Back-to-nature flood schemes which use the land's natural defences to slow river flow and reduce flooding could be a cost-effective way of tackling one of the biggest problems facing the ...

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Messages that describe obesity as a disease may undermine healthy behaviors and beliefs among obese individuals, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a ...

Microwires were created in the former Soviet Union for military purposes. They formed the basis of the camouflage of a model of spy plane used by the Soviet army, but for a long time the scientific community has been studying ...

Toronto – Just when that new gym membership is looking like a mistake, recent marketing research shows that reminding consumers of the price strengthens ...

Quebec City, January 28, 2014—Certain probiotics could help women lose weight and keep it off, according to a recent study published in the British Journal of Nutrition by a team of researchers ...

Saccharum spontaneum is an invasive grass that has spread extensively in disturbed areas throughout the Panama Canal watershed, where it has created a fire hazard and inhibited reforestation ...

DETROIT – An early stage study shows melatonin – a hormone that regulates the body's sleep and awake cycles – may have the potential to help slow the growth of certain breast cancer tumors, ...

The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series features a small, paper-based device that can monitor ...

An EORTC study published in Lancet Oncology found that health-related quality of life (HRQOL) assessment in small-cell lung cancer randomized clinical trials provides relevant ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers are proposing a new technology that might control the flow of heat the way electronic devices control electrical current, an advance that could have applications in a diverse ...

A new study from UNC's Frank Porter ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 28-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Marta Calsina mcalsina@imim.es 34-933-160-680 IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) Measuring waist circumference would improve the detection of children and adolescents with cardiometabolic risk Although abdominal obesity has increased greatly in recent years among children and adolescents, this indicator is not used in ...

NASA's Aqua satellite captured infrared data on a developing area of tropical low pressure known as System 91S that was brushing the Nampala Province of Mozambique on January 28. Nampula ...

The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with partners from the Electric Power Research Institute and the University of ...

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1. Pandemic concerns prompt experts to seek better understanding of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Health officials have expressed concern that the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus ...

An international team of scientists has discovered that two of the world's most devastating plagues – the plague of Justinian and the Black Death, each responsible for killing as many ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 27-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Emily Caldwell caldwell.151@osu.edu 614-292-8310 Ohio State University Yoga can lower fatigue, inflammation in breast cancer survivors In study, the more women practiced, the better the results VIDEO: There are few experts who debate ...

PITTSBURGH—An enthusiastic group of non-experts, working through an online interface and receiving ...

Scientists have known for more than 40 years that the synthetic pesticide DDT is harmful to bird habitats ...

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Patients with Alzheimer's disease have significantly higher levels of DDE, the long-lasting metabolite of the pesticide DDT, in their blood than healthy people, a ...

Retrieval of ancient DNA molecules is usually performed with special precautions to prevent DNA from researchers or the environment to get mixed in with the DNA from the fossil. However, many ancient ...