the mirror-image structures -- of some pesticides, although chemically identical, have very different biological and environmental impacts between the two sides. This may have significant implications for risk assessment and research and development directions of new products. Diversity, Endemism, And Age Distributions In Macroevolutionary Source
Regions with high diversity or many unique species are often assumed to be hotbeds of species origination, but a new theory demonstrates that such places could instead result from the immigration of species. This theory, outlined in an article to appear in the June 2005 issue of The American Naturalist, also shows how combining the ages of species, determined from the fossil record, with information on where those species currently live can give insight into the past processes that have shaped diversity. Women With Diabetes At Increased Risk For Irregular Heart Rhythm
Diabetes increases by 26 percent the likelihood that women will develop atrial fibrillation, a potentially dangerous irregular heart rhythm that can lead to stroke, heart failure, and chronic fatigue. Seabed Microbe Study Leads To Low-cost Power, Light For Developing Wor
A biology professor's fascination with seafloor microbes has led to the development of a revolutionary, low-cost power system consuming garbage, compost, and other waste that could provide light for the developing world. He has developed a fuel cell run by the natural activity of anaerobic microbes. The cells can be manufactured for just a few U.S. dollars, putting them within reach of many of the world's poor who today do not have access to electricity. Same-sex Mating By Fungi Spawned Infection Outbreak, Evidence Suggests
Same-sex mating between two less harmful yeast strains might have spawned an outbreak of disease among otherwise healthy people and animals on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Howard Hughes Medical Institute geneticists at Duke University Medical Center have reported. Rediscovering The Dragon's Paradise Lost: Komodo Dragons Most Likely E
The world's largest living lizard species, the Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), is vulnerable to extinction and yet little is known about its natural history. New research by a team of palaeontologists and archaeologists from Australia, Malaysia and Indonesia, who studied fossil evidence from Australia, Timor, Flores, Java and India, shows that Komodo Dragons most likely evolved in Australia and dispersed westward to Indonesia. Testosterone Therapy May Help Elderly Men With Mild Alzheimer's Diseas
Testosterone replacement therapy may help improve the quality of life for elderly men with mild cases of Alzheimer's disease, according to a study that will appear in the February 2006 print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Scientists Obtain Rocks Moving Into Seismogenic Zone
An international group of scientists aboard the Deep-Sea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU return from a 40-day scientific expedition off the shore of the Kii Peninsula, Japan on Oct. 10, 2009.
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