Science news articles about 'poor areas'

(AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has approved a one-year moratorium on new fast-food restaurants in a low-income area of the city.

... in oxygen may also be caused by natural processes on shorter time scales.” Sprintall said the oxygen-poor areas have the potential to move into coastal areas via currents that flow from the mid- ...

... limitations. Between 1979 and 1984, the researchers recruited pregnant women living in poor areas of Cincinnati, which had a high concentration of older lead-contaminated housing. Out of the 376 ...

... study is so important. In this open ocean area near Hawaii, for example, phytoplankton blooms ... way to trigger biological growth in nutrient-poor areas of the ocean, but "everything responds to iron," ...

... . Scientists have typically focused on documenting the death of species and loss of fisheries in these oxygen-poor areas, but they haven't looked at how certain, hardy species such as quahogs can ...

Ants in inland, salt-poor areas seek salt over sugar sources.

... , herders, fishermen and others whose livelihoods are closely linked to their environment, particularly those in poor areas of the world. A type of insurance, called index insurance, now offers ...

... cancer database available in the US for the years 1997-2004, comparing poor areas against rich and urban areas against rural. She said, "Between 2001 and 2004, incidence rates of invasive ...

... " to protect women from AIDS in Africa and other impoverished areas. Before sex, women would insert a ... ," he adds. "This is important – particularly in resource-poor areas of the world like sub-Sahara ...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Parasitic diseases like Chagas and dengue fever have spread along the border with Mexico and in other poor areas of the United States, researchers say.

Zoning and tax incentives would encourage full-service markets in city neighborhoods where fresh produce is scarce and poverty, obesity and diabetes are high.

... to catalogue international critical care capacity, and also to promote, mentor, and support clinical research activities in resource-poor areas where the human toll is likely to be the greatest.

A new data kit for mobile phones allows users to quickly collect, analyse and transmit a wide variety of data in infrastructure-poor areas.