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New Sports Program Hopes to Tackle Childhood Obesity in Redlands, Yucaipa
A new program is springing up in the area that hopes to encourage children to take up a healthy, active lifestyle. Hailing from Canada, Sportball is an innovative idea that helps children as young as 16 months up to 12 years of age develop gross motor skills in a fun, safe environment.
Source: RWJF News Digest - Childhood Obesity - November 13, 2012 Category: Eating Disorders and Weight Management Source Type: news

Juvenile Justice Reform Should Take a Developmental Approach
A new report from the National Research Council says that systemwide responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender’s needs and social environment. Community-based programs that foster positive socialization and law-abiding behavior are more likely than confinement to reduce the likelihood of reoffending and help adolescents transition successfully into adulthood. The report adds that the juvenile justice system should ensure the fair treatment of youths by providing properly trained counsel, making sure an adolescent is ...
Source: News from the National Academies - November 13, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

[Research Article] Single Amino Acid Substitutions Confer the Antiviral Activity of the TRAF3 Adaptor Protein onto TRAF5
Two single amino acid changes enable the adaptor protein TRAF5 to promote antiviral responses.
Source: Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment - November 13, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Peng Zhang, Anna Reichardt, Huanhuan Liang, Roghiyh Aliyari, David Cheng,Yaya Wang, Feng Xu, Genhong Cheng, Yingfang Liu Source Type: news

Study finds high exposure to food-borne toxins
(University of California - Davis Health System) In a sobering study published in the journal Environmental Health, researchers at UC Davis and UCLA measured food-borne toxin exposure in children and adults by pinpointing foods with high levels of toxic compounds and determining how much of these foods were consumed.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

State of Nuevo León first to benefit from improved nationwide air quality information system
(Commission for Environmental Cooperation) Today, the Nuevo Leon state ministry of sustainable development, with support from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, launched a revamped air quality information management system in Monterrey, Mexico, using AirNow-International.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Should hyperbaric oxygen therapy be used to treat combat-related mild traumatic brain injury?
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Therapeutic exposure to a high oxygen environment was hoped to minimize the concussion symptoms resulting from mild TBI, but hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) treatment may not offer significant advantages, according to an article in Journal of Neurotrauma.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

John Templeton Foundation grant supports Princeton neuroscientists to study cognitive control
(Princeton University) Princeton neuroscientists have been awarded a $4 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore how the human brain enables us to pursue goals and juggle priorities in an environment full of distractions.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 13, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Los Angeles City Council backs "Meatless Mondays"
Eating meat on Mondays not outlawed in Los Angeles, but resolution encourages reducing environmental impact
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Determining Gene Flow in Transgenic Cotton
Gene flow is one of the major concerns associated with the release of transgenic plants into the environment. Unrestricted gene flow can results in super weeds, reduction in species fitness and genetic diversity, and contamination of traditional plants and foods. Thus, it is important and also necessary to evaluate the extent of gene flow in the field for transgenic plants already released or being considered for a release. Transgenic cotton is among the first transgenic crops for commercialization, which are widely cultivated around the world. In this chapter, we use transgenic insect resistant cotton and herbicide-tolera...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 12, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Transgenic Cotton: From Biotransformation Methods to Agricultural Application
Transgenic cotton is among the first transgenic plants commercially adopted around the world. Since it was first introduced into the field in the middle of 1990s, transgenic cotton has been quickly adopted by cotton farmers in many developed and developing countries. Transgenic cotton has offered many important environmental, social, and economic benefits, including reduced usage of pesticides, indirect increase of yield, minimizing environmental pollution, and reducing labor and cost. Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation method is the major method for obtaining transgenic cotton. However, pollen tube pathway-medi...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 12, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Lung Cancer Alliance Launches Screening Initiative for At-Risk Veterans
Lung Cancer Alliance has launched a nation-wide screening initiative for military veterans, offering lifesaving information and services to a group at high-risk for developing lung cancer.
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 12, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: jrosenberg Tags: Veterans Asbestos Exposure Awareness Featured Lung Cancer Source Type: news

Wildlife on a walk - your Green shoots photographs
We asked Guardian readers to immerse themselves in the natural world by getting outside on a wildlife walk and recording their experiences
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 12, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Photography Autumn guardian.co.uk Trees and forests Birds Plants Editorial Environment Wildlife Source Type: news

