A study supported by the US Department of Health and Human Services could not validate…
Month: September 2011
Limits for mountain trail use identified
A new study on human impact to wildlife in some of Canada’s most popular national…
Cancer drug may also work for scleroderma, study suggests
A drug used to treat cancer may also be effective in diseases that cause scarring…
New study proposes public health guidelines to reduce the harms from cannabis use
A new research study recommends a public health approach to cannabis — including evidence-based guidelines…
One million more U.S. children living in poverty since 2009, new census data shows
Between 2009 and 2010, one million more children in America joined the ranks of those…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus spreads its influence
Chalk up one more feat for Saturn’s intriguing moon Enceladus. The small, dynamic moon spews…
Aquarius yields NASA’s first global map of ocean salinity
NASA’s new Aquarius instrument has produced its first global map of the salinity of the…
Meg Whitman Takes Over as CEO at HP (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – With back-to-back poor quarterly earnings reports, Hewlett-Packard apparently isn’t willing to give Leo…
Ceramics researchers shed light on metal embrittlement
Liquid metal embrittlement, or LME, has baffled metallurgists for a century. Now, ceramics researchers have…
Model provides successful seasonal forecast for the fate of Arctic sea ice
Relatively accurate predictions for summer sea ice extent in the Arctic can be made the…