Posts Tagged ‘Mexico’
US birth tied to health risks in Mexican-Americans
U. TORONTO (CAN) / UC BERKELEY (US) — Mexican-Americans over 55 who were born in the US are significantly more likely than immigrants from Mexico to report limitations in one or more basic physical activities. Continue…
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Pay cash to encourage safe sex?
BROWN (US) — A survey of more than 1,700 young gay men in Mexico City found that for $288 a year most would enroll in safe sex programs. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 22, 2013 12:51 - 3 Comments
Report: Prohibition fails in Mexico’s drug war
RICE (US) — Aggressive efforts to control violent drug cartels have clearly failed in Mexico’s war on drugs, according to an analysis by a public policy expert. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 7, 2012 13:53 - 0 Comments
Hybrid monkeys hint at early human history
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Did different species of early humans interbreed and produce offspring of mixed ancestry? New research with howler monkeys suggests it’s possible. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 15, 2012 11:43 - 1 Comment
US-Mexico conflict fueled anti-war movement
PENN STATE (US) — The Mexican-American War sparked the first truly national anti-war movement in the US, says historian Amy Greenberg. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 13, 2012 11:00 - 0 Comments
Domesticated turkey bones found in Maya temple
U. FLORIDA (US) — Bones from an ancient Mayan archaeological site show the turkey was domesticated more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 26, 2012 16:57 - 0 Comments
1969 meteorite yields new primitive mineral
CALTECH (US) — A new mineral—one of the solar system’s oldest—has been discovered in a meteorite that scattered across Chihuahua, Mexico in 1969. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 31, 2012 12:08 - 0 Comments
Butterfly genes can’t yet explain migration routes
EMORY (US) — Despite migrating to different locations, new research reveals that eastern and western groups of monarch butterflies are genetically mixed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 6, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments
Weight a mystery for college applicants
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Out of 3,500 college applicants, a third couldn’t report their weight accurately, according to a new study in Mexico. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 17, 2012 15:11 - 0 Comments
To stop foot-and-mouth, track the cattle
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Surveillance and heartier animals could minimize losses if a foot-and-mouth outbreak were to strike Mexican cattle. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 13, 2012 11:17 - 0 Comments
Lasers reveal hidden earthquake damage
UC DAVIS (US) — A new tool reveals how earthquakes change the landscape down to a few inches, and shows how earthquake faults behave. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 20, 2011 16:54 - 9 Comments
Conduct disorder: Risk grows for Mexicans in US
UC DAVIS (US) — The prevalence of conduct disorder symptoms increases across generations for Mexicans who migrate to the United States, a new study finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 8, 2011 7:46 - 0 Comments
Mexican parents may derail teens’ exercise
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Deep-rooted cultural beliefs and expectations often cause parents in Mexico to discourage their college-bound children from exercising. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 6, 2011 8:23 - 0 Comments
Extreme cave fish with ‘alien’ appetites
TEXAS A&M (US) — Could life exist on planets less hospitable than our own? Scientists studying a tiny Mexican fish say it’s quite possible. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 6, 2011 16:29 - 0 Comments
Mexican immigrants quickly adopt US diet
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Mexicans who migrate to the US often begin eating a typical “American diet,” which may put their health at risk, a new study shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 16, 2011 14:40 - 0 Comments
Sunflower has all-American roots
INDIANA U. (US) — With its only geographic domestication site planted firmly in the eastern U.S., new research proves the sunflower is purely American. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Aug 15, 2011 11:06 - 0 Comments
Mexico quake’s path veered from norm
CALTECH (US) — The El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake that struck Baja California in April 2010 took a divergent route, causing a fault line that remained straight on the surface but was warped and complicated at depth. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 29, 2011 13:52 - 2 Comments
Undocumented grads face tough road
U. CHICAGO (US) — Undocumented young adults raised and college-educated in the U.S. are often unable to rise above the menial labor of their parents with no prospects of working in their chosen professions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 14, 2011 13:18 - 1 Comment
Wildlife to U.S.: Don’t fence me in
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN/ YALE (US) — Animals living along the U.S.-Mexican border are at increased risk due to fences than run for miles, blocking as much as 75 percent of some species’ ranges. (more…)
