Several weeks ago Professor Dickman, from the University of Sydney’s Faculty of Science, estimated that 480 million animals would be killed by the fires.
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Greening at High Latitudes May Inhibit the Expansion of Midlatitude Deserts
Desertification has always been a serious challenge for human beings, especially in arid and semi-arid regions.
Tea Drinkers Live Longer
Drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life, according to a study published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Penn Medicine Shows Giving Entire Course of Radiation Treatment in Less Than a Second is Feasible
Cancer patients may one day be able to get their entire course of radiation therapy in less than a second rather than coming in for treatment over the course of several weeks, and researchers in the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have taken the first steps toward making it a reality.
Losing a Night of Sleep May Increase Blood Levels of Alzheimer’s Biomarker
A preliminary study by researchers at Uppsala University has found that when young, healthy men were deprived of just one night of sleep, they had higher levels of tau – a biomarker for Alzheimer’s disease – in their blood than when they had a full, uninterrupted night of rest.
Emergence of Calorie Burning Fat Cells
Our fat cells, technically referred to as adipocytes, play an essential role in regulating energy balance in our body.