Environment News - Earth Science News RSS FeedsEarth Science :: EnvironmentEnvironment News Stories, Current Environment News Events, Discoveries and Articleshttp://www.brightsurf.com/rss.news.xml?search=Environment Environment News Stories Current Environment News Events, Discoveries and Articles Breeding better broccoli Carotenoids-fat-soluble plant compounds found in some vegetables-are essential to the human diet and reportedly offer important health benefits to consumers. (2009-11-05) Mobile microscopes illuminate the brain The majority of our life is spent moving around a static world and we generate our impression of the world using visual and other senses simultaneously. (2009-11-03) Placental precursor stem cells require testosterone-free environment to survive Trophoblast stem cells (TSCs), cells found in the layer of peripheral embryonic stem cells from which the placenta is formed, are thought to exhibit "immune privilege" that aids cell survivability and is potentially beneficial for cell and gene therapies. (2009-10-29) Crushing cigarettes in a virtual reality environment reduces tobacco addiction Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers participating in the same program who grasped a computer-simulated ball. (2009-10-28) Can we 'learn to see?': Study shows perception of invisible stimuli improves with training Although we assume we can see everything in our field of vision, the brain actually picks and chooses the stimuli that come into our consciousness. (2009-10-22) Misuse of antibiotics not the only cause of resistance says report The perception that antibiotic resistance is primarily the undesirable consequence of antibiotic abuse or misuse is a view that is simplistic and inaccurate. (2009-10-16) Tiny but adaptable wasp brains show ability to alter their architecture For an animal that has a brain about the size of two grains of sand, a lot of plasticity seems to be packed into the head of the tropical paper wasp Polybia aequatorialis. (2009-10-15) Over half of cot deaths occur while co-sleeping More than half of sudden unexplained infant deaths occur while the infant is sharing a bed or a sofa with a parent (co-sleeping) and may be related to parents drinking alcohol or taking drugs, suggests a study published on bmj.com today. (2009-10-14) NASA satellite reveals a depressed and disorganized Henri Depression happens to everyone, even tropical storms, and Henri is now tropically depressed. NASA satellite imagery has confirmed he's weakened to a tropical depression and he is further expected to degenerate into a remnant low pressure area. (2009-10-09) Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim Researchers have developed a new method for studying bacterial swimming, one that allows them to trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move. (2009-10-05) |
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