Science news articles about 'prospects'Mining company gets prospecting permits near Nunavut bird sanctuary
A Vancouver-based junior mining company has acquired prospecting permits to explore for diamonds in an area in Nunavut that includes Canada's largest migratory bird sanctuary.Lunar prospecting robot to be field tested on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
... by NASA. Now it is a complete robotic system for exploring the lunar poles and prospecting for resources."
Scarab is outfitted with a drill assembly built by the Northern Centre for Advanced ... In the absence of sexual prospects, parasitic male worms go spermless
... only juvenile worms invade insects, those solitary males just have to wait until a young mating prospect joins him and grows up. Under these circumstances, she said, a mating partner can't appear ... Insurer Says Economy Has Dented Its Prospects
The UnitedHealth Group posted lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings and sharply reduced its outlook for 2008, saying fewer businesses and employees were signing up.Warming 'affecting poor children'
Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency.Real-Life Iron Man: A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength [News]
The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could enhance strength, keep the body active while recovering from an injury or even serve as a prosthetic limb has great appeal. Unlike the ... Daily aspirin may reduce risk of common type of breast cancer
... ER+ breast cancer in this population … Our results provide support for further evaluating relationships in prospective studies with well-defined measures of NSAID use by NSAID type … and by ER status ... Scientists determine drug target for the most potent botulinum neurotoxin
... to tailor the inhibitor for the best results.”
“We are excited about the success of this work and the prospects it holds for future drug development,” said USAMRIID principal investigator S. Ashraf ... Cancer Could Return Unless Stored Ovarian Tissue Undergoes Adequate Testing Before Re-implantation
Cancer patients who have been successfully treated for their disease face the prospect of its return if stored ovarian (or testicular) tissue is transplanted back into their bodies without adequate ... Molecular change may reveal risk of leukemia relapse
... that are too low or decreasing those that are too high.”
“If validated in a large prospective study, these findings could improve our ability to predict individual patient outcomes and identify the ... A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity
... it also raises the unanswered question yet of whether this is a cause-effect association. Only prospective longitudinal studies will be able to address the outstanding question,” said Dr. Cappuccio. ... UF scientists discover compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs
... .
Researchers used one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to process 140,000 prospective drug compounds in a matter of weeks. The computer predicted which molecules would be most likely to ... Anti-HBe may play a role in the progression of the disease of hepatitis B
... was that a large number of patients with positive anti-HBe had elevated ALT levels.
Using a prospective cohort study in a group of patients infected with HBV genotype D would be helpful to assess ... Hasbro Children's Hospital presents at 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
... and may also prove useful in predicting disease progression. Therefore, multi-center prospective studies with long-term follow-up are needed to further assess the relationship between hypertension ... Waterpipe smoking on college campuses may contribute to growing public health problem
... smoking tobacco as less harmful and addictive than cigarette smoking.
According to Eissenberg, current and prospective waterpipe tobacco smokers should be made aware that waterpipe tobacco smoking is ...
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Mining company gets prospecting permits near Nunavut bird sanctuary
A Vancouver-based junior mining company has acquired prospecting permits to explore for diamonds in an area in Nunavut that includes Canada's largest migratory bird sanctuary.Lunar prospecting robot to be field tested on Hawaii's Mauna Kea
... by NASA. Now it is a complete robotic system for exploring the lunar poles and prospecting for resources." Scarab is outfitted with a drill assembly built by the Northern Centre for Advanced ...In the absence of sexual prospects, parasitic male worms go spermless
... only juvenile worms invade insects, those solitary males just have to wait until a young mating prospect joins him and grows up. Under these circumstances, she said, a mating partner can't appear ...Insurer Says Economy Has Dented Its Prospects
The UnitedHealth Group posted lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings and sharply reduced its outlook for 2008, saying fewer businesses and employees were signing up.Warming 'affecting poor children'
Climate change is already affecting the prospects for children in the world's poorer nations, says the UN children's agency.Real-Life Iron Man: A Robotic Suit That Magnifies Human Strength [News]
The prospect of slipping into a robotic exoskeleton that could enhance strength, keep the body active while recovering from an injury or even serve as a prosthetic limb has great appeal. Unlike the ...Daily aspirin may reduce risk of common type of breast cancer
... ER+ breast cancer in this population … Our results provide support for further evaluating relationships in prospective studies with well-defined measures of NSAID use by NSAID type … and by ER status ...Scientists determine drug target for the most potent botulinum neurotoxin
... to tailor the inhibitor for the best results.” “We are excited about the success of this work and the prospects it holds for future drug development,” said USAMRIID principal investigator S. Ashraf ...Cancer Could Return Unless Stored Ovarian Tissue Undergoes Adequate Testing Before Re-implantation
Cancer patients who have been successfully treated for their disease face the prospect of its return if stored ovarian (or testicular) tissue is transplanted back into their bodies without adequate ...Molecular change may reveal risk of leukemia relapse
... that are too low or decreasing those that are too high.” “If validated in a large prospective study, these findings could improve our ability to predict individual patient outcomes and identify the ...A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity
... it also raises the unanswered question yet of whether this is a cause-effect association. Only prospective longitudinal studies will be able to address the outstanding question,” said Dr. Cappuccio. ...UF scientists discover compound that could lead to new blood pressure drugs
... . Researchers used one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to process 140,000 prospective drug compounds in a matter of weeks. The computer predicted which molecules would be most likely to ...Anti-HBe may play a role in the progression of the disease of hepatitis B
... was that a large number of patients with positive anti-HBe had elevated ALT levels. Using a prospective cohort study in a group of patients infected with HBV genotype D would be helpful to assess ...Hasbro Children's Hospital presents at 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting
... and may also prove useful in predicting disease progression. Therefore, multi-center prospective studies with long-term follow-up are needed to further assess the relationship between hypertension ...Waterpipe smoking on college campuses may contribute to growing public health problem
... smoking tobacco as less harmful and addictive than cigarette smoking. According to Eissenberg, current and prospective waterpipe tobacco smokers should be made aware that waterpipe tobacco smoking is ...