http://www.yearofscience.org Science news Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:22:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.yearofscience.org/solar-storms/ [caption id="attachment_43" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Greenhouse"][/caption] At the International Climate Conference in Oxford, UK, scientists have revealed a shocking new study which studies the possible effects of a 4 degrees increase in the world.  The 130 climate researchers from the UK Met Office presented a world in which temperatures were elevated by ... http://www.yearofscience.org/greenhouse-gases-may-cause-an-increase-of-4-degrees/ [caption id="attachment_40" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Domestic Abuse"][/caption] Domestic abuse can be an embarrassing thing to admit to; doctors from around the world often struggle with obtaining the truth from their patients regarding possible domestic abuse.  They may go to a doctor's appointment to check up on health symptoms, but never reveal to ... http://www.yearofscience.org/computers-the-new-detectives-of-domestic-abuse/ [caption id="attachment_37" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Internet"][/caption] There is no other place in the world as convenient and informative as the Internet.  Whether you are yearning for a sports fix of your favorite team, keeping in touch with your friends, or playing an Internet game, the Internet has an infinite amount of things ... http://www.yearofscience.org/internet-addiction-disorder-around-the-world/ [caption id="attachment_34" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Obesity in 2008"][/caption] Obesity continues to be one of the great problems of America.  Unquestionably the most obese nation in the world, America has began to see more and more negative consequences of an obese population.  Politicians have begun to fight obesity, often through legislation.  Americans, on ... http://www.yearofscience.org/another-strike-against-obesity-cancer/ [caption id="attachment_31" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Sleep"][/caption] Alzheimer's has always been a mysterious disease.  Scientists have not yet found the cause of Alzheimer's, let alone a cure or proper treatment of it.  Recent studies show, however, that there may be a correlation between sleep and the progression of Alzheimer's.  But first, let's aim ... http://www.yearofscience.org/lack-of-sleep-may-lead-to-alzheimers/ [caption id="attachment_27" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Green Roofs"][/caption] A new green technology is here:  The Green Roof.  Kristen Getter, the leader of a study carried out at Michigan State University, examined 12 Sedum-covered roofs.  They then grew their own.  In the end, they discovered that the roofs had the ability to absorb carbon ... http://www.yearofscience.org/green-roofs-reduce-carbon-in-the-atmosphere/ [caption id="attachment_23" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Carbon nanotubes"][/caption] Carbon nanotubes are allotropes of carbon whose nanostructure is cylindrical in shape.  These nanotubes have many applications, especially in the fields of nanotechnology, electronics, and architecture.  Often used as thermal conductors, these nanotubes also host unique electrical properties and are surprisingly strong. Now these carbon nanotubes ... http://www.yearofscience.org/carbon-nanotubes-found-to-increase-plant-growth/ [caption id="attachment_20" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Nobel Prize"][/caption] The 2009 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to 3 researchers, Elizabeth Blackburn from the University of California, Carol Greider from Johns Hopkins University, and Jack Szostak of the Massachusetts General Hospital.  The 3 researchers were responsible for discovering the reason that chromosome tips preserve ... http://www.yearofscience.org/nobel-prize-in-medicine-awarded-to-chromosome-discovery/ [caption id="attachment_17" align="aligncenter" width="480" caption="Stress"][/caption] Years after the war, a veteran may end up lying on his bed all night, unable to sleep.  Flashbacks and nightmares plague his mind, and anger rushes through his veins.  It has been 2 months since he has returned from his military post, but unfortunately, the ... http://www.yearofscience.org/sleeping-pills-may-not-reduce-the-symptoms-of-posttraumatic-stress-disorder/