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 Ice Reveals Climate History

Research offers window into changes

Aug 3, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Over the next three summers in Greenland, a group of international scientists will unearth samples of the country’s ice core down to its very bedrock, in the hopes of painting a complete picture of Earth's changing climate. Each layer provides a dated mixture of water and air bubbles that... More »

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climate change • global warming • Greenland • research • polar ice caps • Thomas Friedman • Arctic Circle • scientific research

Is Bioresearch Making Us
Less Safe?

Scientist's suicide highlights easy access to burgeoning field

Aug 3, 08 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bruce Ivins was one of a handful of scientists with access to deadly agents of biowarfare—until the 2001 anthrax attacks in which he was suspected. In the wake of the researcher's suicide, the New York Times takes a look at the nation’s bioterror infrastructure—which has ballooned in... More »

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research • anthrax • Bruce Ivins • bioterrorism

 Disease Stalks Florida's Palms 

State worries it lacks resources to identify, combat pathogen

Jul 23, 08 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - A mystery disease is eating away at the sabal palm, Florida’s state tree, and scientists say the prospects of successfully fighting the disease are slim. The AP reports that an increasing number of the trees, which can grow up to 50 feet tall, have suffered collapsed canopies. "There's... More »

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Florida • agriculture • trees • disease • research • palm tree

A Good Night's Sleep
Shores Up Memory

8 hours of shut-eye helps brain function the next day, study suggests

Jul 14, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nothing improves memory like a little shut-eye, a new study suggests. Researchers taught new information and skills to two groups of patients, and allowed one to sleep normally while giving the other none or only a nap. The sleepers tested better the next day–and scans revealed enhanced brain activity... More »

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sleep • memory • learning • research • sleep deprivation • health study

Bourbon a Day Keeps the Arthritis Away

Regular drinkers are half as likely to develop joint disease

Jun 5, 08 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swedish scientists have found another perk for regular drinkers, the BBC reports, with imbibers up to 50% less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis. In two studies involving several thousand participants, those who downed 5 glasses of wine a week saw their risk cut in half. The study reiterated that smoking... More »

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alcohol • smoking • rheumatoid arthritis • research • arthritis

Phone Data Used to Map Human Activity

Study, outside US,
finds ingrained habits, raises privacy issues

Jun 4, 08 3:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers using mobile-phone data to study patterns of human movement find that we're quite creatures of habit, the BBC reports. The 100,000 randomly selected subjects—outside the US, where such tracking would be illegal, the AP notes—remained mostly in the same small area, traveling less than 6½ miles... More »

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cell phones • economics • research • population • avian flu • human population

 Why Organic Tomatoes
Are Better for You

Researchers probe antioxidant-enhanced tomatoes

May 31, 08 6:34 AM CDT
(Newser) - Some organically grown tomatoes appear to have higher levels of potent antioxidants, and the reason may be in the fertilizer, NPR reports. Researchers at UC Davis running tests on levels of the antioxidants, known as flavonoids, found 79%-97% higher flavonoid levels in the organic tomatoes. More »

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agriculture • organic food • research • organic • tomatoes • flavonoids • University of California Davis

 Scientists Building
 Better Bug Spray 

Pepper compounds keep mosquitoes away 3 times longer than top dog DEET

May 27, 08 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have found bug repellents that keep mosquitoes from biting for up to 73 days, WebMD reports. Compounds found in pepper kept bugs away nearly three times as long as industry leader DEET, which manages just 17.5 days under the same conditions—though a normal human would sweat or... More »

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parasites • research • bug • insects • DEET • insect repellent

 Climate Killing Medical Hopes 

UN conference highlights the dangers of fading biodiversity

Apr 23, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The loss of biodiversity on Earth will seriously hamper efforts to cure human disease, AFP reports. Researchers at the UN-backed Business for the Environment conference highlighted undiscovered cures for pain, infections and even cancer that risk being lost forever if humans fail to reverse the widespread extinction of thousands of... More »

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climate change • medicine • environment • disease • research • extinction • biodiversity • environmental damage

Darwin's Papers Now Online

Once-private drafts, notes and even recipes of evolutionary scientist are free to public

Apr 17, 08 4:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A vast collection of the papers of Charles Darwin is now online, providing public access to volumes once restricted to Cambridge scholars, the BBC reports. 20,000 items are available, including the first draft of his seminal book on evolution, travel notes and personal pieces such as family recipes, Reuters... More »

