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289 articles from FRIDAY 20.1.2012

• FRIDAY 20. JANUARY, 2012
• 00:24 NASA satellite sees birth of Tropical Storm Ethel, now threatening Rodrigues

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  NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Storm Ethel on January 19, 2012 after she was born in the Southern Indian Ocean. The island of Rodrigues is now under Tropical Cyclone Warnings as Ethel approaches and strengthens.  

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• 00:24 NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Funso develop, threaten Mozambique

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  Residents of Mozambique are still recovering from the flooding caused by Tropical Depression Dando earlier this week and now newly formed Tropical Cyclone Funso threatens to bring more rainfall to the country. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Funso on January 19 and provided forecasters with two different views of the intensifying storm.  

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• 00:24 Native forest birds in unprecedented trouble: researchers

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  Native birds at Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge are in unprecedented trouble, according to a paper recently published in the journal PLoS ONE. The paper, titled "Changes in timing, duration, and symmetry of molt of Hawaiian forest birds," was authored by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Zoology Professor Leonard Freed and Cell and Molecular Biology Professor Rebecca Cann.  

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• 00:24 New drug labels for kidney disease patients -- what do they mean?

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  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently recommended that clinicians be more conservative when they prescribe chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with drugs that treat red blood cell deficiencies. But the drug label's recommendations fall short, according to two commentaries appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN).  

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• 00:24 Researchers engineer a switch to tame aggressive cancers

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  When cancers become aggressive and spread they are the most deadly. Unfortunately, little is known about how to stop this development. A new imaging platform developed by Lawson Health Research Institute's Drs. Ann Chambers and John Lewis is providing insight into just that - the exact moment when cancer cells turn deadly.  

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• 00:24 Researchers find gene critical to sense of smell in fruit fly

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  Fruit flies don't have noses, but a huge part of their brains is dedicated to processing smells. Flies probably rely on the sense of smell more than any other sense for essential activities such as finding mates and avoiding danger.  

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• 00:24 Revamping HIV-prevention programs in the Caribbean

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  While global attention to HIV/AIDS remains strong, a lack of focus on prevention strategies is stonewalling health experts in many developing nations, specifically in the Caribbean.  

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• 00:24 Study identifies novel markers as key indicators of future renal failure in diabetes

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  Scientists at Joslin Diabetes Center have identified two novel markers that, when elevated in the blood stream, can predict accurately the risk of renal (kidney) failure in patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. The findings have immediate diagnostic implications and can be used for the development of new therapies to prevent or postpone the progression of renal disease in diabetes.  

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• 00:24 Study tests new treatments for the winter blues

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  If winter's long nights and cold weather have you feeling depressed, a new research study could lift your spirits. The study, lead by Janis Anderson, PH.D., an associate psychologist in the Brigham and Women's Hospital Department of Psychiatry, aims to help adult (ages 21-64) men and women with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) by comparing two new types of light technologies to determine which one works better.  

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• 00:24 Study: paid family leave leads to positive economic outcomes

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  With a growing need for family-friendly workplace policies, a new study commissioned by the National Partnership for Women & Families, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, concludes that providing paid family leave to workers leads to positive economic outcomes for working families, businesses and the public.  

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• 00:24 The biodiversity crisis: Worse than climate change

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  Biodiversity is declining rapidly throughout the world. The challenges of conserving the world's species are perhaps even larger than mitigating the negative effects of global climate change. Dealing with the biodiversity crisis requires political will and needs to be based on a solid scientific knowledge if we are to ensure a safe future for the planet. This is the main conclusion from scientists from University of Copenhagen, after 100 researchers and policy experts from EU countries were gathered this week at the University of Copenhagen to discuss how to organise the future UN Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES - an equivalent to the UN panel on climate change (IPCC).  

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• 00:14 Russia Eyes Possible Moon Base with NASA: Reports (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - Russia is talking to NASA and the European Space Agency about building manned research colonies on the moon, according to Russian news reports.  

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• 00:14 NASA Rover Spends Martian Winter Probing Inside Red Planet (SPACE.com)

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  SPACE.com - After roaming the surface of Mars for nearly eight years, a stalwart NASA rover is allowing scientists to begin investigating the mysterious interior of the Red Planet.  

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• 00:02 Why School Junk Food Isn't Making Kids Fat

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  The availability of junk food in middle school is not the culprit.  

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