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Ethnicity important factor in rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infections
Rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia are about three times as high in black Caribbeans as they are in black Africans, shows a study in Sexually Transmitted Infections. Cases of gonorrhoea and chlamydia, recorded at 11 sexual health clinics in Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham Health Authority for the... view more (2001-02-02)

Once-fatal metabolic disorders treatable, says Stanford/Packard researcher
People with a class of rare genetic disorders that often lead to brain damage, coma and death can be successfully treated with drugs, says a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.   view more (2007-05-31)

Hitchhiking bacteria could compromise the detection of life on Mars
Is there life on Mars? It's possible, but it may not be Martian, say scientists. New research, published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology, suggests that conditions on Mars are capable of supporting dormant bacteria, known as endospores. This raises concern about future attempts to detect... view more (2003-04-03)

Chronic lead poisoning from urban soils
Chronic lead poisoning, caused in part by the ingestion of contaminated dirt, affects hundreds of thousands more children in the United States than the acute lead poisoning associated with imported toys or jewelry. Could treating contaminated soil with water prevent this public health scourge?   view more (2008-08-20)

Soil-bound prions that cause CWD remain infectious
Scientists have confirmed that prions, the mysterious proteins thought to cause chronic wasting disease (CWD) in deer, latch on tightly to certain minerals in soil and remain infectious.   view more (2006-04-14)

Italian study finds traffic pollution affects male fertility
A study by Italian researchers of motorway tollgate attendants has demonstrated that traffic pollution damages the quality of sperm in young and middle-aged men. In research published today (Wednesday 30 April) in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction[1] the research... view more (2003-04-26)

Chemically-conscious gardeners use bugs to beat back the weeds â€" Microbiology Today: May 2005 issue
Organic gardeners can control pesky weeds with the help of some common soil microbes, according to an article in the May 2005 issue of Microbiology Today, the quarterly magazine of the Society for General Microbiology.   view more (2005-04-26)

Emphasizing the 'precision' in precision agriculture
New protocol and software developments are helping farmers put the precision back in "precision agriculture" by making it easier for growers to use previously ineffectual soil and environmental data to manage their crops.   view more (2007-09-27)

Overgrazing accelerating soil erosion in northern Mexico
Every year in the world an estimated 20 million hectares of arable land are rendered infertile simply owing to water-induced erosion.   view more (2008-01-08)

ESA and EADS-CASA sign contract to build instrument for the SMOS mission
A significant milestone in the development of ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) mission was reached last week when the contract to build the payload was signed between ESA and EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company)-CASA from Spain. The contract, worth 62 million euros,... view more (2004-06-17)

Amazon powers tropical ocean's carbon sink
Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.   view more (2008-07-22)

POLYMER PROTECTS GRASS
To help the nature to recover from harmful impacts of the mining industry, Svetlana Mesyats and her team from the Geological Institute of the Kola Research Center RAS offer the method, which implies the application of a thin invisible polymeric film onto the soil surface and provides for a fast and... view more (2002-06-04)

Different Approaches Required For Monitoring Suicide Trends (p 961)
UK authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that conventional methods for assessing trends in suicide rates-which show an overall reduction in suicide in England and Wales over the past two decades-have masked an important increase in suicide rates among younger men.... view more (2003-09-17)

Bug hotels to treat toxic landfill run-off
A novel way to treat the noxious liquid that leaches out of landfill sites, using ‘bug hotels’, is being investigated by research engineers. Bug hotels are artificial havens for nitrogen-hungry bacteria, created by providing them with a comfortable habitat, warmth and food. The landfill... view more (2000-08-10)

Scientists levitate diamond, lead and platinum
Scientists at The University of Nottingham have successfully levitated diamond and some of the heaviest elements, including lead and platinum.   view more (2005-05-11)

Suicide rates in the developing world are grossly under-reported
Reported suicide rates for developing countries are misleading, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Centred on 85 villages in the Kaniyambadi region of southern India, researchers used verbal autopsies - an agreement on cause of death by a local team of health workers - to gather data on deaths... view more (2003-05-21)

Warming could free far more carbon from high Arctic soil than earlier thought
Scientists studying the effects of carbon on climate warming are very likely underestimating, by a vast amount, how much soil carbon is available in the high Arctic to be released into the atmosphere, new University of Washington research shows.   view more (2005-12-06)

Bran filters chlorinated hydrocarbons and arsenic out of waste water
Compounds of arsenic and hexachlorocyclahexane (HCHs) previously occurred above all in the production of pesticides. Pesticides containing HCHs have been prohibited in Germany since the 1980s. Arsenic is still used in the semiconductor and glass industries and pollutes water and the soil in many... view more (2002-10-11)

THE BIODIVERSITY OF FALLOW LAND:A FACTOR USEFUL FOR CONTROLLINGPLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES
Fallowing is a common practice for restoring soil fertility and structure in the tropics : it favours improvement in its physicochemical properties and the build-up of stores of organic matter, which are essential for the development of the telluric microfauna and microflora that inhabit soils.... view more (1999-09-13)

When fish become extinct, the cycling of critical nutrients in ecosystems changes, Cornell study finds
Ecosystems are such intricate webs of connections that few studies have been able to explore exactly what happens when a species dies out.   view more (2007-03-05)

Commercial interests driving standards for formula milk
Commercial interests may be the strongest driver of what goes into formula milk, warn child health experts in this week's BMJ.   view more (2006-03-17)

Carbon sink capacity in northern forests reduced by global warming
An international study investigating the carbon sink capacity of northern terrestrial ecosystems discovered that the duration of the net carbon uptake period (CUP) has on average decreased due to warmer autumn temperatures.   view more (2008-01-03)

Biodiesel study targets cleaner air, cleaner engines
Cleaner engines, cleaner air and more uses for local farm products were the focus of a just-completed study of biodiesel as an alternative fuel source on selected Ontario farms.   view more (2007-04-04)

'Disquieting' slow down in heart disease deaths among under 55s
The fall in deaths from heart disease among younger Britons is slowing down, pointing to a "disquieting" trend, indicates research published ahead of print in the journal Heart.   view more (2007-07-19)

Beetle dung helps forests recover from fire
Armed with a pair of tweezers and a handful of beetle droppings, University of Alberta forestry graduate Tyler Cobb has discovered why the bug-sized dung is so important to areas ravaged by fire.   view more (2007-12-04)
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