People's Daily Online: "The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Dominican authorities Monday launched a regional seminar on nuclear security featuring discussions on the nuclear threat and risk management of radioactive sources.
The seminar, which is due to end Thursday, drew representatives from 14 countries of the Caribbean region."
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Nuclear security seminar opens in Dominican Republic
Monday, July 21, 2008
Undersea volcanoes trigger mass extinction
COSMOS magazine: "PARIS: Ninety-three million years ago, Earth was a reshuffled jigsaw of continents, a hothouse where the average temperature was nearly twice that of today."
Friday, July 18, 2008
Grunting fish reveal the origins of human speech
Researchers have found that fish produce grunts in the same way that humans and other animals make sounds.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Barbados Eye Study
EyeWorld Magazine:: "African patients with open-angle glaucoma and posterior subcapsular cataracts as well as those who remain aphakic after cataract surgery report a lower visual quality of life than those without these conditions, according to Suh-Yuh Wu, research assistant professor of preventative ophthalmology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y. These were among some of the key findings brought to light in a study published in the April 2008 issue of Investigational Ophthalmology and Visual Science."
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Quick-thinking ants trim foliage to fit
Watch how ants switch their leaf-carrying tactics when an obstacle is placed in their path.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Heart Medicine Gene
Genetics researchers have debunked a racial myth about who might benefit from a widely used heart failure medication. As this Sciencentral video reports, the finding will eventually allow personalized treatments for this devastating disease.
Friday, June 20, 2008
Metal-eating "pest" caught on film
Researchers in the UK have captured the first video footage of the tin pest reaction.