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Racism May Accelerate Aging in African American Men

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Healthafrican american men, african americans, aging, anti black attitudes, biological age, biological level, biomarker, cellular level, chromosome, chronological age, david h chae, disease risk, gene h brody, indicator, leukocyte telomere length, physiological stress, racial discrimination, racism, sequences of dna, systemic aging, tear, telomere, university of maryland, wear

UMD-led study is first to link racism-related factors and cellular age

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – A new University of Maryland-led study reveals that racism may impact aging at the cellular level. Researchers found signs of accelerated aging in African American men who reported high levels of racial discrimination and who had internalized anti-Black attitudes. Findings from the study, which is the first to link racism-related factors and biological aging, are published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Racial disparities in health are well-documented, with African Americans having shorter life expectancy, and a greater likelihood of suffering from aging-related illnesses at younger ages compared to whites. Accelerated aging at the biological level may be one mechanism linking racism and disease risk. (more…)

Es ist das Wetter, Dummkopf

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Politicsarbeitslosigkeit, basler zeitung, bern, bill clinton, bruttoinlandprodukt, das volk, das wetter, dummkopf, Economy, eu einwanderern, hanspeter guggenbuehl, klimabulletin, medienverbund, schweiz, simon schmid, st gallen, svp initiative, trotz aufschwung, usa, wahlkampf von 1992, winterthur, wirtschaft, zuercher tages anzeiger, zuerich

Steigt die Arbeitslosigkeit, wenn sie nicht soll, dann ist auch das Wetter schuld.

»It’s the economy, stupid» (es geht um die Wirtschaft, Dummkopf). Mit diesem Slogan punktete Bill Clinton im Wahlkampf von 1992. Die Entwicklung von Bruttoinlandprodukt, Aktienkursen oder Arbeitslosenzahlen beeinflusst nicht nur Wahlkämpfe in den USA, sondern auch Volksabstimmungen in der Schweiz – und mithin die Schlagzeilen in den Medien. (more…)

Inakzeptable Hormon-Anwendungen in der Schweinezucht. Bundesagrarminister Friedrich muss Einsatz verbieten

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Environmentagrarpolitik, berlin, bund, bundesagrarminister friedrich, der bund, deutschland, die praxis, exportweltmeister, fleisch, gesellschaft, gruenen woche, hans peter friedrich, hubert weiger, inakzeptable hormon anwendung, naturschutz deutschland, reinhild benning, schweinezucht, umwelt, umweltschäden

Der Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) hat Bundesagrarminister Hans-Peter Friedrich aufgefordert, den Einsatz von Hormonen zur Leistungssteigerung in der Ferkelzucht zu verbieten. Die systematische Anwendung von Hormonpräparaten insbesondere in größeren Schweineställen diene vor allem dazu, den Betreuungsaufwand der Muttertiere zu verringern und die Ferkelanzahl zu erhöhen, sagte der BUND-Vorsitzende Hubert Weiger. Dies sei weder mit dem Tierschutz noch mit dem Schutz der Umwelt vor dem Eintrag risikobehafteter Stoffe zu vereinbaren, sagte Weiger. (more…)

MU Researcher’s Study of African Forest Elephants Helps Guide Research Efforts in the U.S.

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Natureafrican continent. genotyping, african forest elephants, alfonso alonso, arkansas, biodiversity, black bears, central african, DNA, ecosystems, francisco dallmeier, gabon, genetic samples, jesus maldonado, keystone species, lori eggert, missouri, missouri rivers, movement patterns, oil drilling platforms, research efforts, rob fleischer, scbi, survival, threatened animals, university of groningen, university of missouri, university of oxford, US

Study finds that human occupation of an area may not contribute to population decline of an endangered species

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Conservation of a protected or endangered species requires frequent monitoring and the dynamic techniques biologists utilize to ensure the survival of threatened animals. Often, scientists study biodiversity at all levels—from genes to entire ecosystems. Currently, researchers at the University of Missouri are employing genotyping to study movement patterns of African forest elephants in protected and unprotected regions of Gabon to better understand how human occupation of these areas might affect elephants on the African continent. Genotyping is helping conservation biologists determine the best course of action to ensure biodiversity and the preservation of various species in the U.S. and abroad. (more…)

Nature Medicine

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Healthhiv persistence, hiv therapy, hiv treatment protocol, infected tscm cells, nature medicine

Engineering professor co-authors Nature Medicine paper on HIV

Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing in Nature Medicine on Jan. 12 highlighting the role of T-cells in HIV. (more…)

The Connected Consequences of River Dams

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2014Environmentdownstream reservoir, impacts of dams, river dams, river dynamics, upper missouri river, upstream dam

In a case study of dams on the upper Missouri River, USGS researchers have demonstrated that an upstream dam is still a major control of river dynamics where the backwater effects of a downstream reservoir begin. In light of this finding, the conventional understanding of how a dam can influence a river may have to be adjusted to account for the fact that effects of river dams can interact with one another. (more…)

Aerologie und Sondierung der Atmosphäre

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2014Environmentaerologie, atmosphaere, das wetter, deutscher wetterdienst, die temperatur, frankreich, gewittervorhersag, luft, meteorologe, michael tiefgraber, pawel moltschanow, pionieren robert bureau, russland, satellit tiros, sondierung, troposphaere, usa, wetter in europa

Die Aerologie als wichtiges Teilgebiet der Meteorologie beschäftigt
sich mit dem Zustand der Atmosphäre bis in große Höhen.
Erst durch die Kenntnis der Temperatur, der Feuchte und des Druckes
der Luft bis in Höhen um 12 km ist es möglich die großräumigen
Strömungsverhältnisse und zum Beispiel die Vorgänge der
Wolkenbildung, somit “das Wetter”, zu verstehen und in weiterer Folge
vorherzusagen. (more…)

Book explains astrobiology for a general audience

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2014Scienceacid, acknowledge the wonder, alkaline, astrobiology, d h lawrence, david catling, enceladus, europa, extraterrestrial microbes, geology, icy particles, mars, moon of jupiter, moon of saturn, origin of life, oxford university press, ph, planetary science, plume, political realms, seafloor, solar system, southwest native americans, united states

In the late 1990s, the University of Washington created what was arguably the world’s first graduate program in astrobiology, aimed at preparing scientists to hunt for life away from Earth. In 2001, David Catling became one of the first people brought to the UW specifically to teach astrobiology.

Catling, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, is the author of Astrobiology: A Very Short Introduction, the 370^th offering in the Oxford University Press series of “very short introduction” books by experts in various fields. Catling was commissioned by editors to write the book, which was published in the United States on Jan. 1. Following are his answers to some questions about the book and astrobiology. (more…)

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