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University of Toronto archaeologists find cache of cuneiform tablets in 2,700-year old Turkish temple
Excavations led by a University of Toronto archaeologist at the site of a recently discovered temple in southeastern Turkey have uncovered a cache of cuneiform tablets dating back to the Iron Age period between 1200 and 600 BCE. view more (2009-08-11)
Solar cycle linked to global climate
Establishing a key link between the solar cycle and global climate, research led by scientists at the National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., shows that maximum solar activity and its aftermath have impacts on Earth that resemble La Niña and El Niño events in the... view more... (2009-07-17)
Nitrogen research shows how some plants invade, take over others
Biologists know that when plants battle for space, often the actual battle is for getting the nitrogen. view more (2009-07-07)
Anchovies In The Net: Concealed Identities Revealed
For those who delight in eating Mediterranean anchovies, the taste of inshore varieties has long been preferred to that of the open-sea kind. An IRD researcher has shown that this organoleptic difference coincides with a real biological distinction. In the Mediterranean Sea there is not just one species of European anchovy but two, each occupying... view more... (2003-09-24)
Drug that chokes off tumor blood vessels offers new hope to lung cancer patients
Patients suffering from the most common type of lung cancer experienced a 20-percent improvement in overall survival in a national clinical trial of a drug that chokes off the blood vessels nourishing tumors, a multicenter study has found. view more (2006-12-14)
Psychology student uncovers why we like certain tunes more than others
What is it about a tune that makes you like it more than another one? How do we learn to like the music that we do? Gustav Kuhn, a postgraduate student of experimental psychology at the University of Sussex, has been doing research that suggests we unconsciously learn the rules for the way music is put together, and people prefer music that... view more... (2003-03-04)
Lost forest yields several new species
An expedition led by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) to a remote corner of the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has uncovered unique forests which, so far, have been found to contain six animal species new to science: a bat, a rodent, two shrews, and two frogs. view more (2007-08-08)
Scientists discover 5 new species of sea slugs from the Tropical Eastern Pacific
The Tropical Eastern Pacific, a discrete biogeographic region that has an extremely high rate of endemism among its marine organisms, continues to yield a wealth of never-before-described marine animals to visiting scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. view more (2007-06-01)
New Madrid fault system may be shutting down
The New Madrid fault system does not behave as earthquake hazard models assume and may be in the process of shutting down, a new study shows. view more (2009-03-16)
Undersea Vehicles to Study Formation of Gold and Other Precious Metals On the Pacific Ocean Floor
An international team of scientists will explore the seafloor near Papua New Guinea in the western Pacific Ocean later this month with remotely operated and autonomous underwater vehicles, investigating active and inactive hydrothermal vents and the formation of mineral deposits containing copper, gold and other commercially valuable minerals. view more (2006-07-17)
New findings show persistent El Ni√得-like conditions during past global warming
During the most recent period in Earth's past with a climate warmer than today, the tropical Pacific was in a stable state of El Ni√得-like conditions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. view more (2005-06-24)
The Lancet Infectious Diseases (TLID) and The Lancet Oncology (TLO)
This month's issue gives extensive coverage to tuberculosis ahead of the World TB Congress taking place in Washington D.C. from June 3-5. News desk - Findings from the WHO`s 6th annual report on global TB control-This report states that around 70% of TB cases still remain undetected and that expanding directly-observed treatments (DOTs) in endemic... view more... (2002-05-29)
Assessing levies for accidental by-catch, say researchers, could generate money to protect threatened species
Fishing industry lines accidentally catch so many seabirds and turtles that their populations are being threatened. One solution offered by a Cornell researcher and an Australian government scientist is to assess fines when threatened species are caught and killed. view more (2007-07-19)
Everybody wins from short term eastern European migration
Despite current concerns in the UK about working conditions and breaches of safety standards in agriculture involving eastern European migrants, there is conclusive evidence that others in different occupations are benefiting from short term employment opportunities. As part of research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, almost... view more... (2005-03-23)
Sunflower debate ends in Mexico, researchers say
Ancient farmers were growing sunflowers in Mexico more than 4,000 years before the Spaniards arrived, according to a team of researchers that includes Florida State University anthropologist Mary D. Pohl. view more (2008-04-30)
Endemism in New Caledonia palms: prime role of climate in sustaining refugia
The flora of New Caledonia is one of the richest and most unusual on Earth. On an area of just 18 000 km_ more than 3500 species of vascular plants have been recorded -80% of which are endemic. The palms, with 36 endemic species, belonging to 16 genera- 15 of which are not found anywhere else- provide a good example of this exceptional flora. Most... view more... (2001-11-23)
FLUCTUATIONS IN BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION IN THE EQUATORIAL PACIFIC UNDERTHE EFFECT OF EL NINO
A region of the western equatorial Pacific, the Pacific warm pool, has exceptionally warm surface waters (an average 28.5°C) which have low salinity and are oligotrophic (nutrient-poor). At the Equator the Eastern edge of this pool comes into contact with cooler water (24°C on average) which is saline and nutrient rich (especially in... view more... (1999-05-11)
Update on tuberculosis - 2005
A reduction in tuberculosis (TB) incidence, prevalence and death rate can be achieved by 2015 in most parts of the world, with the greatest challenges occurring in Africa and Eastern Europe, according to a projection by the Stop TB Department of the World Health Organization. view more (2006-03-01)
Envisat altimeter watches Pacific for cold tongue of La Ni√帶
Satellite measurements of a steep difference in sea surface height between the western and eastern tropical Pacific support predictions that a La Ni√帶 event is in the offing. view more (2006-03-06)
Island Ferries Take on Role of Research Vessels Collecting Data about Nantucket Sound
Ferries that connect Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are taking on another role-research vessels. view more (2006-08-30)
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