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Giant 50-Foot Magnet To Make Cross-Country Trek For Physics Experiment
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. (UPI) — U.S. physicists say they’re planning a new experiment in particle physics — but first there’s the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles. Along with colleagues from 26 institutions around the world, they are planning an experiment to study the properties of muons, tiny subatomic particles that exist for […]
Poaching Gangs Reportedly Targeting Elephants In African Reserve
BANGUI, Central African Republic (UPI) — Forest elephants in the Central African Republic have become a new target for poaching gangs, the World Wildlife Fund reported. An unknown number of elephants have been killed at a world heritage site in the Central African Republic by heavily armed poachers who used a scientific observation platform to […]
Researchers Work To Capture Electrical Energy From Plants
ATHENS, Ga. (UPI) — Researchers at the University of Georgia, looking to nature for inspiration, say they’re developing a new technology to use plants to generate electricity. The sun provides the most abundant source of energy on the planet and plants are the undisputed champions of solar power, they said, operating at 100 percent efficiency. […]
London Zoo Desperately Seeking Mate For Almost-Extinct Fish Species
LONDON (UPI) — The London Zoo says it is desperately seeking a mate for two samples of a critically endangered tropical fish in its collection — unfortunately both male. The Mangarahara cichlid, described by zookeepers as “gorgeously ugly,” is extinct in the wild and zoo officials said the hunt for a female is especially urgent […]
Florida Citrus Industry Plagued By Disease With No Known Cure
MIAMI (UPI) — Officials in Florida’s citrus industry say a bacterial disease with no known cure has infected all 32 of the state’s citrus-growing counties. The disease known as citrus greening, which causes fruit to turn bitter and drop from the trees when still unripe, was first detected in Florida in 2005 but this year’s […]
Walnuts Or Extracted Walnut Oil Help Make A Healthier Heart
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (UPI) — People who eat walnuts or their extracted oil can reduce cardiovascular risk via a mechanism other than simply lowering cholesterol, U.S. researchers say. Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition at Pennsylvania State University in State College, and colleagues said in a randomized-controlled trial the researchers gave 15 participants with elevated […]
Childhood Adversity Linked To Chronic Physical, Mental Disability
PITTSBURGH (UPI) — Childhood adversity can lead to chronic physical and mental disability in adult life and have an effect on the next generation, U.S. researchers say. Dr. David A. Brent of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and co-author Dr. Michael Silverstein of the Boston University School […]
Dogs May Cut Heart Disease Risk Or Healthier People Have Dogs
HOUSTON (UPI) — Having a pet might lower a person’s risk of heart disease, but it may be simply that healthier people have pets, U.S. researchers say. An American Heart Association scientific statement published online in the association’s journal Circulation said pet ownership is probably associated with a reduction in heart disease risk factors and […]
Study: Obese Men At Higher Risk For Prostate Cancer
NEW YORK (UPI) — Obese men are more likely to have precancerous lesions detected in benign prostate biopsies and are at a greater risk for prostate cancer, U.S. researchers say. First author Dr. Andrew Rundle of the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues investigated the association between obesity and future prostate cancer […]
Exceptional Longevity May Delay Alzheimer’s Disease
NEW YORK (UPI) — Families with exceptional longevity appear to have delayed onset of Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers say. Stephanie Cosentino of Columbia University in New York and colleagues examined the cross-sectional study included a total of 1,870 individuals — 1,510 family members and 360 spouse controls — recruited through the Long Life Family Study. […]
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