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…
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Health & Medicine - Aug 10, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Transfusions make matters worse?
“Doctors are simply doing what they were trained to do, (with regard to blood transfusions) but it turns out that their actions are more harmful than helpful in many cases,” says study coauthor Neil Blumberg.
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
A research team has decoded the secondary structure of a complete HIV-1 RNA genome. According to the report featured on the cover of the August 6 issue of the journal Nature, the team identified numerous highly structured motifs—such as the one pictured above—and can infer functions for many of these motifs. (Credit: Lars Sahl/University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Earth & Environment - Aug 5, 2009 13:13 - 0 Comments
Solar cells with perfect mix of plastics
David Ginger, a University of Washington associate professor of chemistry, displays the tiny probe for a conductive atomic force microscope, used to record photocurrents on scales of millionths of an inch in carbon-based solar cells. (Credit: Mary Levin/University of Washington)
Society & Culture - Aug 5, 2009 13:10 - 1 Comment
Poverty is a drag for middle-income black youth
“Neighborhoods matter—and matter significantly for the mobility prospects of Americans,” says John Morton, managing director of Pew’s Economic Policy Department. “But black children from middle-income families who often live in poorer neighborhoods, have a much higher likelihood of falling down the ladder as adults.”
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