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Category: Science News
Posted on: December 3, 2007 6:40 PM, by Greg Laden



Europe to launch a brain research project from PhysOrg.com

The European Science Foundation said it will propose a comprehensive mental health research effort of a size similar to that of the Human Genome Project.

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Puzzling results from HIV vaccine trial from PhysOrg.com
A potential HIV vaccine that recently failed a clinical trial in the United States may increase some people's chance of catching the virus that causes AIDS.

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Toll of climate change on world food supply could be worse than thought from PhysOrg.com

Global agriculture, already predicted to be stressed by climate change in coming decades, could go into steep, unanticipated declines in some regions due to complications that scientists have so far inadequately considered, say three new scientific reports.

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Fossils excavated from Bahamian blue hole may give clues of early life from PhysOrg.com
ong before tourists arrived in the Bahamas, ancient visitors took up residence in this archipelago off Florida's coast and left remains offering stark evidence that the arrival of humans can permanently change -- and eliminate -- life on what had been isolated islands, says a University of Florida researcher.

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Brain abnormalities discovered in people who have trouble reading fast from PhysOrg.com

Some people who have problems reading quickly appear to have abnormalities in the white matter of their brains, according to research published in the December 4, 2007, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Researchers say these findings provide a model to better understand ways in which the brain may have developed differently in people with learning disabilities.

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