News articles tagged with 'Argentina'
Scientists decoding genomic sequences of H1N1 using isolates from outbreak in Argentina
— 1 Aug 2009 18:05 | HealthResearchers at the Centre for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health are working with Argentina's National Institute of Infectious Diseases,... — full story
When children have breathing problems
— 21 Jul 2009 16:31 | HealthIncreasing numbers of children around the world are suffering from respiratory problems - coughing, wheezing and asthma attacks. Although the key external causes of these diseases were... — full story
ESA to build its third deep space ground station in Argentina
— 27 Jun 2009 14:19 | AstronomyOn 22 June, ESA informed Argentinean authorities that an area 30 km south of the town of Malarguee in Mendoza province, about 1000 km west of Buenos Aires, has been chosen as the best... — full story
Weed resistance to glyphosate in GM soybean cultivation in Argentina
— 28 May 2009 13:52 | EnvironmentThe rapid expansion of industrial agriculture and the globalisation of the food system have favoured the decline and deterioration of agro-ecosystems thus increasing biodiversity loss.... — full story
A Happy New Year for penguins!
— 1 Jan 2009 00:02 | EnvironmentThe Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that its efforts to protect a wildlife-rich coastal region in South America have paid off in the form of a new coastal... — full story
Penguins setting off sirens over health of world's oceans
— 1 Jul 2008 15:11 | EnvironmentLike the proverbial canary in the coal mine, penguins are sounding the alarm for potentially catastrophic changes in the world's oceans, and the culprit isn't only climate change, says... — full story
Cetelem signs a 2.8 million technology services agreement with IBM
— 19 Apr 2008 18:24 | TechnologyCetelem, a subsidiary of BNP-Paribas, has invested US$ 2.8 million in information technology (IT) services with IBM (NYSE: IBM). Cetelem provides family-focused, consumer financial... — full story
When genetics and geology meet in Patagonia
— 9 Apr 2008 12:58 | BiologyWhen Charles Darwin first set foot on Patagonia, he was a fresh-faced 22-year old yet to finesse his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection. But travelling around the... — full story
Scientists help solve mystery of cosmic rays
— 8 Nov 2007 19:00 | AstronomyUsing data-gathering equipment designed and tested at Michigan Technological University, scientists from 17 countries have identified Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) - containing massive... — full story
Penguins march into new park
— 9 Aug 2007 20:23 | EnvironmentThe Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that the government of Argentina will create a new marine park along its isolated and windswept Patagonia coast to... — full story