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Animal Trapping Records Reveal Strong Wolf Effect Across North America

As coyotes have expanded in North America, they have become a major cause of concern for the livestock industry.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Scientists have used coyote and red fox fur trapping records across North America to document how the presence of wolves influences the balance of smaller predators further down the food chain.

From Alaska and Yukon to Nova Scotia and Maine, the researchers have demonstrated that a “wolf effect” exists, favoring red foxes where wolves are present and coyotes where wolves are absent.

Researchers May Have Found The Key to Extending the Lives of ALS Patients

ALS was first identified as a progressive and fatal neurodegenerative disease in the late 1800's. Patients

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Researchers have determined that a copper compound known for decades may form the basis for a therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease.

In a new study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience, scientists from Australia, the United States (Oregon), and the United Kingdom showed in laboratory animal tests that oral intake of this compound significantly extended the lifespan and improved the locomotor function of transgenic mice that are genetically engineered to develop this debilitating and terminal disease.

Oregon Researchers Successfully Tracking Memories in Real Time

The new findings show that EEG measures of synchronized neural activity can precisely track the contents of memory at almost the speed of thought. Successfully

(EUGENE, Ore. ) - University of Oregon researchers have tapped the rhythm of memories as they occur in near real time in the human brain.

Researchers May Have Found Key to Ending Bladder Cancer in Dogs and Humans

The group of proteins identified in this research already have a 90 percent accuracy, and researchers say they hope to improve upon that with continued research.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Veterinary researchers at Oregon State University have identified a unique group of proteins that indicate the presence of transitional cell carcinoma – the most common cause of bladder cancer – and may lead to a new assay which could better diagnose this disease in both dogs and humans.

Researchers Say Lyme Disease Was Here Before Mankind

In the United States, Europe and Asia, ticks are a more important insect vector of disease than mosquitos.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - Lyme disease is a stealthy, often misdiagnosed disease that was only recognized about 40 years ago, but new discoveries of ticks fossilized in amber show that the bacteria which cause it may have been lurking around for 15 million years – long before any humans walked on Earth.

Scientists Say Butterflies May Hold The Key to Evolution Theory

The evolution of life has never been simple, as Aristotle and the other early philosophers found out. But one bone or butterfly eyespot at a time, the pieces continue to come together.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - A new study of the colorful “eyespots” on the wings of some butterfly species is helping to address fundamental questions about evolution that are conceptually similar to the quandary Aristotle wrestled with about 330 B.C. - “which came first, the chicken or the egg?”

After consideration, Aristotle decided that both the egg and the chicken had always existed, which was not the right answer. The new Oregon State University research is providing a little more detail.

Antarctic Ice Sheet Unstable; Causing Rapid Sea Level Rise

Today, the annual calving of icebergs from Antarctic represents more than half of the annual loss of mass of the Antarctic Ice Sheet.

(CORVALLIS, Ore. ) - A new study has found that the Antarctic Ice Sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought coming out of the last ice age – and that shrinkage of the vast ice sheet accelerated during eight distinct episodes, causing rapid sea level rise.

The international study, funded in part by the National Science Foundation, is particularly important coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilization of part of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet has begun.

EPA Seeks Comment on Proposed Decision to Register Enlist Duo Herbicide Containing the Choline Salt of 2,4-D and Glyphosate

Public comments on the EPA’s proposed regulatory decision must be submitted no later than May 30, 2014.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The EPA is making available for a 30-day public comment period a proposed regulatory decision to register Enlist Duo containing glyphosate and the choline salt of 2,4-D for use in controlling weeds in corn and soybeans genetically engineered (GE) to tolerate 2,4-D.

Weeds are becoming increasingly resistant to glyphosate-based herbicides and are posing a problem for farmers.

Helpful Facts About Marijuana DUIs

A study published by the Journal of Law & Economics found that adoption of medical marijuana laws is associated with a decline in traffic fatalities

(WASHINGTON DC) - You may have heard the news that the Arizona State Supreme Court just ruled that motorists can’t be charged with a DUI unless they were actually impaired at the time of the stop.

Today`s Science Has Found That Mixing Honey and Cinnamon Cures Most Diseases

Interesting stuff!!
Cinnamon and Honey

(LONDON PakAlert Press) - Drug companies won’t like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and Cinnamon:

It is found that a mix of honey and Cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also note honey as very effective medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without side effects which is also a plus.