Fort Drum Latest Military Base Using Efficient Lighting to Address Growing Energy Concern
JACKSON, Mich., Nov. 12, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Lighting efficiency improvements present a clear opportunity to decrease energy consumption, which is a priority for the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense and for the entire federal government," said Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment. The U.S. Military is the single largest consumer of energy in the world and Fort Drum is certainly no exception. When it came time to implement a high-efficiency street lighting initiative, officials at the base selected EverLast® street and area induction lights.
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - November 12, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Giant pandas threatened by climate change
Global warming will wipe out much of the bamboo on which the bears rely for food, according to a new studyGiant pandas could be left hungry and struggling to survive by global warming, scientists have warned.A new study predicts that climate change is set to wipe out much of the bamboo on which the bears rely for food.Prime panda habitat in China could be completely lost by the end of the century, say the researchers.Human development adds to the threat by blocking the bears' access to places where bamboo is less affected by rising temperatures, they point out."We will need proactive actions to protect the current giant pa...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 12, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Biology News guardian.co.uk Endangered species Endangered habitats Climate change Animals Plants Conservation Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news

How to create a positive practice environment (AAFP scientific assembly)
As demands build and many doctors report burnout, it’s critical that physicians use humor and other tools to promote wellness in their practices, experts say.
Source: American Medical News - HEALTH - November 12, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Weighing The Prospects Of The Keystone XL Pipeline
Among the difficult decisions facing President Obama in his second term is whether to give the go ahead for the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline. Environmentalists want it blocked, while advocates of the project say it will create thousands of jobs and make the country more energy independent.» E-Mail This » Add to Del.icio.us
Source: NPR Health and Science - November 12, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Southampton to help develop new crops for water-stressed environments
(University of Southampton) The University of Southampton is to lead a new 11.6 million EU funded research project to develop new drought tolerate crops for bioenergy and bio-products.
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 12, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

'Social environmental factors' affect rehospitalization risk in home healthcare patients
(Wolters Kluwer Health) For elderly patients receiving home healthcare after a hospital stay, "social environmental factors"--particularly care provided by a family member or other informal caregiver--have a significant impact on the risk of repeated hospital admissions, reports a study in the October-December issue of Advances in Nursing Science. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 12, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Pet Boarding in Buford Provides Pets a Safe and Secure Stay
BUFORD, Ga., Nov. 11, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hamilton Ridge Animal Hospital in Buford, GA is recommending that pet owners begin planning now for holiday pet boarding. According to Buford veterinarian Dr. Rachel Rodriguez, advanced boarding reservations are the best way to guarantee that pets will have a safe and secure place to stay over the holidays. Whether families are traveling or hosting relatives, holiday excitement can cause stress and anxiety in pets. Boarding offers pets a safe, secure environment away from this stress. Boarding services at the veterinary hospital include regular walks, comfortable pet suites, a...
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - November 11, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Poles apart: satellites reveal why Antarctic sea ice grows as Arctic melts
US military satellite data exposes complexity of climate change and impact of changing wind patterns on polar regionsThe mystery of the expansion of sea ice around Antarctica, at the same time as global warming is melting swaths of Arctic sea ice, has been solved using data from US military satellites.Two decades of measurements show that changing wind patterns around Antarctica have caused a small increase in sea ice, the result of cold winds off the continent blowing ice away from the coastline."Until now these changes in ice drift were only speculated upon using computer models," said Paul Holland at the British Antarct...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 11, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Damian Carrington Tags: Nasa Arctic World news guardian.co.uk Climate change Antarctica Environment Science Space Source Type: news

Birdbooker Report 246 | @GrrlScientist
Compiled by an ardent bibliophile, this weekly report includes books about the Smartest animals on the Planet, a photographic guide to the birds of Indonesia, All the birds of Nova Scotia and a book about Three Hundred Years of South Asian Ornithology that have been newly published in North America and the UKBooks to the ceiling, Books to the sky,My pile of books is a mile high.How I love them! How I need them!I'll have a long beard by the time I read them. ~ Arnold Lobel [1933-1987] author of many popular children's books. Compiled by Ian "Birdbooker" Paulsen, the Birdbooker Report is a weekly report that has been publish...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 11, 2012 Category: Science Authors: GrrlScientist Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Science Source Type: news

Cultivator of Brain Parts
Yoshiki Sasai is not just an ordinary tissue engineer who tries to coax stem cells to grow into fully formed bodily structures. It is true that Sasai has made his mark by taking on big projects like using stem cells to whip up a retina, cortical tissue and the cerebellum, involved with balance and movement. But his research has gone deeper by delving into the way stem cells organize themselves into complex structures under the influence of genes and the prenatal environment. Read a profile of Sasai here to accompany “ Grow Your Own Eye ,” Sasai’s own account of growing a retina in the November Scientific American . [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Stem Cell Research - November 11, 2012 Category: Stem Cells Tags: Mind & Brain,Health,Biotechnology,More Science,Neuroscience,Biotechnology,Biology,Mind Source Type: news

