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More than half the US population is sensitive to one or more allergens
More than fifty percent of the U.S. population tested positive to one or more allergens, according to a large national study.   view more (2005-08-05)

Study by Children's Hospital and Carnegie Mellon explains crucial deficit in children with autism
Young children with autism appear to be delayed in their ability to categorize objects and, in particular, to distinguish between living and nonliving things.   view more (2006-10-12)

HRCT Reveals Asthmatic Risk Long After Cat Allergen Exposure
For the first time, researchers have shown that cat allergens can impair lung function in people with asthma for up to 22 hours after exposure. The study was presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).   view more (2005-11-30)

World's rarest big cat gets a check-up
The world's rarest big cat is alive and well. At least one of them, that is, according to researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) who captured and released a female Far Eastern leopard in Russia last week.   view more (2008-10-31)

Evolution of skull and mandible shape in cats
In a new study published in the online-open access journal PLoS ONE, Per Christiansen at the Zoological Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark, reports the finding that the evolution of skull and mandible shape in sabercats and modern cats were governed by different selective forces, and the two groups evolved very different adaptations to killing.   view more (2008-07-30)

Dog owners more likely to share germs with pets by not washing hands than by sleeping with dog
Dog owners who sleep with their pet or permit licks on the face are in good company. Surveys show that more than half of owners bond with their pets in these ways.   view more (2009-01-28)

Cassini 'CAT Scan' maps clumps in Saturn's rings, says UCF researcher, team
Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.   view more (2007-05-23)

Why an Allosaurus's butt is worse than its bite
At up to 12 metres long and weighing as much as two tonnes, the Allosaurus is recognised as having been one of the fiercest dinosaurs of the late Jurassic age. But its slender teeth and sometimes narrow jaw bone have left scientists puzzled as to how the Allosaurus managed to hunt prey successfully. Emily Rayfield, of the University of Cambridge's... view more... (2001-02-19)

Tigers get a business plan
The Wildlife Conservation Society has launched an ambitious new program that calls for a 50 percent increase in tiger numbers in key areas over the next decade, according to an article in this week's journal Nature.   view more (2006-07-10)

New reference materials support industrial zeolites
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued three new reference materials to support researchers studying the properties of commercially important zeolites.   view more (2006-09-18)

The impact of its environment on a quantum computer
Scientists have discovered how the performance of a quantum computer can be affected by its surrounding environment. The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Science, will help engineers to better understand how to integrate quantum components into a standard office computer - moving us one step closer to a future of quantum... view more... (2005-04-13)

UT Biologist Researches Sharks' "Bite Force."
While sharks instill fear in beachgoers worldwide, they instill a deep sense of curiosity in UT assistant professor and shark expert Dan Huber.   view more (2007-08-24)

Letting the spin loose
Two properties of an electron-its spin and its charge-are generally thought to be inseparable, intrinsic characteristics, no more given to sudden changes or going off on their own than say, the fur on a cat or the paint on a bicycle. But a team of scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science has recently demonstrated conclusively that, in very... view more... (2005-07-13)

Systems biology approach identifies nutrient regulation of biological clock in plants
Using a systems biological analysis of genome-scale data from the model plant Arabidopsis, an international team of researchers identified that the master gene controlling the biological clock is sensitive to nutrient status.   view more (2008-03-17)

New national study links asthma to allergies
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that more than 50 percent of the current asthma cases in the country can be attributed to allergies, with approximately 30 percent of those cases attributed to cat allergy.   view more (2007-09-28)

Extinct sabertooth cats were social, found strength in numbers, study shows
The sabertooth cat (Smilodon fatalis), one of the most iconic extinct mammal species, was likely to be a social animal, living and hunting like lions today, according to new scientific research. The species is famous for its extremely long canine teeth, which reached up to seven inches in length and extended below the lower jaw.   view more (2008-10-31)

New population of Iberian lynx raises hope, says World Wildlife Fund
Spanish authorities have announced they have discovered a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for one of the world's most endangered cat species, said World Wildlife Fund today.   view more (2007-10-24)

Cancer death rates remain high decades after exposure to arsenic
Death rates from lung and bladder cancer remained high decades after residents in northern Chile were exposed to high levels of arsenic in their drinking water.   view more (2007-06-13)

New photographs reveal secrets of rare Himalayan snow leopard
Rare images of the Himalayan snow leopard in its natural habitat are expected to help improve the survival chances of the world's elusive and little-known fifth-largest big cat. A research expedition backed by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) used remote camera technology to record some of the first-ever photos of this endangered animal's... view more... (2002-06-12)

Toxoplasmosis infection trick revealed by scientists
Toxoplasmosis is a parasitic disease, primarily carried by cats. It is transmitted to humans by eating undercooked meat or through contact with cat faeces.   view more (2007-05-11)
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