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Smithsonian scientists discover new marine species in eastern Pacific
Smithsonian scientists have discovered a biodiversity bounty in the Eastern Pacific—approximately 50 percent of the organisms found in some groups are new to science. The research team spent 11 days in the Eastern Pacific, a unique, understudied region off the coast of Panama. view more (2007-03-09)
New report shows stomach cancer rates declining fast in Europe
Downward trend likely to continue says international research team Stomach cancer rates fell by half in the European Union between 1980 and 1999 and by 45% in Eastern Europe and 40% in Russia, according to research published today (Tuesday 3 February) in Annals of Oncology[1]. Encouragingly, the downward trend is set to continue, at least for the... view more... (2004-01-30)
Will global warming increase plant frost damage?
Widespread damage to plants from a sudden freeze that occurred across the Eastern United States from 5 April to 9 April 2007 was made worse because it had been preceded by two weeks of unusual warmth, according to an analysis published in the March 2008 issue of BioScience. view more (2008-03-03)
Media Invitation: 2nd ESMO Scientific & Educational Conference (ESEC), 2-5 June 2005, Budapest, Hungary
ESEC 2005 Highlights * The future in genomics and proteomics * Assessing risk in cancer patients * Avoiding side-effects of cancer therapy * Immunotherapies * Development of cancer-killing viruses * How communities can fight tobacco addiction * State-of-the-art oncology for various tumor types view more (2005-03-14)
Snail fossils suggest semiarid eastern Canary Islands were wetter 50,000 years ago
Fossil land snail shells found in ancient soils on the subtropical eastern Canary Islands show that the Spanish archipelago off the northwest coast of Africa has become progressively drier over the past 50,000 years. view more (2009-10-28)
Friendly bacteria in alcoholic milkshake could fight food allergies
Feeding babies alcoholic milk may help to protect against some food allergies. Kefir, a traditional fermented drink, is consumed in Eastern Europe as a health food, and is often used to wean babies, as it is easily digested. view more (2006-10-16)
Productivity Gap of East German Firms only partly explicable
Even ten years after economic and monetary union, the productivity of East German manufacturing firms is only about two-thirds of that of Western firms. This is revealed by recent analyses of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, Karlsruhe. They investigated about 1,300 enterprises of the German investment goods sector,... view more... (2001-05-03)
Mountain caribou's ancient ancestry revealed
The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more distinct breed than scientists previously believed, according to a new study by University of Calgary researchers that is shedding light on the ancient ancestry of the mountain-dwelling herbivores. view more (2009-01-29)
NASA study suggests extreme summer warming in the future
A new study by NASA scientists suggests that greenhouse-gas warming may raise average summer temperatures in the eastern United States nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the 2080s. view more (2007-05-10)
Cornell study of ancient volcano, seeds and tree rings, suggests rewriting Late Bronze Age Mediterranean history
Separated in history by 100 years, the seafaring Minoans of Crete and the mercantile Canaanites of northern Egypt and the Levant (a large area of the Middle East) at the eastern end of the Mediterranean were never considered trading partners at the start of the Late Bronze Age. Until now. view more (2006-05-01)
Smithsonian puts tropical Eastern-Pacific shore fishes online
A new bilingual online information system created by D. Ross Robertson, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and Coeus Knowledge Systems makes it possible for conservationists, sport fishers, tourists, researchers, students and resource managers to identify and generate publishable maps for 1,287 tropical eastern Pacific... view more... (2008-11-25)
NASA Eyes Category 4 Hurricane Felicia and a Stubborn Enrique
Felicia is the storm that rules the Eastern Pacific Ocean this week, but Enrique refuses to give up. Felicia is a major hurricane with sustained winds near 140 mph, and Enrique is still hanging onto tropical storm status with 50 mph sustained winds. view more (2009-08-07)
A Russian Perspective
Soviet economic interests in Austria 1945-1955 Vienna (Austrian Science Fund) - The history, including the economic history, of the post-war period in Austria is very well researched - at least from a western perspective. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, some of the Russian archives, which had previously been inaccessible, were opened.... view more... (2001-12-07)
Gene study shows three distinct groups of chimpanzees
The largest study to date of genetic variation among chimpanzees has found that the traditional, geography-based sorting of chimps into three populations—western, central and eastern—is underpinned by significant genetic differences, two to three times greater than the variation between the most different human populations. view more (2007-04-23)
New evidence shows New Madrid Seismic Zone may be cold and dying
New results about the temperatures of rock deep below the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the central United States shed light on the puzzling questions of why large earthquakes happened there in 1811 and 1812 and when they may happen again. view more (2006-12-12)
Dangerous wheat disease jumps Red Sea
A new form of stem rust, a virulent wheat disease, has jumped from eastern Africa and is now infecting wheat in Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula. view more (2007-01-17)
Archaeologists find earliest evidence of modern humans in Eastern Europe
A University of Arizona archaeologist is a member of a team of scientists that has uncovered new evidence that modern humans moved out of Africa and occupied parts of eastern Europe as early as 45,000 years ago. view more (2007-01-15)
Los Angeles enjoying 1,000 year seismic lull
The Los Angeles basin appears to be in a seismic "lull" characterized by relatively smaller and infrequent earthquakes, according to a study in the September issue of Geology. view more (2007-08-24)
The benefit of migration
Immigrants from the eight Central and Eastern European countries that joined the European Union in May 2004 are less likely to be claiming welfare benefits and less likely to be living in social housing than people born in the UK, according to a new paper from UCL. view more (2009-07-23)
Unusual mechanism of the Ambrym and Pentecost Islands earthquake in Vanuatu
The Vanuatu island arc, in the South-West Pacific, is 1 700 km long. It corresponds to a convergence zone where the Australian plate is slipping eastwards under the North Fiji Basin, which is part of the Pacific plate, thus generating earthquakes. On 26 November 1999, the central islands of Vanuatu, particularly Ambrym and Pentecost, were strongly... view more... (2004-02-20)
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