Though Still At Dangerous Levels, Study Shows Mercury Levels From Products Decreasing A recent study shows that mercury releases from products in the U.S. declined dramatically between 1990 and 2005, but that they continue to be a significant source of environmental contamination. Mercury released from products contributes nearly one-third of total mercury emissions to the air in the U.S.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comHebrew University Scientists Named Fellows Of American Academy Two Hebrew University of Jerusalem professors have been elected as new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are Prof. Haim Sompolinsky, director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neural Computation, and Prof. David Kazhdan of the Einstein Institute of Mathematics.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comWhen Applying For Jobs Pregnant Women Face Hostile Behavior Pregnant women may still face judgment and obstacles to getting jobs, shows two recent studies by George Mason University and Rice University professors.The studies, co-written by Eden King of Mason, Michelle Hebl of Rice and their collaborators, explored different interpersonal reactions that pregnant women face in their daily lives.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comGenetic Polymorphisms Of ESR1 And ESR2 That May Influence Estrogen Activity And The Risk Of Hypospadias UroToday.com - The prevalence of hypospadias varies widely among different countries and populations, ranging from 0.37-41 per infants1 and the prevalence in Hokkaido, Japan is 3.9 per 10,000 infants2. The etiology of hypospadias is still unclear, but it is regarded as a complex disorder with both genetic and environmental contributions.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNanotube Production: From Sooty Mess In Test Tube To Ready Formed Chemical Microsensors Carbon nanotubes' potential as a super material is blighted by the fact that when first made they often take the form of an unprepossessing pile of sooty black mess in the bottom of a test tube. Now researchers in the University of Warwick's Department of Chemistry have found a way of producing carbon nanotubes in which they instantly form a highly sensitive ready made electric circuit.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comResidual Prostate Cancer After Radiotherapy: Study Of Radical Cystoprostatectomy Specimens UroToday.com - In the online version of Urology, Dr. Kaplan and associates at Fox Chase Cancer Center report on residual prostate cancer (CaP) after radiotherapy (RT) in men undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy for bladder indications. Between 1990 and 2007, 21 patients had a cystoprostatectomy for cancer (19), radiation cystitis (1) and rectal cancer (1).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comUnmanned Aircraft To Study Southern California Smog And Its Consequences Using sophisticated unmanned aircraft, research scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego hope to assess Southern California's potential for climate change and better understand the sources of air pollution.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comComparison Of Blade Temperature Dynamics After Activation Of Harmonic Ace Scalpel And The Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel LCS-K5 UroToday.com - Not all harmonic shears are created equal - surgeon beware.These researchers compared the new generation Harmonic Ace device to the older generation Ultracision Harmonic Scalpel LCS-K5 (Ethicon Inc, Cincinnati, OH).
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comSequencing Of The Platypus Genome Reveals The Early History Of Mammals UK-based researchers at the Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit in Oxford and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge have revealed the genetic makeup of the one of the world's strangest mammals.
Source: www.medicalnewstoday.comNew Breed Of Supercomputers To Improve Assessment Of Global Climate Change Three researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have proposed an innovative way to improve global climate change predictions by using a supercomputer with low-power embedded microprocessors, an approach that would overcome limitations posed by today's conventional supercomputers.
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