Jennifer Bremser: anorexia is the female mirror image of autism
Eating disorders are a result of an 'extreme female brain' caused by high levels of oestrogen in the womb, believes Jennifer BremserJennifer Bremser is assistant professor of psychology at Alfred State college, part of the largest public university system in the United States (SUNY). She is interested in the connection between behavioural neuroscience and evolutionary psychology. Her research on disordered eating focuses on the cognitive and developmental mechanisms involved.Your theory is based around the idea of an extreme female brain. Can you tell me more about that?Simon Baron-Cohen, professor of developmental psychop...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Elizabeth Heathcote Tags: Psychology Eating disorders guardian.co.uk Anorexia Society Features Interviews Science Source Type: news

The truth about bovines, badgers and the spread of TB
Convention held that humans had caught tuberculosis from cattle – but the DNA record tells a different storyMycobacteria and TB have been in the news a lot recently. In fact, one particular species has been hogging the limelight: Mycobacterium bovis. As its name suggests, it likes to infect cows, but as we're recently all too aware, it's quite happy in badgers too.There are about 120 species of mycobacteria. They're rod-like bacilli with a thick, waxy cell wall. The "human" member of the Mycobacterium family (using this word conversationally, as Mycobacterium is of course a genus, not a family, taxonomically) is M&n...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alice Roberts Tags: Bovine tuberculosis Farming Health Rural affairs Animal welfare Features UK news The Observer Badgers Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news

A world of life in a single cubic foot
Photographer David Liittschwager captures the beauty of biodiversity by placing a cube in a variety of habitats and recording whatever moves through it. The fate of humanity may depend on these micro-environmentsLong live the creepy crawlies, the bugs, the tiny wigglers and wrigglers, the minuscule parasites and nematodes, the mites and oribatids and all the myriad life forms that buzz, crawl and throb below our feet. Most have barely been given a second thought by science, but biologists now think that these mostly named creatures make up the beating heart of the biosphere and that the fate of all life may depend on the w...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: John Vidal Tags: Photography Biodiversity Biology Art and design Books Features The Observer Environment Science and nature Wildlife Source Type: news

New to Nature No 91: Formiscurra indicus
The weird-looking male of this newly discovered planthopper species mimics antsI am beginning to think that we overuse the word weird. Perhaps it should be reserved for animals like Formiscurra indicus, a new Indian planthopper that is thoroughly, well, weird. Planthopper is the common name for any of the species of the superfamily Fulgoroidea, a worldwide group of true bugs with about 12,000 species. That is, by the way, more than twice as many species as all mammals combined. To say that planthoppers are diverse is putting it mildly. They range in size from less than 2mm to over 100mm, populations exist with both flighte...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Quentin Wheeler Tags: World news Features Animals Insects The Observer Zoology Environment Science Wildlife Source Type: news

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen – review
Killer organisms and viruses that jump from animal to human are tracked down in this forensic studyLet's not beat around the bush. This is an extraordinary book. David Quammen has woven a story of incredible complexity; a detective story with a difference, with a host of murderers – all of them real. They are viruses, bacteria and single-celled organisms which infect other animals, but every now and then make the jump – spill over – to our own species. Each chapter follows the quest to track down a new villain. An international team of detectives works on the cases, and Quammen follows them as they uncover the traces...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alice Roberts Tags: Epidemics Biology Culture Infectious diseases Health Medical research Microbiology Reviews Books The Observer Sars Science and nature Source Type: news

More On Petaka Mini Bioreactors
Getting Culture Conditions Right Every TimeI would like to provide yet more information on the capabilties of our new and innovative Petaka Mini Bioreactors. This posting focuses how oxygen concentrations are tightly controlled in a way that is consistent with the cultured cells natural environment.The length and cross-section of the respiratory duct is purposely engineered to partially restrict the diffusion of oxygen from the high levels of ambient air to create lower, physiologic levels of dissolved oxygen in the reaction chamber. In accordance to Fick’s Law, as oxygen is consumed inside the culture chamber, decreasin...
Source: Neuromics - November 10, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Tags: mini-bioreactors micro-biorecators Petaka Cell Culturing Systems human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Based Assays Ducted Respiratory Chamber Stem cell cultures DRC Petaka G3 LOT Source Type: news

