Google on Tuesday announced a new feature that will let users of its Chrome browser…
Month: August 2009
Personality Type Linked To Risk Of Death Among Individuals With Peripheral Artery Disease
A preliminary study suggests that a negative, inhibited personality type (type D personality) appears to…
Self-healing Surfaces
The engineers’ dream of self-healing surfaces has taken another step towards becoming reality — researchers…
MS Patients Who Smoke Show More Brain Atrophy, More Lesions, Than MS Nonsmokers
Persons with multiple sclerosis who smoked for a little as six months during their lifetime…
Climate Change Could Harm Lake Fish: Light Determines Growth Of Fish In Lakes
Light is what determines the growth of fish in lakes. Climate change is expected to…
Does Sugar Feed Cancer?
Researchers have uncovered new information on the notion that sugar “feeds” tumors. The findings may…
Speciation Through Genome Duplication More Common In Plant Evolution Than Previously Thought
Extra genomes appear, on average, to offer no benefit or disadvantage to plants, but still…
Emissions to peak at 2030: report
China Daily: China’s carbon emissions output could peak around 2030 if the government continues to…
World Bank violated environmental rules in lending to palm oil companies, finds internal audit
Mongabay: A coalition of indigenous rights’ organizations and green groups is calling on the World…
Australia: Signs of thaw in climate bills stand-off
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has warned the business community to expect punitive…