December 28, 2009 | Posted by admin
Using disinfectants could cause bacteria to become resistant to antibiotics as well as the disinfectant itself, according to research published in the January issue of Microbiology. The findings could have important implications for how the spread of infection is managed in hospital settings.
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December 17, 2009 | Posted by admin
Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and NOAA have recorded the deepest erupting volcano yet discovered–West Mata Volcano–describing high-definition video of the undersea eruption as “spectacular.”
Categories: Environment | Tags: american geophysical union, biologist, carbo, carbon dioxide, chemical oceanographer, chief scientist, cold seawater, deep ocean, Discovered, Earth, Environment, environmental laboratory, erupting volcano, lava bubbles, lava flows, lavas, marine geologist, microbes, molten lava, national science foundation, noaa, ocean islands, percent, research, resing, scientists, stem, submarine volcanoes, underwater robot | No Comments »
December 17, 2009 | Posted by admin
DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University study of more than 3,000 orphaned and abandoned children in five Asian and African countries has found that children in institutional orphanages fare as well or better than those who live in the community.
Categories: Health & Medicine | Tags: african countries, better health, care settings, clusters, cognitive function, cognitive functioning, duke university, duke university study, emotional difficulties, Environment, flu, functioning, global health, health institute, health policy, hou, institutional care, open access, orphanages, orphans, physical health, plos one, study leader, viable option, well-being, whetten, world health organization | No Comments »
December 14, 2009 | Posted by admin
LONDON (AP) — E-mails stolen from climate scientists show they stonewalled skeptics and discussed hiding data – but the messages don’t support claims that the science of global warming was faked, according to an exhaustive review by The Associated Press.
Categories: Science & Nanotechnology | Tags: challenge, climate change, Environment, greenhouse gases, inference, Mark Frankel, northern hemisphere, scientists, university of east anglia | No Comments »
December 14, 2009 | Posted by admin
A team of researchers from the Astrobiology Centre (INTA-CSIC) has shown that hydrogen cyanide, urea and other substances considered essential to the formation of the most basic biological molecules can be obtained from the salt Prussian blue. In order to carry out this study, published in the journal Chemistry & Biodiversity, the scientists recreated the [...]
Categories: Space & Earth | Tags: amino acids, ammoniac, astrobiology, bermejo, biological interest, biological molecules, concentrator, CSIC-INTA, cyanogen, dna and rna, early earth, electron donor, Environment, fundamental role, hexacyanoferrate, high temperatures, inta, INTA-CSIC, iron iii oxide, Marta Ruiz, nucleic acids, organic molecules, origin of life, precursors, prussian army, prussian blue, synthesis | No Comments »