Marine 'treasure trove' could bring revolution in medicine and industry
Science could harness genetic secrets of newly discovered microbial life – but there are fears of ecosystem damageScientists have pinpointed a new treasure trove in our oceans: micro-organisms that contain millions of previously unknown genes and thousands of new families of proteins.These tiny marine wonders offer a chance to exploit a vast pool of material that could be used to create innovative medicines, industrial solvents, chemical treatments and other processes, scientists say. Researchers have already created new enzymes for treating sewage and chemicals for making soaps from material they have found in ocean org...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: Biodiversity Marine life World news Medical research Oceans The Observer Environment Science Source Type: news

One cubic foot - in pictures
Photographer David Liittschwager captures the amazing range of our world's biodiversity by placing a cube in different habitats and recording whatever moves through it
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 10, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Photography Biodiversity Biology Culture Art and design Books Editorial The Observer Environment Science and nature Source Type: news

Prions and Diseases
Volume 2, Animals, Humans and the EnvironmentTransmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE), now broadly known as prion diseases, have been recognized for nearly 300 years in animals and almost 100 years in humans. However, the nature of the transmissible agent had largely remained a mystery until Stanley Prusiner discovered the infectious isoform of the prion protein (PrP), named prion or scrapie PrP (PrPSc), in 1982. The subsequent ...
Source: Springer Biomedical Sciences titles - November 10, 2012 Category: Biomedical Science Tags: Neurosciences Source Type: news

Seasonal change in bone, muscle and fat in professional rugby league players and its relationship to injury: a cohort study - Georgeson EC, Weeks BK, McLellan C, Beck BR.
OBJECTIVES: To examine the anthropometric characteristics of an Australian National Rugby League team and identify the relationship to type and incidence of injuries sustained during a professional season. It was hypothesised that body composition would no...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Environmental Issues, Climate, Geophysics Source Type: news

Do motivation-related cognitions explain the relationship between perceptions of urban form and neighborhood walking? - McCormack GR, Friedenreich CM, Giles-Corti B, Doyle-Baker PK, Shiell A.
We examined the extent to which the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) mediated the association between neighborhood walkability and walking. METHODS:...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news

Child neglect and the development of externalizing behavior problems: associations with maternal drug dependence and neighborhood crime - Todd Manly J, Oshri A, Lynch M, Herzog M, Wortel S.
Given the high prevalence of child neglect among maltreatment subtypes, and its association with exposure to additional environmental adversity, understanding the processes that potentiate child neglect and link neglect to subsequent child externalizing ps...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news

Timing of concussion diagnosis is related to head impact exposure prior to injury - Beckwith JG, Greenwald RM, Chu JJ, Crisco JJ, Rowson S, Duma SM, Broglio SP, McAllister TW, Guskiewicz KM, Mihalik JP, Anderson S, Schnebel B, Brolinson PG, Collins MW.
This study compares measures of head impact frequency, location and kinematic response ...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 10, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Environmental Factors Can Mitigate Genetic Risk For Developing Alcohol Problems
Greater parental monitoring and less affiliation with deviant peers can reduce risk Previous research suggests that genetic influences on drinking are moderated by environmental factors. A new study has looked at gene-environment interactions between a functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) of the Î¼-opioid receptor gene (A118G) and the risk for developing an AUD during adolescence. Findings confirm that environmental factors can moderate this association...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Source Type: news

Camp Pendleton works to save species in peril
The Pacific pocket mouse is one of 16 threatened or endangered species that share the base. Habitat restoration combined with environmental training and intense monitoring have resulted in strong comebacks for several.The U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton care most about two things: keeping America safe and saving a thumb-sized mouse from extinction.
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 9, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Time-Lapse Epifluorescence Imaging of Expressed cRNA to Cyclin B1 for Studying Meiosis I in Mouse Oocytes
The first meiotic division of mammalian oocytes physiologically occurs in the ovary in the hours preceding ovulation. Fortunately, oocytes removed from their follicular environment will readily undergo this process in culture. Their large size, optical transparency, and efficiency in translating exogenous cRNA make mouse oocytes very amenable to study this process in detail using fluorescence imaging-based techniques. Here we describe the process of microinjecting cRNA to proteins of interest that have been coupled to a fluorescent protein using cyclin B1 as an example.
Source: Springer protocols feed by Cell Biology - November 9, 2012 Category: Cytology Source Type: news

