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Snowflake Chemistry Could Give Clues About Ozone DepletionWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 08, 2009 There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic. The structure of the frosty flakes also fascinate ice chemists like Purdue University's Travis Knepp, a doctoral candidate in analytical chemistry who studies the basics of snowflake structure to gain more insight into the dynamics of ground-level, or "tropospheric," ozone depletion in the Arctic. ... read more |
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Brazzaville (AFP) Nov 25, 2009An unidentified disease has killed three people and spread to more than 100 others in the southwest of the Republic of Congo, according to medical sources who suspect swine flu, the A(H1N1) virus. "Three people have lost their lives since the epidemic broke out" a few days ago, said a local medical source. "A little more than 100 others are being monitored in the hospital" at Londela Kayes ... more  
London (AFP) Nov 25, 2009Climate change will imperil health through malaria, cholera, heatwaves and hunger, but many problems can be eased or avoided if countries make wise policy choices, doctors said on Wednesday. In a series of papers issued ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, experts challenged governments to factor in public health when conceiving a battle plan for global warming. "In view of ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Nov 24, 2009The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research and the German Aerospace Center intend to carry out health research together. On 23 November 2009, both partners signed a cooperation agreement to conduct bio-medical studies at Neumayer-Station III in Antarctica. In two projects, scientists will monitor the health of the station crew and study the physical and psychological effect ... more |
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  Danger a part of life for China's coal miners  China demands more accurate swine flu reporting  Vaccine Research To Continue On Atlantis Mission |
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Davis CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2009California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic, according to a new study by UC Davis doctoral student Jessica Oster and geology professor Isabel Montanez. The finding, which comes from analyzing stalagmites from Moaning Cavern in the central Sierra Nevada, was published in the journal Earth and Planetary Sci ... more  
Ulu Geroh, Malaysia (AFP) Nov 9, 2009Deep in the jungles of Southeast Asia blooms the world's biggest flower -- a massive fleshy orb designed by nature to attract insects by mimicking the colour and stench of rotting meat. The bizarre bloom, named Rafflesia after famed British colonialist Sir Stamford Raffles who stumbled across one in Borneo in 1818, is under threat from deforestation and harvesting for traditional medicine. ... more  
Fort Hood, Texas (AFP) Nov 7, 2009US President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service here this week to honor victims of the shooting rampage on the military base in which 13 people died, the White House said Saturday. Investigators were meanwhile working around the clock to uncover the motives of the Muslim US army doctor suspected in the killings that also wounded 30 people. Criminal investigators were poring over ... more |
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