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Seismic Risk? Research Addresses Dangers of Older Concrete Buildings in U.S.
Live Science - 14 Jun 2015 05:31
Old concrete is not known for standing up to earthquakes, but retrofits made with carbon fiber and shape memory alloy may change that assumption.
Power of the media's impact on medicine use revealed
Science Daily - 14 Jun 2015 19:57
More than 60,000 Australians are estimated to have reduced or discontinued their use of prescribed cholesterol-lowering statin medications following the airing of a two-part series critical of statins by ABC TV's science...
One in five young venous thromboembolism patients require psychotropic drugs within five years
Science Daily - 14 Jun 2015 19:57
One in five young people who experience a venous thromboembolism (VTE)1 will require psychotropic medication within five years, reveals new research. Young VTE patients were twice as likely to experience mental health pr...
The Soul of an Octopus: Getting to know an intelligent mollusc
New Scientist - 14 Jun 2015 19:00
The giant Pacific octopus is considered so fearsome that few dare engage with it, but in her new book Sy Montgomery recounts a playful and peculiar nature
What is making mysterious fairy circles appear in the desert?
New Scientist - 14 Jun 2015 14:00
Footsteps of gods, underground dragons or UFOs? Rachel Nuwer joins the fellowship of the rings out to solve the enigma in the grassy Namibian desert (full text available to subscribers)
Australia-India collaboration aims to make migraine therapy a reality
EurekAlert! - 14 Jun 2015 06:00
(Queensland University of Technology) A collaboration between QUT (Queensland University of Technology) and Indian life science company, Avesthagen Limited, is paving the way for migraine genetics research to be translat...