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New study further disputes notion that amputee runners gain advantage from protheses

November 4, 2009

A study by six researchers, including a University of Colorado at Boulder associate professor and his former doctoral student, shows that amputees who use running-specific prosthetic legs have no p

Sustainably grown garlic

November 3, 2009

FORT COLLINS, CO -- Consumer interest in new and diverse types of garlic is on the rise.

Study gives clearer picture of how land-use changes affect US climate

November 3, 2009

Researchers say regional surface temperatures can be affected by land use, suggesting that local and regional strategies, such as creating green spaces and buffer zones in and around urban areas, coul

Addressing obesity via the 'energy gap'

November 3, 2009

CHICAGO -- The November issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association features a commentary by James O.

NASA researchers explore lightning's 'NOx-ious' impact on pollution, climate

October 30, 2009

Every year, scientists learn something new about the inner workings of lightning.

Wolves lose their predatory edge in mid-life, new U of Minnesota study shows

October 26, 2009

Although most wolves in Yellowstone National Park live to be nearly six years old, their ability to kill prey peaks when they are two to three, according to a study led by Dan MacNulty and recently

AGU Journal highlights -- Oct. 26, 2009

October 26, 2009

The following highlights summarize research papers that have been published or accepted for publication (paper in press) in Geophysical Research Letters (GRL).

Technology brings new insights to one of the oldest Middle Eastern languages still spoken

October 15, 2009

New technologies and academic collaborations are helping scholars at the University of Chicago analyze hundreds of ancient documents in Aramaic, one of the Middle East's oldest continuously spoken and written languages.
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Microchips result in higher rate of return of shelter animals to owners

October 13, 2009

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Animals shelter officials housing lost pets that had been implanted with a microchip were able to find the owners in almost three out of four cases in a recently published national study.

Climate change triggered dwarfism in soil-dwelling creatures of the past

October 6, 2009

Ancient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.

The researchers' findings are published in the October 5, 2009, early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

Arctic sea ice recovers slightly in 2009, remains on downward trend, says U. of Colorado report

October 6, 2009

Despite a slight recovery in summer Arctic sea ice in 2009 from record-setting low years in 2007 and 2008, the sea ice extent remains significantly below previous years and remains on a trend leading toward ice-free Arctic summers, according to the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center.

Hypertension and diabetes are concern in long-term care of liver transplant patients

October 5, 2009

A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients who received a liver transplant (LT). Researchers learned that hepatologists believe metabolic complications to be common in LT patients, but not well controlled.

Bundling 2 low-cost heart drugs prevents heart attack and stroke in large, diverse population

October 1, 2009

October 1, 2009 (Oakland, Calif.) -- A program that bundled two generic, low-cost drugs -- a cholesterol-lowering statin and a blood pressure-lowering drug -- and gave daily doses to 68,560 people with diabetes or heart disease for two years is estimated to have prevented 1,271 heart attacks and strokes in the first year following the study period, according to a Kaiser Permanente study publ



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