State’s iron legacy still toxic to soil
PENN STATE (US) — Some areas of soil in the state of Pennsylvania contain 14,000 parts per million of manganese—more than 17 times as much as in the surrounding bedrock. Continue…
Friday, December 10, 2010 16:42 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Aug 10, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Transfusions make matters worse?
U. ROCHESTER (US)—Blood transfusions should only be used as a last resort, according to a new study that finds they increase the risk of death for hospitalized cardiac patients by nearly five times and double the risk of infection. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
‘Staging’ key to treating older cancer patients
A new study suggests that older adults diagnosed with cancer—like 92-year-old Louis Falzer, who survived prostate cancer—are more likely to become frail and vulnerable. The findings could be helpful in developing a new staging approach to caring for older adults. (View this and other videos at Futurity’s YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/futurityvideo)
Health & Medicine - Aug 6, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Case cracked: Team decodes HIV genome structure
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Researchers for the first time have decoded the structure of a complete HIV genome. The results have widespread implications for understanding the strategies that viruses, like the one that causes AIDS, use to infect humans. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 5, 2009 13:13 - 0 Comments
Solar cells with perfect mix of plastics
U. WASHINGTON (US)—A recent discovery may help scientists pinpoint the right combination of materials and conditions needed to develop the ultimate solar cells—those that are inexpensive to produce and highly efficient at converting light to electricity. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 5, 2009 13:10 - 1 Comment
Poverty is a drag for middle-income black youth
NYU (US)—Nearly half of black children classified as middle income are still raised in neighborhoods with a poverty rate of 20 percent or more, a new Pew report shows, greatly increasing their risk of downward mobility. (more…)
