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Carnegie Mellon researchers link health-care debate to risk of dying in US and Europe

November 6, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- The current health care debate in the United States is complicated.

Does prostate-specific antigen velocity help in early detection prostate cancer?

November 5, 2009

Arnhem, November 2009 -- The November issue of European Urology, the official journal of the European Association of Urology, features an article focussing on prostate specific antigen (PSA

Are the Alps growing or shrinking?

November 5, 2009

The Alps are growing just as quickly in height, as they are shrinking. This paradoxical result could be proven by a group of German and Swiss geoscientists.

Carnegie Mellon researchers receive grant

November 5, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Carnegie Mellon University's Lucio Soibelman, H. Scott Matthews and Jose M.F.

The humble beginnings of a king

November 4, 2009

Tyrannosaurus rex and related large carnivorous dinosaurs together form the family Tyrannosauridae.

Protecting your virtual privacy

November 3, 2009

The details of your personal life, such as grocery purchases and pizza topping preferences, are collected every day ― online and by club and discount cards from the gym, department store and

Reflective film can boost profits for apple growers

November 3, 2009

LLEIDA, SPAIN -- In a research report published in a recent issue of HortTechnology, scientists Ignasi Iglesias and Simó Alegre examined the effects of covering orchard floors with reflectiv

Shedding light on the cosmic skeleton

November 3, 2009

"Matter is not distributed uniformly in the Universe," says Masayuki Tanaka from ESO, who led the new study.

A special issue on the International Workshop of the 2008 Solar Total Eclipse

October 30, 2009

On August 1, 2008 a total solar eclipse was visible within a narrow corridor that traversed from North America to China.

'Technology' plays large role in wealth inheritance

October 30, 2009

A new study reveals the important role inherited wealth plays in sustaining economic inequality in small scale societies.

The largest bat in Europe inhabited northeastern Spain more than 10,000 years ago

October 29, 2009

Spanish researchers have confirmed that the largest bat in Europe, Nyctalus lasiopterus, was present in north-eastern Spain during the Late Pleistocene (between 120,000 and 10,000 years ago)

Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

October 29, 2009

Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky.

Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago

October 27, 2009

Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the

Blue light-filtering increases macular pigment, may protect against age-related vision loss

October 26, 2009

Waterford City, Ireland, October 26, 2009 -- Results of an important new study show that implantation of blue light-filtering intraocular lens (IOLs) at the time of cataract surgery increases a nu

Tips from the journals of the American Society for Microbiology

October 23, 2009

Genes May Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection



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