By CAMERON LANGFORD HOUSTON (CN) – A Texas Ford dealer resold a plumber’s work truck without removing company decals, which ruined his life when a photo of jihadis shooting an anti-aircraft gun from the truck went viral, the plumber… Read More ›
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Study: PhDs ‘enjoy’ Surprisingly Low Incomes
Thursday, 10 December 2015 One of science’s longstanding mysteries has been what happens to new Ph.D.s when they finish their degrees. Lack of information about career outcomes has kept many aspiring scientists from developing a realistic picture of their… Read More ›
Industrial Nations are heading towards a population collapse
“The average man had up to 90% of abnormal sperm. Normally, there would be so many sperms that a few abnormal ones would not affect fertility.” Endocrine-disrupting chemicals — threatening fertility in industrialized countries Public Release: 10-Dec-2015 University of… Read More ›
Pesticide found in milk decades ago may be associated with signs of Parkinson’s
Public Release: 9-Dec-2015 Association in nonsmokers who drank more than 2 cups daily American Academy of Neurology MINNEAPOLIS – A pesticide used prior to the early 1980s and found in milk at that time may be associated with signs… Read More ›
Is chemical exposure in mothers, babies, linked to poor vaccine response?
Public Release: 9-Dec-2015 University of Rochester Medical Center Early life exposures to toxic chemicals such as PCBs and DDT dampen an infant’s response to the tuberculosis vaccine, according to a new study from the University of Rochester Environmental Health… Read More ›
Iran-Backed Shia Forces Threaten Turkey Over ‘Incursion’ Into Iraq
© AFP 2015/ Marwan Ibrahim 03:00 10.12.2015(updated 05:16 10.12.2015) Shia militias with ties to Iran on Wednesday threatened to attack Turkish forces deployed to Iraqi territory unless Ankara withdraws its troops from the region. Last week, Turkey deployed troops… Read More ›
Plus-sized models in advertising linked to rising obesity rates: Study
Public Release: 9-Dec-2015 Simon Fraser University The increasing use of plus-sized models in advertising campaigns may be contributing to growing rates of obesity, a new study from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business suggests. The study, published by… Read More ›
New report finds 43 percent increase in ADHD diagnosis for US schoolchildren
Public Release: 8-Dec-2015 Girls showed a sharp rise in ADHD diagnosis during eight-year study period George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health WASHINGTON, DC (December 8, 2015)–Twelve percent of U.S. children and teens had a diagnosis of… Read More ›
Up to 43% of resident physicians suffer from depression
Public Release: 8-Dec-2015 Study finds high rate of depression among resident physicians The JAMA Network Journals An analysis that included more than 17,000 physicians in training finds that nearly one-third screened positive for depression or depressive symptoms during residency, according… Read More ›
Dogs (and probably many other animals) have a conscience too!
Public Release: 8-Dec-2015 National Research Tomsk State University The article has been published in the journal Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, with a title the researcher Roberto Cazzolla Gatti borrowed from the novel by Lewis Carroll: “Self-consciousness: beyond the… Read More ›
Iraq Raises Alarm as Turkey sends soldiers across border
Friday, 04 December 2015 Iraq is demanding the immediate withdrawal of Turkish troops that are reportedly on a training mission near the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, which is occupied by Islamic State (ISIL) radicals (known as Daesh in… Read More ›
Weaker breaths in kids linked to early pesticide exposure
Public Release: 3-Dec-2015 University of California – Berkeley Berkeley — Taking a deep breath might be a bit harder for children exposed early in life to a widely used class of pesticides in agriculture, according to a new paper… Read More ›
Cannabis increases the noise in your brain ( delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol )
Public Release: 3-Dec-2015 New findings published in Biological Psychiatry Elsevier Philadelphia, PA, December 3, 2015 – Several studies have demonstrated that the primary active constituent of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (?9-THC), induces transient psychosis-like effects in healthy subjects similar to those… Read More ›
A meta-analysis shows that the beneficial effects of interventions to raise intelligence in young children fade over time
Public Release: 3-Dec-2015 The fadeout effect University of California – Santa Barbara The winner of a decades-old debate about what scientists call the fadeout effect — one of the most persistent research mysteries in intelligence and psychological development —… Read More ›
Concern over drug industry involvement at India’s ‘health camps’
Public Release: 2-Dec-2015 Unchecked screening and conflict of interests have experts worried, says report BMJ Pharmaceutical sales representatives are screening people in India in return for prescriptions for their products, finds a special report published by The BMJ today…. Read More ›
Chemicals that make plants defend themselves could replace pesticides
Public Release: 2-Dec-2015 New study identifies five candidate chemicals to help rice beat planthoppers Elsevier Amsterdam, December 2, 2015 – Chemical triggers that make plants defend themselves against insects could replace pesticides, causing less damage to the environment. New research… Read More ›
Study: Money affects children’s behavior, even if they don’t understand its value
Public Release: 2-Dec-2015 University of Minnesota The act of handling money makes young children work harder and give less, according to new research published by the University of Minnesota’s Carlson School of Management and University of Illinois at Chicago…. Read More ›
Yemen forces advance into Saudi Arabia
Saudis Bomb Own Soil to prevent Yemeni Advances Thursday, 03 December 2015 Saudi Arabia has used cluster bombs many times before, but this is the first time that it is using it against its own population in a desperate move… Read More ›
The Sun could release flares 1000x greater than previously recorded
Public Release: 2-Dec-2015 University of Warwick researchers suggest the similarity between the flare on KIC9655129 and our own Sun’s flares demonstrates the potential for the Sun to superflare University of Warwick IMAGE: SUN_A border and SUN_B border side by side… Read More ›
Chemotherapy can cause tumor evolution
Public Release: 1-Dec-2015 National Research Tomsk State University Russian scientists have found that neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer can stimulate evolution of the tumor. The results of the research conducted by Nicholay Litvyakov, D.Sc. at Cancer Research… Read More ›
How we initially fight viruses has to be completely rethought
Public Release: 1-Dec-2015 New discovery: This is why we do not constantly get ill despite viruses and bacteria Aarhus University New research breaks with existing knowledge about how our immune system works. Experiments at Aarhus University have shown how the… Read More ›
Why Europe will soon be cold?
