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Live Earth: How Global Warming Became Cool

... of the 1970s, warming had tipped the balance over cooling in the battle for expert opinion as to which way the climate was heading. In 1979, the US National Academy of Sciences issued a landmark report, backing predictions that a doubling of carbon dioxide (CO2) would cause atmospheric warming of between ...

Protein Instrumental to Brain Development and Repair Identified

...multiple sclerosis. "If we can marry whole body cooling with new approaches that boost the activity of this essential protein, we may be able to slow down injury and enhance myelination," said Dr. Gallo. "Some day we may be able to repair brain damage and subsequent affects such as mental retardation, ...

Specific Protein is Instrumental in Myelination

...ey care for newborns. If we can marry whole body cooling with new approaches that boost the activity of this essential protein, we may be able to slow down injury and enhance myelination, continued Dr. Gallo. Some day we may be able to repair brain damage and subsequent affects such as mental retardation...

Chilly Sauce Linked to Botulism, Forcing Recall in US

...he cooker, called a retort, was dropping cans into cooling water while they were still very hot, he said. The company followed standard operating procedures to check products before distributing them. "Everything came back confirming the product was safe and fine," Melbourne said. "We haven't confirmed tha...

Sienna Sizzles in Wet T-shirt to Spread Global Warming Awareness

...e Sienna Miller is raising the mercury rather then cooling the earth through her global warning campaign, for the actress posed in a wet T-shirt to do her bit in spreading environmental awareness. The 25-year-old, who flew to India recently for a week-long promotional visit as part of her ambassador dutie...

Free Your Necktie and Stop Global Warming

...tely cools the body temperature by 2C to 3C. And cooling workers would allow offices to turn down the air conditioning on hot summer days, thereby saving energy and reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, reported the online edition of New Scientist. Italy is one of the European Union's worst performers on th...

Hot Tips for Keeping Your PC Cool in Summer

...hot day combined with inadequate or malfunctioning cooling inside a PC can, in fact, spell the end of a computer altogether. But there are steps you can take to keep your PC cool enough in the summertime. By paying attention to how much heat-stress your PC may be under, you'll not only extend its lifespan ...

Sunita Returns June 21 After 194-day Record Space Odyssey

...r, pointing communications antennas and warming or cooling parts of the complex. The departure of Atlantis was delayed by two days to let the astronauts repair a thermal blanket that had come loose near the tail during its June 8 launch. Although it is only her first space flight, Sunita became the world...

IIT Delhi Scientist Finds Climate Models Consistent With Ocean Warming Observations

...trument types, which collectively appear to have a cooling effect. But if you look at the observational instruments individually, there is no cooling," he said. As part of the study, Rao and his team also looked at the impacts of changes in ocean observing systems. Researchers in Germany had recently disco...

Scorching Heat in Rajasthan Has Pushed the Sale of Beer to a Record High

...rsty. The extract of barley which is considered as cooling is used to brew the beer and this is drought beer. It does not have glycerine and its very light. In the morning, you do not feel bad. You feel fresh. That is why we like beer in the summer," said Yogesh, a customer. During this season, around rup...

China's Three Gorges Dam Changing Local Weather: Scientists

... meteorological data suggest that the reservoir is cooling the Yangtze Valley, which is causing changes in rainfall patterns. Climate modeler Liguang Wu of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and the University of Maryland in College Park have collaborated with Chinese scientists to study the changing clima...

Researchers Find Way to Safely Store Hydrogen for Use in Future Cars

...viously possible, and without the need for extreme cooling or pressurisation. "Most of the scientists working on this field of research believe that the solution to this problem will arise from the synthesis of new materials," said Froudakis. The findings appear in the journal Nano Letters, reports New S...

INVEGA Receives Marketing Authorization In EU For Treatment Of Schizophrenia

...e you more sensitive to heat. You may have trouble cooling off, or be more likely to become dehydrated, so take care when exercising or when doing things that make you warm. INVEGA should be swallowed whole. Tablets should not be chewed, divided, or crushed. Do not be worried if you see something that look...

Preserving Kidneys on a Pump May Promote More Organ Sharing

...nsplantation. With both methods of preservation, a cooling solution is pumped into the organs during organ recovery. However, with simple cold storage, the kidneys are simply immersed in preservation solution and packed on ice until transplant. The study involved organs from expanded criteria donors (ECDs)...

Modest Increase in Urban Parks Could Equalize Global Warming Until 2080s

... global warming by the 2080s, and is caused by the cooling effect of water as it evaporates into the air from... cools the surrounding air in a similar way to the cooling effect of perspiration as it evaporates from our skin. Urban areas can be up to 12C warmer than more...

Detecting Cold, Feeling Pain: Study Reveals Why Menthol Fresh

...overed that the receptor was activated by chemical cooling agents such as menthol, a natural product of mint,...in mice. The cells in culture were unresponsive to cooling agents, including menthol. The genetically engineered mice did not discriminate between warm and col...

Climate Change Signal Detected in the Indian Ocean

...epth of 800 metres across the Indian Ocean. 'The cooling is occurring between Australia and Indonesia where...S down to a depth of 800 metres; and, sub-surface cooling in the tropics due to deep waters rising closer to the surface. Dr Alory says the research confirm...

Menthol Receptor-A Thermosensitivity Determinant in Cold Temperature

..., cultured nerve cells that express TRPM8 react to cooling stimuli, but cells cultured from mice lacking TRPM8 do not. Also, mice engineered without TRPM8 are much less sensitive to cold than mice with TRPM8. TRPM8 does not seem to be the sole receptor responsible for detecting cold, Jordt said. The TRPM8 ...

Legionnaires Outbreak in Australia

... of legionnaires outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, cooling systems across places like Footscray and Seddon ar...so be found in purpose built water systems such as cooling towers, evaporative condensers and whirlpool spas. If conditions are favourable the bacterium may ...

Sunscreen Covering Earth Becoming Thinner

...egetation, and sea spray. Aerosols tend to cause cooling of the Earth's surface immediately below them. ...ect sunlight back into space, they have a "direct" cooling effect by reducing the amount of solar radiation that reaches the surface. Thus it is an important c...

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