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evolution • science • research • nature • Charles Darwin • biology • natural selection

 Ex-Soviet Monkeys
 Survive 15-Year Limbo

Breakaway republic can barely support survivors from better times

Apr 12, 08 5:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Traumatized monkeys once the subjects of Soviet experiments are odd remnants of a more prosperous time in Abkhazia, an area of Georgia that calls itself independent, the Los Angeles Times reports. The area was crippled in its effort to break away from Georgia, but the 286 primates living in a... More »

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science • Soviet Union • Georgia • independence • research • USSR • monkey • former Soviet state

Personalized Security
Protects Laptops

New software adjusts to individuals' behavior

Mar 21, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all... More »

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Internet • Intel • software • research • Internet security • computer security • computer • botnets

Money Brings Happiness
— if You Give it Away

Researchers discover giving makes people happier than receiving

Mar 21, 08 11:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Money can buy happiness after all, the Globe & Mail reports. A new study shows that people reported being happier if they spent money on others rather than themselves. "This work suggests that even making small alterations in how we spend money on a daily basis can make a... More »

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money • research • psychology • charity • happiness

Why Girls Are Better at Language

Study finds brain wiring gives girls the edge

Mar 6, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Study after study has found that girls have better language skills than boys, and scientists now think they've found a biological reason why, Scientific American reports. Researchers discovered that girls showed more activity in the language part of their brains, which deciphers abstract encoding, than boys. The boys had... More »

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education • children • research • neuroscience • language • neurology • fMRI

Mind-Reading Edges Closer
to Reality

New computer can determine what
you're looking at

Mar 6, 08 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Mind-reading has taken a step toward possibility with a new computer that can decode brain activity to determine what a person is looking at with up to 90% accuracy, the Independent reports. With improvements, the technology could be able to reconstruct any image a person could conjure up—and someday,... More »

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brain • research • mind • neuroscience • neurology • neuroimaging • fMRI

Hot Water Leaches Harmful
Chemical From Plastic

Study finds plastic bottles leach chemical BPA in hot water

Jan 30, 08 9:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Hot liquid causes a potentially harmful chemical to leach out of certain plastics much faster than usual, researchers have found. The study, published in Toxicology Letters, discovered that  bisphenol A, or BPA, was released from some common plastic bottles 55 times faster when they were placed in boiling water. Concerns... More »

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baby bottle • plastic • chemicals • hormones • research

Second Life Offers Aid for Asperger's

Online virtual world helps socially awkward patients pick up, practice skills

Jan 16, 08 2:18 PM CST
(Newser) - Sufferers from Asperger’s syndrome, characterized by an inability to pick up social cues, are getting an unlikely assist from the virtual world Second Life, ABC News reports. Researchers have found that the site, in which users communicate through online avatars, is more effective than other therapies for guiding patients... More »

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autism • research • Second Life • Asperger's Syndrome

Probe Zips Over Mercury Today

Messenger will take 1,200 pictures from 124 miles up

Jan 14, 08 4:33 AM CST
(Newser) - NASA's Messenger spacecraft this afternoon will whiz past Mercury at 141,000 mph and snap an estimated 1,200 detailed photos of the planet's surface from a mere 124 miles up. It will be the first of three passes before the craft starts orbiting the planet closest to the sun... More »

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NASA • planet • space • research • sun • photograph • Mercury • Messenger

Naps Boost Long-term Memory

90-minute snooze helps brain lock in events, skills

Jan 7, 08 6:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A daily siesta can boost long-term recall and help people learn instruments and remember decisive events, a new study says. A University of Haifa researcher taught people tapping: He showed participants a tricky rhythm, then let half sleep for an hour. Those who stayed up failed to tap better, while... More »

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Israel • sleep • study • research • scientist • nap • long term memory • memory consolidation

'Christmas Punch-up'
Rocks South Pole

Two Antarctic workers engage in Yuletide combat

Dec 27, 07 5:28 PM CST
(Newser) - The North Pole is usually abuzz with activity this time of year, but the South Pole was rocked by a "drunken Christmas punch-up," between two men in a remote research station at the bottom of the world. The Guardian reports both men—one with a broken jaw—were... More »

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research • Antarctica • fight • scientists • Christmas • South Pole

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