(AFX UK Focus) 2010-07-01 22:28 PRESS DIGEST-Australian General News - July 2
Interactive Investor Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:31 PM PDT
Compiled for Reuters by Media Monitors. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. THE AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW (www.afr.com) New South Wales (NSW) Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell yesterday promised to establish an infrastructure advisory body and a seed fund for projects, if elected as the next premier. Mr O'Farrell also ... |
Stem Cells From Human Blood Can Be Reprogrammed
Wired News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:48 PM PDT
Blood drawn with a simple needle stick can be coaxed into producing stem cells that may have the ability to form any type of tissue in the body, according to new research. The new technique will allow scientists to tap a large, readily available source of personalized stem cells. |
Tait an Ashes chance?
sportal.com.au Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:40 PM PDT
Shaun Tait's successful NatWest Series rehabilitation is already raising the question of whether his body could withstand a return to Test, and specifically Ashes, cricket too. |
Tibetan adaptation to high altitude occurred in less than 3,000 years
Science Daily Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:31 PM PDT
Scientists have compared the genomes of 50 Tibetans living above 14,000 feet to 40 Han Chinese living at essentially sea level. They found that within the last 3,000 years, Tibetans evolved genetic mutations in a number of genes having to do with how the body deals with oxygen, making it possible for Tibetans to thrive at high altitudes while their Han relatives cannot. |
Full-Body Airport Scanners May Pose Cancer Risk
First Coast News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:26 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- Security officials increasingly rely on full-body scanners to screen passengers, but could those machines pose a cancer risk to airline customers? |
MCG Branches Officially Consolidate
Georgia Public Broadcasting Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT
Governor Sonny Purdue and Regents Chancellor Errol B. Davis were among those who attended the signing ceremony. It marked the joining of MCG its hospital system and physicians practice group under a single governing body. Heading up the new board is MCG's new President Dr. read more |
Tibetans adapted to high altitude in less than 3,000 years
UC Berkeley NewsCenter Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:11 PM PDT
UC Berkeley and researchers in China teamed up to compare the genomes of Tibetans living above 14,000 feet to Han Chinese living at sea level. They found that within the last 3,000 years, Tibetans evolved genetic mutations in a number of genes having to do with how the body deals with oxygen, making it possible for Tibetans to thrive at high altitudes while their Han relatives cannot. |
Exploratory Study: High BMI Linked to Proximity to Convenience Stores
PhysOrg Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:39 AM PDT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo conducting a neighborhood-scaled exploratory study that tested the association between the food environment, the built environment and women's body mass index (BMI) have found that women with homes closer to a supermarket, relative to a convenience store, had lower BMIs, and that the greater the number of restaurants within a five minute ... |
New laws in effect Thursday
KING5 Seattle Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:05 AM PDT
A number of new laws took effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday ranging from what you put on your body to what you put in it. |
Balance your Chakras lately? Try JJ Esoteric Healing
Naples Daily News Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:54 AM PDT
Every day pressures from family, work, and tight schedules can wreak havoc on a person’s mental and emotional well being. But a local Esoteric Healing Practitioner aims to change the way people bounce back into the swing of healthy living. For Bernadette Bloom, it is about detecting health problems, before disease manifests itself in the human body. |
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