York scientists warn of dramatic impact of climate change on Africa
Scientists at the University of York are warning that dramatic changes may soon occur in Africa's vegetation in response to global warming. .. . .. Dr Jon Lovett, who led the research, said: "The results were extraordinary...York researchers develop pollution-busting plants to clean up contaminated land
Scientists at the University of York have played a crucial role in developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by explosives. . .. Decades of military activity have resulted in pollution of land and groundwater by explosives resistant to biological degradation. L...Newly discovered fish named after New York aquarium biologist
An ichthyologist from the Wildlife Conservation Society's New York Aquarium received the ultimate honor recently, when a freshwater fish discovered on the African island nation of Madagascar was named after him. . .. The authors of...A mathematician at the University of York has been awarded a Research Leadership Award of more than £700,000 by the Leverhulme Trust to study the geometry of viruses. . .. Viruses have highly symmetrical external shells formed from proteins that encapsulate the viral genome. Dr Twarock has developed a method for encoding the structures of these protein shells that pinpoint the locations of t...New York City’s smoking rate has plummeted since a comprehensive program against smoking was launched in 2002, according to findings issued today in the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). The 2006 rate was nearly 20% lower than the 2002 rate -- a decline that represents 240,000 fewer smokers. The City’s rate for 2006 is the lowest...