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Success comes at a cost, even for phages
As many a mother may tell you, expending the energy necessary to raise a clutch of kids can shave years off one's life. Trade-offs between reproductive success and survival have been demonstrated for a wide variety of organisms, in keeping with life history theory. view more (2006-06-13)
Compulsion misses the point: the pension needs of women
The current debate about increasing the level of compulsory pension contributions is a contentious one for individuals, trade unions, employers and the state. While trade unions urge increased compulsion, and both employers and government resist this, the needs of a large section of society are being overlooked. Due to women's typically lower pay,... view more... (2004-09-30)
Rutgers/EOHSI Builds Model to Assess World Trade Center Fallout
The environmental and health consequences of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center have been the subject of controversy almost from the beginning. Scientists at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, have created a computerized model that will help public health officials understand the degree of harmful exposure in the immediate... view more... (2006-06-30)
1 in 8 World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers developed post-traumatic stress disorder
Thousands of World Trade Center rescue and recovery workers were still suffering serious mental health effects three years after the disaster, the Health Department reported today. view more (2007-08-30)
Wealthy Commonwealth countries urged to help improve vital infrastructure facilities in poorer member countries
Wealthy Commonwealth nations such as the UK should help poorer member states improve vital infrastructure facilities as one of the best ways to lift them out of poverty, a new University of Nottingham report says. view more (2007-11-30)
Researchers appeal for new regulations to save coral reefs from live fish trade
Researchers are calling for tighter controls on the live reef fish trade, a growing threat to coral reefs, in letters to the international journal Science. view more (2006-08-07)
Historians Investigate When French Shopping Became Seductive
Historians from the University of Warwick have won a grant of over £155,000 to investigate and catalogue trade cards and advertising in the 18th century. French trade cards illustrate the development of advertising language and images, and mark the moment when shopping became seductive. The researchers are set to analyse part of The... view more... (2004-08-11)
Studies of Amazonian languages challenge linguistic theories
New research by Dan Everett (University of Manchester) into the language of the Pirah√£ people of Amazonas, Brazil disputes two prominent linguistic ideas regarding grammar and translation. view more (2005-08-03)
UK industry is the loser from parallel trade in pharmaceuticals
The shipment of bona fide pharmaceutical drugs into Britain from Europe may cost the UK pharmaceutical industry more than £770million a year. The net effect on the UK economy as a whole, taking into account the benefit to consumers of lower pharmaceutical prices, may be more than £290million. In addition it may undermine the long-term... view more... (2004-03-19)
Fishing trade helps Africa
Eating fish imported from poor African countries can help rather than harm those economies according to new research by scientists at the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, working in partnership with the University of East Anglia. view more (2006-09-06)
Wildlife trade threatens public health and ecosystems
Wildlife imports into the United States are fragmented and insufficiently coordinated, failing to accurately list more than four in five species entering the country. view more (2009-05-04)
New study uncovers major inaccuracies in global wildlife trade monitoring
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is supposed to help governments conserve endangered species by regulating the international sale and transport of wildlife. view more (2005-11-04)
Yale report cites emerging carbon finance market
Climate change is an unprecedented global problem and an emerging carbon finance market will play a critical role in addressing it, asserts a newly published Yale report. view more (2008-11-07)
Chemical Association to Speak Out on Rising Energy Prices at Trade and Industry Select Committee
The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) notes yesterday's announcement of the Trade & Industry Select Committee's (TISC) timetable for its inquiry into the effects of fuel prices and welcomes the opportunity to offer evidence to the Committee. As UK manufacturing's largest consumer of energy - with an annual combined energy and feedstock... view more... (2005-01-18)
454 Life Sciences and Baylor College of Medicine complete sequencing of DNA pioneer
454 Life Sciences Corporation, in collaboration with scientists at the Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, announced today in Houston, Texas, the completion of a project to sequence the genome of James D. Watson, Ph.D., co-discoverer of the double-helix structure of DNA. view more (2007-06-01)
Elephant-size loopholes sustain Thai ivory trade
Legal loopholes and insufficient law enforcement mean that Thailand continues to harbour the largest illegal ivory market in Asia, says a new report from the wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC. view more (2009-06-19)
People with diabetes may have all natural citrus supplement
Two new studies presented at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting suggest that an all-natural dietary supplement made from citrus may help people with type 2 diabetes lower their blood glucose numbers after a meal and their LDL-cholesterol levels. view more (2008-04-09)
Social networking for terrorists
A new approach to analyzing social networks, reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Services Sciences, could help homeland security find the covert connections between the people behind terrorist attacks. view more (2009-05-05)
Media Invite - Britain at CERN Exhibition, Geneva
The British Consulate General in Geneva in collaboration with the British trade association BEAMA and Trade Partners UK in London is organising the 18th edition of the Britain at CERN exhibition with a special emphasis this year on technology transfer. The exhibition will be inaugurated at 10 am on 12 November by the British Minister for Small... view more... (2002-11-08)
Trade Union structures must change if membership and influence are really to return
Britain's trade unions need to re-think their structures and strategies if they are to meet the challenges of change both globally and in the workplace, according to new research funded by the ESRC. After years of decline in trade union membership and influence there are signs that things are turning round, says a study led by Dr Jane Wills, of... view more... (2003-02-20)
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