PUBLIC RELEASE: 1-DEC-2015 Russian scientists regained solar activity over the past thousand years and made the forecast to the year 3200 LOMONOSOV MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY What is the climate waiting for Russia and Europe in 15-20 years? Will be there… Read More ›
Appendix discovered to be vital to the immune system
Public Release: 30-Nov-2015 Immune cells make appendix ‘silent hero’ of digestive health New research shows a network of immune cells helps the appendix to play a pivotal role in maintaining the health of the digestive system, supporting the theory that… Read More ›
Waters are more polluted than tests say
Public Release: 30-Nov-2015 Standard toxicity analyses come up short Technical University of Munich (TUM) Bodies of water are “sinks”, and thereby bind contaminants particularly well. If even slightly toxic concentrations in water are to be detected, the growth and… Read More ›
Town demolished veteran’s house while he was away for surgery
By By MICHAEL BALSAMO and FRANK ELTMAN Associated Press Published: November 28, 2015 FRANK ELTMAN/AP WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — When a U.S. Navy veteran traveled from Long Island to Florida for a knee replacement, his house was the last… Read More ›
Russia has right to military response to Turkey’s "criminal act": Duma chairman
English.news.cn 2015-11-28 10:11:28 BUCHAREST, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) — The shoot down of a Russian warplane by Turkish fighters was “a criminal act” committed by Ankara, and Russia has the right to a military response, a top Russian official said… Read More ›
Don’t play with fire, Turkey tells Russia
November 28, 2015 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday warned Russia not to “play with fire” in a dispute over the downing of a Russian war plane this week, but added he did not want to harm relations… Read More ›
Skin cancer drugs increase an average of 1,240% in price over 6 years
Public Release: 25-Nov-2015 Changes in retail prices for prescription dermatologic drugs from 2009-2015 The JAMA Network Journals Prices among 19 brand-name prescription dermatologic drugs increased rapidly between 2009 and 2015, with prices for topical antineoplastic drugs to prevent the spread… Read More ›
Human nature’s dark side helped us spread across the world
Public Release: 24-Nov-2015 New research by an archaeologist at the University of York suggests that betrayals of trust were the missing link in understanding the rapid spread of our own species around the world University of York Human nature’s… Read More ›
Cooking with chloraminated water and salt could create toxic molecules
Public Release: 24-Nov-2015 Researchers identify several new molecules, and suggest ways to avoid their formation Elsevier IMAGE: Iodinated disinfection byproducts in cooking with chlor(am)innate tap water and iodized table salt. view more Credit: Water Research: Elsevier Amsterdam, November 24,… Read More ›
Putin calls Turkey "Accomplice to Terrorists", adds Russia won’t tolerate Crimes
Tuesday, 24 November 2015 Russia will not tolerate crimes like the attack on the Russian Su-24 fighter jet shot down by the Turkish Air Force in Syrian skies, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday at a meeting with King… Read More ›
ISIS pays Indian fighters less and are given inferior weapons in comparison to their Arab counterparts.
