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Disease-free Mosquito Bred To Disease-carrier Can Have All Disease-fre
Researchers from Virginia Tech and the University of California Irvine have demonstrated the ability to express a foreign gene exclusively in the female mosquito germline, a necessary prerequisite to future genetic control strategies in mosquitoes where all progeny of lab and wild mosquitoes will have the gene that blocks virus replication -- or whatever trait has been introduced into the lab mosquitoes. Adverse Drug Events In Nursing Homes Are Far More Common Than Previous
Injuries from adverse drug events in the long-term care setting are more common than previously documented, and largely preventable, according to the findings of a study published in The American Journal of Medicine. [Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... What links the seven deadly sins
This is a psychological posting, so doesn’t really fit into the usual Sciencebase categories, but I had to post about it anyway and give a mention to the amazing quasi-mathematical strips from Jessica Hagy, which you will want to check out, think Venn diagrams, charts, and graphs but amazingly clever and witty, and not a [...] Community-supported Agriculture Serves As Counterexample To Market Dem
A new paper explores community-supported agriculture and its survival in the face of economic globalization. Organic food was once an economic haven for small farms who distributed their goods predominantly through local channels such as farmers'markets. Today, however, the vast majority of organic food production occurs on large-scale, industrial farms whose goods flow through global supply chains. In the United States, more than eighty percent of all sales in the organic category hail from brands owned by corporate conglomerates. Report On Health And Habits Of College Students Released
A comprehensive survey on the health of US college students has been completed. About 10,000 college students completed the survey. Although the study is focused on students from 14 campuses in Minnesota, the health findings here reflect national health trends for college students, according to researchers. Road-crossing In Chimpanzees: A Risky Business
In a finding that broadens our understanding of primate cooperation, researchers have found that chimpanzees evaluate risk when crossing roads and draw on an evolutionarily old principle -- shared with at least some other primates--of protective "socio-spatial"organization that produces flexible, adaptive, and cooperative responses by a group of individuals facing risk. New Medical Devices Can Cause New Immune Problems
Medical devices are traditionally thought of as fairly simple implants such as stents and hip replacements - pieces of plastic or metal that are placed in the body to handle a very specific function. But biomedical devices now on the drawing board are considerably more sophisticated and represent an unprecedented melding of man and machine. Apple Update Undermines IPhone Hackers
Phones modified to work with cellular carriers other than AT&T -- Apple's exclusive iPhone partner -- may become inoperable if the latest software updates are installed, the company warns. Could Nanotechnology Revolutionize Natural Gas Industry?
Nanotechnology could revolutionize the natural gas industry across the whole lifecycle from extraction to pollution reduction or be an enormous missed opportunity, claim two industry experts. They suggest that nanotechnology could help us extract more fuel and feedstock hydrocarbons from dwindling resources. However, industry inertia and a lack of awareness of the benefits could mean a missed opportunity.
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