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Plutonium or greenhouse gases? Weighing the energy options

...n of nuclear material into terrorists' hands. So concludes University of Michigan professor Rodney Ewing, who has analyzed just how much nuclear power would need to be produced to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and the implications of the associated increase in nuclear power plants....

Plants' role in global warming re-examined

...additional warming," the authors write. The paper concludes by saying, "There is also a need to better understand the control of respiration itself. The development, testing and adoption of a mechanistic and bio-chemical model of plant respiration are needed. To more reliably project plant respiration and cli...

Study challenges myth that sex late in pregnancy hastens birth

...ey should not hear it from the medical community," concludes Dr. Jonathan Schaffir, an obstetrician at OSU Medical Center and author of the study published in the June issue of the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology. Schaffir also said the data don't support a recommendation to engage in sexual activity, eit...

How the US drug safety system should be changed

...for the postmarketing study of drug safety. Strom concludes by proposing that an independent, nongovernmental organization is needed for nonregulatory tasks that are not within the mission of the FDA. Since many of these tasks are academic in nature ?for example, performing postmortem examinations in the even...

Scientists discover that ancient genes dictate flowering, fall bud set

...an trees at more southern latitudes. The article concludes that the CO and FT genetic pathway is key to understanding adaptation to climate change, as well as to speeding tree breeding. ...

Bioengineered tissue implants regenerate damaged knee cartilage

...eoarthritis does not stop the regeneration process concludes research led by scientists at the University of Bristol. The study, "Maturation of tissue engineered cartilage implanted in injured and osteoarthritic human knees", published in the July 2006 (Volume 12, Number 7) issue of Tissue Engineering, demons...

Pollutant haze heats the Arctic

...dy episodes than it would be if the air was clean, concludes the study by Tim Garrett, an assistant professor of meteorology, and Chuanfeng Zhao, a doctoral student in meteorology. "The Arctic is warming very quickly, especially compared with the rest of the world, due to the greenhouse effect caused by carb...

Choosy females make colourful males

...use they are easier to see and are in better shape concludes Dutch researcher Martine Maan following her study of fish speciation in the East African Lakes. Environmental variation subsequently leads to differences in preference and eventually to speciation. Evolutionary theory predicts that species can dive...

Infected for life

...fers a profoundly different approach to treatment, concludes Fraser. ...

Study identifies new role for breast cancer susceptibility gene

...nic relevance of its defect to neoplastic growth," concludes Dr. Lee. ...

New tiger report release: Tiger habitat down from just a decade ago

...tions remaining stable and even increasing. But it concludes that long-term success is only achieved where there is a broad landscape-level conservation vision with buy-in from stakeholders. "This report documents a low-water mark for tigers, and charts a way forward to reverse the tide," said John Robinson ...

Virus has 'catastrophic' affect on red squirrels, research shows

...t red squirrels from this fatal disease. Our work concludes that targeted control is the most viable way forward." ...

New fruit fly protein illuminates circadian response to light

... and may be able to design drugs to treat jetlag," concludes Sehgal. ...

Pesticides in the nation's streams and ground water

...eams and ground water during 1992-2001. The report concludes that pesticides are typically present throughout t... are less common in ground water. The report also concludes that pesticides are seldom at concentrations likely to affect humans. However in many streams, part...

One in 14 men having a heart attack drive themselves to hospital

...ly if they suspect they are having a heart attack" concludes Dr O'Donnell. "And it's also time to challenge the image of the typical male heart attack victim. "We are particularly concerned that women face much longer delays, both in the time it takes them to get to the hospital and in receiving treatm...

New test to detect rare proteins in blood

...ng advanced tumors is very complex and difficult," concludes Greene ...

Sustainable farm practices improve Third World food production

...nd to date -- 286 farm projects in 57 countries -- concludes that sustainable agriculture protects the environment in these countries while substantially improving the lives of farmers who adopt the resource-conserving practices. Yields increased by an average of 79 percent during the study, according to corr...

Ultrasounds show mothers' drinking shrinks fetal brain

...eavy drinkers to seek treatment during pregnancy," concludes the study. CDC would like to see intervention efforts start even earlier. "The best opportunity to identify and intervene with women at high-risk for an alcohol-exposed pregnancy is prior to pregnancy," says Louise Floyd of the Fetal Alcohol Prevent...

Guiding principles for facial transplantation unveiled

... the patient and the surgical team." The document concludes with 10 Guiding Principles that a surgeon should consider before undertaking facial transplantation for a patient. The principles address such issues as: appropriate patient selection; medical facility selection; patient informed consent; patient psy...

Animal models show that anabolic steroids flip the adolescent brain's switch for aggression

...e right time, you make permanent changes," Melloni concludes from the converging evidence. He hopes that adolescents don't take the ultimate recovery of the vasopressin system to mean it's OK to use the drugs. "It's our hope that people considering the use of these drugs weigh the long-term health risks and...

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