How Indians are being tricked, forced into war frontline by ISIS IndiaToday.in | New Delhi, November 23, 2015 | UPDATED 23:39 IST A Home Ministry report has revealed shocking details about how the Syria-based terror organisation ISIS is treating its… Read More ›
Clock-Making Student Wants $15M for Arrest
By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) – Ahmed Mohamed is demanding $15 million and written apologies from a Dallas suburb and school district for his arrest after his homemade clock was mistaken for a bomb at school, making the… Read More ›
RAF search after ‘Russian submarine spotted off Scotland’, concern over internet communications security
49 minutes ago 22 NOV 2015 From the section UK Image copyrightPAImage captionA pilot at RAF Lossiemouth, Scotland, wearing night vision device An RAF plane is “conducting activity” off the Scottish coast, the Ministry of Defence says, amid reports… Read More ›
Putin appears preparing to attack Saudi Arabia and Qatar next, Illarionov says
2015/11/19 • ANALYSIS & OPINION, RUSSIA Events of recent days may have obscured what is the most important development of all: Vladimir Putin appears to be preparing for a Russian military strike against Saudi Arabia and Qatar, a move… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia and Russia Clash over Syria
“public declaration by Saudi clergy affiliated with the political opposition in the kingdom calling on Muslims to wage violent jihad against Russia as the backdrop, the Russo-Saudi clash over Syria merits further examination” By Chris Zambelis for Gulf State Analytics… Read More ›
Pigeons as good as doctors in categorizing digitized slides and mammograms of benign and malignant human breast tissue ?
Public Release: 18-Nov-2015 One very brainy bird Study finds pigeons uncommonly good at distinguishing cancerous from normal breast tissue University of Iowa If pigeons went to medical school and specialized in pathology or radiology, they’d be pretty good at distinguishing… Read More ›
15 percent of women are raped while incapacitated from alcohol or other drug use during their freshman year at college
Public Release: 18-Nov-2015 Study finds high prevalence of incapacitated rape among college women Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs PISCATAWAY, NJ – Some 15 percent of women are raped while incapacitated from alcohol or other drug use during their… Read More ›
Prevalence of lifetime drug use disorders nearly 10 percent in US
Public Release: 18-Nov-2015 The JAMA Network Journals A large national survey of U.S. adults in 2012-2013 suggests that nearly 10 percent of Americans, or more than 23.3 million people, have lifetime drug use disorder diagnoses arising from drug use… Read More ›
Moscow looking at Qatar and Saudis behind downing of Russian Plane
Tuesday, 17 November 2015 On October 31, Russian Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed over Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, killing all 224 passengers and crew on board. Two weeks have since passed, and some Russian experts are now coming to suspect that… Read More ›
Half the world’s natural history specimens may have the wrong name
Public Release: 16-Nov-2015 University of Oxford As many as 50% of all natural history specimens held in the world’s museums could be wrongly named, according to a new study by researchers from Oxford University and the Royal Botanic Garden… Read More ›
Yazidis burn Muslim homes in revenge for ISIS genocide
First Published: 2015-11-15 Kurdish security commanders deny that burning and looting is taking place, and accounts of unrest could not be independently confirmed. Middle East Online SINJAR (Iraq) – Members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority, which was brutally attacked by… Read More ›
Big pharma inconsistent with disclosure of information on clinical trials, new study finds
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 ‘Good Pharma Scorecard’ ranks drugs based on their transparency and ethical practices NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine Despite legal and ethical requirements, information on clinical trials for drugs approved by… Read More ›
Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies, according to researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) Queen Mary, University of… Read More ›
Feeding at-risk infants gluten increases risk of developing celiac disease
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 American Gastroenterological Association Bethesda, MD (Nov. 12, 2015) — Intake of gluten up until two years of age increases risk of celiac disease at least two-fold in children with genetic risk factors for this disease, according… Read More ›
COX-2 drugs may also worsen hypertension and edema
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 Vanderbilt University Medical Center study sheds light on side effects of COX-2 drugs Vanderbilt University Medical Center It’s been about a decade since the promise of COX-2 inhibitors — drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without… Read More ›
MRSA with certain antibiotics can potentially make patients sicker
PUBLIC RELEASE: 11-NOV-2015 New research raises questions about using certain antibiotics to treat ‘superbug’ MRSA New research in Cell Host & Microbe indicates commonly prescribed antibiotic could potentially worsen methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER LOS ANGELES (Nov. 11, 2015)… Read More ›
Over half of scientific studies have problems being duplicated due to incomplete data
UBLIC RELEASE: 11-NOV-2015 Simple errors limit scientific scrutiny Found more than half of the public data-sets provided with scientific papers are incomplete AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY Researchers have found more than half of the public datasets provided with scientific papers are… Read More ›
Growing Antarctic ice sheet caused ancient Mediterranean to dry up
Public Release: 10-Nov-2015 University of Otago An international research team led by a scientist at New Zealand’s University of Otago has resolved the mystery of the processes involved in the Mediterranean Sea drying up around 5.6 million years ago…. Read More ›
First, do no harm: Hospital patients given anti-heartburn drugs have higher risk of dying
Public Release: 10-Nov-2015 U-M/VA computer model suggests that common use of acid-reducing medicine to prevent stomach bleeding increases mortality from infections University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Right now, in any American hospital, about half of… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 