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American Journal of Sports MedicineMountain bikers are cautioned to ride with care - major injuries do happen
Mountain biking is considered a relatively safe sport. However, the sport has grown from a pastime to an Olympic sport, and major injuries are becoming more prevalent. In an article from The American Journal of Sports Medicine published by SAGE Publications, three mountain biking injury cases that resulted in acute cervical spine injuries resulting in tetraplegia, commonly called quadriplegia, are reported. Previously research has commonly only noted serious neck injuries, and no detailed reports have been made on cervical spinal cord injuries in English literature.
Contact: Judy Erickson
media.inquiries@sagepub.com
805-410-7720
SAGE Publications
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PLOS BiologyThe science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
Anticipating our own touch – for example in tickling oneself – reduces its impact, says Queen's psychologist Dr. Randy Flanagan, a member of the university's Centre for Neuroscience Studies. This is evidence of an important human adaptation that helps us interact with objects in our environment.
Natural Sciences ad Engineering Research Council
Contact: Nancy Dorrance
dorrance@post.queensu.ca
613-533-2869
Queen's University
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Geophysical Research LettersHaze dynasty
Despite decreasing cloudiness in China over the past half century, a new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study in Geophysical Research Letters shows that less sunlight is reaching land. The researchers suggest that heavy air pollution shades earth's surface there, masking greenhouse warming and altering precipitation potential.
US Department of Energy, NASA
Contact: Bill Cannon
cannon@pnl.gov
509-375-3732
DOE/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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Study finds evolution doesn't always favor bigger animals
Biologists have long believed that bigger is better when it comes to body size, since many lineages of animals, from horses to dinosaurs, have evolved into larger species over time.
National Science Foundation
Contact: Kim McDonald
kmcdonald@ucsd.edu
858-534-7572
University of California - San Diego
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Cell BiologyHow nerve cells stay in shape
Max Planck researchers take a first look into the molecular processes that keep synapses in the correct form.
Human Frontier Science Programme, Hertie Foundation, Max Planck Society, Austrian Science Fund, others
Contact: Dr. Michael Kiebler
Michael.Kiebler@meduniwien.ac.at
43-142-776-2920
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
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American Academy of Surgical Nurses Annual MeetingNurses' research proves mother knows best when taking temp
According to recent research by nurses at the University of Virginia Health System, your mother was always right when she told you not to eat or drink anything before taking your temperature. On average, study participants consuming cold beverages required 15 minutes for their temperature to return to baseline, while those consuming hot beverages returned to baseline after 23 minutes.
Contact: Jan Puckett Morrison
janmorrison@virginia.edu
434-924-5679
University of Virginia Health System
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Image processing for applications in artificial vision
For a robot to identify objects in a particular image, it is first necessary that it can "see" them. With this aim, in artificial vision, edge detectors are normally used, i.e. computer programmes that delimit the objects in an image and define the limits between them and the background, and between the different objects themselves.
Contact: Garazi Andonegi
garazi@elhuyar.com
34-943-363-040
Elhuyar Fundazioa
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Occupational and Environmental MedicineNorwegian torpedo boat service associated with increased risk of birth defects
Military service aboard a Norwegian missile torpedo boat was associated with a signficantly increased risk of having children with birth defects or who were stillborn, reveals research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Contact: Emma Dickinson
edickinson@bmj.com
44-207-383-6529
BMJ Specialty Journals
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Occupational and Environmental MedicineHousehold insecticides associated with increased risk of childhood leukaemia
Household insecticides may increase the risk of childhood leukaemia, suggests French research in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Contact: Emma Dickinson
edickinson@bmj.com
44-207-383-6529
BMJ Specialty Journals
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Stardust parachutes to soft landing in Utah with dust samples from comet
The Stardust return capsule streaked across the night sky of the Western United States early Sunday, making a soft parachute landing in the Utah desert southwest of Salt Lake City. It's samples from comet Wild 2 are to be sent to Johnson Space Center in Houston this week.
NASA
Contact: Vince Stricherz
vinces@u.washington.edu
206-543-2580
University of Washington
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