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Old concrete can protect nature 22 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Usually we think of demolished concrete walls and floors as environmental contaminants, but in fact this material may turn out to be a valuable resource in nature protection work. This is the conclusi...
Study finds cost of future flood losses in major coastal cities could be over $50 billion by 2050 20 Aug 2013 | 05:33 pm
Climate change combined with rapid population increases, economic growth and land subsidence could lead to a more than nine-fold increase in the global risk of floods in large port cities between now ...
Far from being harmless, the effects of bullying last long into adulthood 19 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
A new study shows that serious illness, struggling to hold down a regular job, and poor social relationships are just some of the adverse outcomes in adulthood faced by those exposed to bullying in ch...
Celery, artichokes contain flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells 16 Aug 2013 | 05:31 pm
Celery, artichokes, and herbs, especially Mexican oregano, all contain apigenin and luteolin, flavonoids that kill human pancreatic cancer cells in the lab by inhibiting an important enzyme, according...
New flow battery could enable cheaper, more efficient energy storage 16 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
MIT researchers have engineered a new rechargeable flow battery that doesn’t rely on expensive membranes to generate and store electricity. The device, they say, may one day enable cheaper, large-scal...
Changing climate may have driven collapse of civilizations in Late Bronze Age 15 Aug 2013 | 05:52 pm
Climate change may have driven the collapse of once-flourishing Eastern Mediterranean civilizations towards the end of the 13th century BC, according to research published August 14 in the open access...
Mediterranean diet counteracts a genetic risk of stroke, study reports 14 Aug 2013 | 04:15 pm
A gene variant strongly associated with development of type 2 diabetes appears to interact with a Mediterranean diet pattern to prevent stroke, report researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrit...
Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe 13 Aug 2013 | 05:59 pm
Two research teams from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the University of Leiden in the Netherlands have jointly reported the discovery of Neandertal bo...
California seafloor mapping reveals hidden treasures 13 Aug 2013 | 01:39 am
Science and technology have peeled back a veil of water just offshore of California, revealing the hidden seafloor in unprecedented detail. New imagery, specialized undersea maps, and a wealth of data...
A greener, more sustainable source of ingredients for widely used plastics 10 Aug 2013 | 06:44 pm
A new process can convert a wide variety of vegetable and animal fats and oils — ranging from lard to waste cooking oil — into a key ingredient for making plastics that currently comes from petroleum,...