Largest U.S. Genetic Biobank Reveals Early Findings
Kaiser Permanente study of 100,000 people will look for links between genes, environment, and aging
Source: ScienceNOW - November 9, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Study: Cancer Patients Have Unrealistic Expectations for Chemotherapy
As financial incentives for hospitals increase under new national health-care laws, chemotherapy patients may be getting overinflated optimism from doctors.
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - November 9, 2012 Category: Environmental Health Authors: TimPovtak Tags: Treatment Featured Lung Cancer Mesothelioma Mesothelioma Cancer Source Type: news

Molecular Strategies to Engineer Transgenic Rice Seed Compartments for Large-Scale Production of Plant-Made Pharmaceuticals
The use of plants as bioreactors for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins has emerged as an exciting area of research. The current shortages in protein therapeutics due to the capacity and economic bottlenecks faced with modern protein production platforms (microbial, yeast, mammalian) has driven considerable attention towards molecular pharming. Utilizing plants for the large-scale production of recombinant proteins is estimated to be 2–10% the cost of microbial platforms, and up to 1,000-fold more cost effective than mammalian platforms (Twyman et al. Trends Biotechnol 21:570–578, 2003; Sharma a...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 9, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Inoculation and Scoring Methods for Rice Sheath Blight Disease
Sheath blight disease of rice caused by the soilborne fungal pathogen Rhizoctonia solani has been a major disease of rice with a serious threat to stable rice production worldwide. Although various cultural practices have been used to manage the disease, it is advantageous and important to screen rice germplasm and identify resistant rice cultivars for more effective disease control. Recent advances in methods for the fungal inoculation and disease evaluation have enabled a better measurement of host resistance by minimizing confounding factors from plant architectures and environmental conditions. This chapter introduces ...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 9, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Inoculation and Virulence Assay for Bacterial Blight and Bacterial Leaf Streak of Rice
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc) cause bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak in rice, respectively. Despite being very closely related, the pathogens colonize different tissues and cause distinct diseases. The diseases are economically important and also serve as model systems for studying plant–bacterial interactions. Here we describe protocols for Xoo and Xoc inoculation and disease scoring methods that are appropriate to their different modes of infection. These methods are routinely used to evaluate pathogen virulence or host responses under controlled environmental conditions.
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 9, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Rice Proteomic Analysis: Sample Preparation for Protein Identification
Rice is one of the most important food and cereal crop plants in the world. Rice proteomics began in the 1990s. Since then, considerable progress has been made in establishing protocols from isolation of rice proteins from different tissues, organs, and organelles, to separation of complex proteins and to their identification by mass spectrometry. Since the year 2000, global proteomics studies have been performed during growth and development under numerous biotic and abiotic environmental conditions. Two-dimensional (2-D) gel-based proteomics platform coupled with mass spectrometry has been retained as the workhorse for p...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Plant Sciences - November 9, 2012 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Mucus Is Beneficial In The Fight Against Bacteria
A possible new protection against biofilm formation, polymers found in mucus, have been discovered by a team of researchers from MIT. Biofilms are slimy sheets of bacterial buildup that create a serious danger in medical and industrial environments. Once rooted, biofilms are extremely hard to get rid of, and much research has contributed to determining how to prevent and eliminate these harmful agents...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

George Osborne: make UK a world leader in energy storage
Chancellor gives strongest backing yet to low carbon growth in inaugural science speechChancellor George Osborne has said the UK must take a global lead in developing a series of low carbon technologies, including energy efficient computing and energy storage, in his first major speech on scientific issues.Speaking today at the Royal Society, Osborne maintained he was keen to exploit the economic benefits of scientific excellence to ensure Britain was "the best place in the world to do science".He listed eight future technologies, where the UK is already leading, but could become the world-leader.They consisted of the so-c...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 9, 2012 Category: Science Tags: Nuclear power Energy George Osborne Solar power News Coal guardian.co.uk Energy efficiency Politics Environment Renewable energy Science Gas Source Type: news

Are high capacity vehicles the future?
Research by a transport and logistics expert has shown that there would be economic and environmental benefits to individual companies and the country if the UK changed the rules to allow high capacity vehicles on to its roads.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 9, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

On Being The Outsider
“I’m always the kid, my nose pressed against the window, looking at everyone inside having a good time.” “I didn’t belong in my family, so why should I feel like I belong anywhere else.” “I may be included but I never really feel like I belong.” read more
Source: Psychology Today Depression Center - November 9, 2012 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ditta M. Oliker, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Depression Environment Happiness Parenting Relationships Self-Help Stress anger dark eyes dark hair echoes emotional nature entrepreneur family outings female members having a good time isolation lonel Source Type: news