Posts Tagged ‘week’
Friday, September 10th, 2010
Greenhouse gas emissions caused by livestock operations in tropical countries -a major contributor to climate change -could be cut significantly by changing diets and breeds and improving degraded lands, according to a new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. And as an added bonus, scientists found the small changes in production practices could provide a big payoff by providing poor farmers with up to US$1.3 billion annually in payments for carbon offsets.
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Greener pastures and better breeds could reduce carbon ‘hoofprint’
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Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
Two opportunistic pathogens that were once thought to be very different have evolved some sexual reproduction and disease-causing habits that are not only similar but also suggest that in the microbial world sex and virulence are closely linked, according to a review published this week in the online journal mBio.
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Linking microbial sex and virulence
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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Current tools for combating malaria, such as artemisinin-combination therapy and increasing coverage of long-lasting insecticide bednets can result in major reductions in Plasmodium falciparum malaria transmission and the associated disease burden in Africa.
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High malaria transmission areas remain a problem for elimination
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Friday, August 6th, 2010
The lead Editorial is this week’s Lancet criticises the UK Government’s announcement of an emergency cancer fund, and saying that is not the victory for patient groups that some believe.
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UK cancer fund is not the victory for patient groups that some believe
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Renewable energy advocates are pushing Congress to include a renewable electricity standard in a climate bill that was proposed Tuesday in the Senate, and the idea got a boost this week when 27 Democrats and a Republican pressed for its inclusion.
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Advocates press Congress on renewable energy standard
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Monday, August 2nd, 2010
(AP) — The only thing keeping millions more gallons of oil out of the Gulf of Mexico right now is a rush job: an experimental cap that has held for more than two weeks but was never meant to be permanent. As soon as this week, crews will be pumping in some insurance.
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Gulf crews prepare to start plugging well for good
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
(PhysOrg.com) — Evatran, a company from Virginia in the US, has developed a working prototype of a plugless induction charger for electric and hybrid vehicles, and demonstrated the system at this week`s Plug In conference in San Jose, California.
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Plugless Power soon to arrive for electric and hybrid vehicles
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
The risks associated with home birth are discussed in the lead Editorial in this week’s Lancet, which says that while women have the right to choose how and where to give birth, they do not have the right to put their baby at risk.
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Home birth: Proceed with caution
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
An Editorial in this week’s Lancet looks discussed the recent report from the UK Vascular Society and the Royal College of Physicians which states patients in the UK are waiting too long for vascular surgery after symptoms of stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA).
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What is stopping timely stroke care in the UK?
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Friday, July 30th, 2010
Researchers seeking to learn more about stroke by studying how the body responds to toxins in snake venom are this week releasing new findings that they hope will aid in the development of therapies for heart disease and, surprisingly, cancer.
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Snake venom studies yield insights for development of therapies for heart disease and cancer
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