News | Archive (July 2009)
New analysis of global fisheries data suggests marine ecosystems can recover
— 31 Jul 2009 | EnvironmentAn international team of scientists with divergent views on ocean ecosystems has found that efforts to rebuild many of the world's fisheries are worthwhile and starting to pay off in... — full story
Discovery about behaviour of building block of nature could lead to computer revolution
— 31 Jul 2009 | PhysicsA team of physicists from the Universities of Cambridge and Birmingham have shown that electrons in narrow wires can divide into two new particles called spinons and a holons... — full story
Leicester research paves way for first use in Europe of an insect to fight invasive plant
— 31 Jul 2009 | EnvironmentResearchers at the University of Leicester have paved the way for the first ever use in Europe of an insect (biocontrol) to combat an invasive plant species in Britain... — full story
Scientists warn restoration-based environmental markets may not improve ecosystem health
— 31 Jul 2009 | EnvironmentWhile policymakers across of the globe are relying on environmental restoration projects to fuel emerging market-based environmental programs, an article in the 31 July edition of Science... — full story
New location found for regulation of RNA fate
— 31 Jul 2009 | HealthThousands of scientists and hundreds of software programmers studying the process by which RNA inside cells normally degrades may soon broaden their focus significantly... — full story
Species barrier may protect macaques from chronic wasting disease
— 31 Jul 2009 | HealthData from an ongoing multi-year study suggest that people who consume deer and elk with chronic wasting disease (CWD) may be protected from infection by an inability of the CWD infectious... — full story
Sun exposure may trigger certain autoimmune diseases in women
— 31 Jul 2009 | HealthUltraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight may be associated with the development of certain autoimmune diseases, particularly in women, according to a study by researchers at the National... — full story
Membrane breaks through performance barrier
— 31 Jul 2009 | ChemistryEngineers have developed a new method for creating high-performance membranes from crystal sieves called zeolites; the method could increase the energy efficiency of chemical separations... — full story
Gene transcribing machine takes halting, backsliding trip along the DNA
— 31 Jul 2009 | HealthThe body's nanomachines that read our genes don't run as smoothly as previously thought, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists... — full story
Rodent size linked to human population and climate change
— 31 Jul 2009 | EnvironmentYou probably hadn't noticed - but the head shape and overall size of rodents has been changing over the past century. A University of Illinois at Chicago ecologist has tied these changes... — full story