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Fountain of Youth to be found in the anthill?

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Wed, 11/19/2008 - 23:00

(Arizona State University) Aging -- we are all doing it. It is relentless and terminal. We stand in modern times with a span of a century to our name, at most.

Technological wizardry abounds, so why do the factors that determine life span still elude us? If you ask Arizona State University researcher Juergen Liebig, he would point to his favorite study animal, the ant, to provide answers.


 

Award-winning researcher says relationships with news media, pub...

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Sun, 11/16/2008 - 23:00

(Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center) Relationships between scientists and the news media have evolved tremendously over the past 25 years, and scientists should continue to improve communications with both the media and the lay public, according to a Wake Forest University researcher whose commentary appears this month in a major scientific journal.


 

FSU Historian's Arctic research has him sitting on top of the wo...

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Tue, 10/28/2008 - 23:00

(Florida State University) It's one of the coldest and most remote areas on Earth, but the Arctic region has long held great strategic interest for a number of nations.

Now, a Florida State University researcher is leading an international team that is working to produce one of the most comprehensive histories to date of the northernmost part of the world from the late 19th century to the present.


 

To queue or not to queue?

http://www.eurekalert.org/rss/business.xml  Sun, 09/21/2008 - 23:00

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Long lines for service can affect a business's bottom line, a Tel Aviv University researcher suggests