ESA astronaut AndrĂ© Kuipers is running experiments on the International Space Station that are shedding…
Month: June 2012
Statins appear associated with reduced risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in men, women
Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs appear to be associated with reduced risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in…
Eating garbage: Bacteria for bioremediation
A 150-foot-high garbage dump in Colombia, South America, may have new life as a public…
Greenland ice may exaggerate magnitude of 13,000-year-old deep freeze
Ice samples pulled from nearly a mile below the surface of Greenland glaciers have long…
Sounds of summer can be a danger to hearing
Hearing can be permanently damaged by loud summer noises such as fireworks, marching bands, construction…
Ozone exposure linked to potential heart attacks
Young, healthy adult volunteers exposed for two hours to ozone developed physiological changes associated with…
Cambodia remains last vulture bastion in Southeast Asia
In face of what has become a precipitous slide toward extinction across the Asian continent,…
Mercury mineral evolution tied to Supercontinent assembly over last 3 billion years
Mineral evolution posits that Earth’s near-surface mineral diversity gradually increased through an array of chemical…
Lead poisoning blocks recovery of California condor population
A comprehensive study shows that California condors are continually exposed to harmful levels of lead,…
Biological switch paves way for improved biofuel production
A mechanism that controls the way organisms breathe or photosynthesize has been discovered by scientists….