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TV bombards children with commercials for high-fat and high-sugar foods

November 5, 2009

St. Louis, MO, November 4, 2009 -- Childhood obesity in the United States is reaching epidemic proportions.

Tags reveal white sharks have neighborhoods in the north Pacific, say Stanford researchers

November 3, 2009

The white shark may be the ultimate loner of the ocean, cruising thousands of miles in a solitary trek, but a team of researchers has discovered that the sharks have maintained such a consistent pa

Rice research gets a leg up on understanding plant reactions to environment

November 2, 2009

One might say plants don't have a leg to stand on, but that may actually give them a leg up on the animal kingdom when it comes to environmental adaptability.

'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.

Pitt-led researchers create nanoparticle coating to prevent freezing rain buildup

October 29, 2009

PITTSBURGH -- Preventing the havoc wrought when freezing rain collects on roads, power lines, and aircrafts could be only a few nanometers away.

Biofield therapies: Helpful or full of hype?

October 29, 2009

Biofield therapies, which claim to use subtle energy to stimulate the body's healing process, are promising complementary interventions for reducing the intensity of pain in a number of conditions,

Bad driving may have genetic basis, UCI study finds

October 28, 2009

Irvine, Calif., Oct. 28, 2009 -- Bad drivers may in part have their genes to blame, suggests a new study by UC Irvine neuroscientists.

Team led by Scripps Research and UC San Diego scientists reveals secrets of drought resistance

October 22, 2009

La Jolla, CA, October 21, 2009 -- A team of biologists in California led by researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California (UC), San Diego has solved the structure of a critical molecule that helps plants survive during droughts.

Happy flies look for a place like home

October 20, 2009

A happy youth can influence where a fruit fly chooses to live as an adult, according to new research in the American Naturalist. The study, led by Judy Stamps from the University of California at Davis, provides new insight into how animals choose places to live and raise their young.

Research indicates vegetable juice can be an easy, enjoyable way to increase daily intake

October 20, 2009

Avignon, France, October 20, 2009 -- Decades of studies have documented the link between eating a diet rich in vegetables and multiple health benefits, yet nearly eight out of 10 people worldwide fall short of the daily recommendation.

Silence of the genes

October 13, 2009

BERKELEY, CA - The molecular architecture of a protein complex that helps determine the fate of human cells has been imaged for the first time by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab).

Self-sacrifice among strangers has more to do with nurture than nature

October 12, 2009

Socially learned behavior and belief are much better candidates than genetics to explain the self-sacrificing behavior we see among strangers in societies, from soldiers to blood donors to those who contribute to food banks. This is the conclusion of a study by Adrian V. Bell and colleagues from the University of California Davis in the Oct.

Bacterium helps formation of gold

October 7, 2009

Australian scientists have found that the bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans catalyses the biomineralisation of gold by transforming toxic gold compounds to their metallic form using active cellular mechanism.

Loss of top predators causing surge in smaller predators, ecosystem collapse

October 1, 2009

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- The catastrophic decline around the world of "apex" predators such as wolves, cougars, lions or sharks has led to a huge increase in smaller "mesopredators" that are causing major economic and ecological disruptions, a new study concludes.

Living, meandering river constructed

September 29, 2009

In a feat of reverse-engineering, Christian Braudrick of University of California at Berkeley and three coauthors have successfully built and maintained a scale model of a living meandering gravel-bed river in the lab. Their findings point to the importance of vegetation to reinforce the banks and, surprisingly, to the importance of sand in healthy meandering river life.



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