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Bringing Passito to America

By Guest PostJanuary 5, 2012Sciencedessert wine, ice wine, ice wine grapes, passito, straw wine

EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher is working with vintners to introduce passito, an age-old Italian wine to the United States. (more…)

Investment Risk Tolerance Affected by Age, Economic Climate, MU Study Shows

By Guest PostJanuary 5, 2012Economyasset preservation, client education, counter productive strategy, economic climate, economic outlook, federal reserve board, financial planners, financial risk, investment goals, investors, market fluctuations, pragmatic relationship, risk tolerance, risks, rui yao, steady source of income, stock market, time period, turbulent economy, u.s economy, united states, university of missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – As the U.S. economy continues to lag, many investors remain wary about taking risks with the stock market. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have concluded that this attitude toward investment risk-taking is influenced by the age of the investor and the economic climate of the time period. Rui Yao, an assistant professor of personal financial planning in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at MU, found that willingness to take financial risks, or “risk tolerance,” decreases as investors age.

“Age has a pragmatic relationship with financial risk,” Yao said. “Each additional year of life represents a shortened time horizon for recouping market losses. In addition, individuals approaching or in retirement may shift focus from asset accumulation to asset preservation. These individuals may become relatively more concerned about potential loss of money when they are closer to retirement or no longer have a steady source of income.” (more…)

Upper Atmosphere Facilitates Changes That Let Mercury Enter Food Chain

By Guest PostJanuary 5, 2012Environmentaquatic ecosystems, atmosphere, bacteria, bangor, broomfield, chemical reactor, climate conditions, coal burning in asia, daniel jaffe, ecosystem impacts, Europe, food chain, humans, lower stratosphere, maine, mercury, mercury contaminated fish, mercury emissions, metallic element, methyl mercury, North America, oxidation, oxidized mercury, research aircraft, seth lyman, southwest united states, university of washington bothell, upper atmosphere, upper troposphere, vapor

Humans pump thousands of tons of vapor from the metallic element mercury into the atmosphere each year, and it can remain suspended for long periods before being changed into a form that is easily removed from the atmosphere.

New research shows that the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere work to transform elemental mercury into oxidized mercury, which can easily be deposited into aquatic ecosystems and ultimately enter the food chain. (more…)

Prehistoric Predators with Supersized Teeth Had Beefier Arm Bones

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2012Sciencearm bones, barbourofelids, carnivores, catlike cousins, chicken and egg question, colossal canines, cross section, dimensions of the teeth, durham, environmental challenges, extinct cats, extinct predators, fangs, Julie Meachen, meat eaters, museum specimen, national science foundation, NESCent, nimravids, north Carolina, saber toothed cats, Saber toothed tigers, saran twombly, toothiest prehistoric predators

*Combination of colossal canines and forceful forelimbs arose repeatedly over time*

The toothiest prehistoric predators also had beefier arm bones, according to results of a study published today in the journal Paleobiology.

Saber-toothed tigers may come to mind, but these extinct cats weren’t the only animals with fearsome fangs.

Take the false saber-toothed cats–also known as nimravids–and their catlike cousins, a family of carnivores called the barbourofelids. (more…)

Nitrogen From Humans Pollutes Remote Lakes For More Than A Century

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2012Environmentagricultural fertilizers, burning fossil fuel, human derived nitrogen, nitrogen from humans, nitrogen pollution

Nitrogen derived from human activities has polluted lakes throughout the Northern Hemisphere for more than a century and the fingerprint of these changes is evident even in remote lakes located thousands of miles from the nearest city, industrial area or farm. (more…)

Yahoo! Appoints Scott Thompson Chief Executive Officer

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2012Technologychief executive officer, industry innovation, yahoo board, yahoo inc

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Yahoo! Inc., the premier digital media company, today announced the appointment of Scott Thompson as Chief Executive Officer, effective January 9, 2012 , at which time Tim Morse will resume his role as Chief Financial Officer. Thompson has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors, effective January 9, 2012. (more…)

MSU Scientists Crack Medieval Bone Code

By Guest PostJanuary 4, 2012Sciencebone specialists, byzantine era skeletons, dna testing, infection from brucellosis, medieval bone code, medieval burial site, skeletal remains

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Two teams of Michigan State University researchers – one working at a medieval burial site in Albania, the other at a DNA lab in East Lansing – have shown how modern science can unlock the mysteries of the past. (more…)

Ovarian Cancer Study Proves Drug Delays Disease Progression

By Guest PostJanuary 3, 2012Healthamerican study, amit oza, avastin, bevacizumab, blood vessels, brain, breast, canada, canadian cancer society, caz zyvatkauskas, colorectal, disease, drug, kidney, lung, oncologist, ovarian cancer, starving the cancer, timothy perren, tumours, university of toronto, women

*U of T, U.K. study focused on Avastin*

Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, according to an international clinical trial co-led by Drs. Amit Oza of the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Timothy Perren of St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds, U.K.

The findings, published on Dec. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine, report that the drug halted the cancer’s return for two months overall. However, for women with the highest risk disease, the delay was five to six months and in this group, the findings also indicate a strong trend to improved overall survival, which is being analysed until 2013. (more…)

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