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ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news Latest News Wednesday, September 24, 2014 Featured Research from universities, journals, and other organizations Mefloquine Fails to Replace SP for Malaria Prevention During Pregnancy Sep. 23, 2014 — Two large randomized controlled trials conducted in Africa tested an alternative drug for malaria prevention in HIV-negative and HIV-positive pregnant ... full story Pregnancy and Childbirth; HIV and AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Gynecology Could Solar Energy Revolutionize Oil Sands? Infant Cooing, Babbling Linked to Hearing Ability Size Matters in Athletes' Severe Knee Injuries Dying Brain Cells Cue New Brain Cells to Grow Accuracy of Lung Cancer Screens Questioned The Fickle El Niño of 2014 Note to Young Men: Fat Doesn't Pay Well Belowground Soil Decomposition: Impact of Temp Malaria Prevention During Pregnancy New Rock Formation Discovered in Colorado newer top stories | older top stories Featured Videos from AP, Reuters, AFP, and other news services Raw: Ice Age Wooly Mammoth Remains for Sale Fox Bites Conn. Student And School Staffers In Rare Attack Will Living Glue Be A Thing? Raw: Tiger Kills Man at India Zoo All Latest News last updated on 2014-09-24 at 3:30 am EDT summaries view headlines view Energy and the Environment; Environmental Science; Renewable Energy; Water Solar Energy-Driven Process Could Revolutionize Oil Sands Tailings Reclamation Sep. 23, 2014 — A civil engineering research team has developed a new way to clean oil sands process affected water and reclaim tailings ponds in Alberta's oil sands industry. Using sunlight as a renewable ... full story Hearing Loss; Disability; Infant's Health; Down Syndrome Infant Cooing, Babbling Linked to Hearing Ability, Researcher Finds Sep. 23, 2014 — Infant vocalizations are primarily motivated by infants' ability to hear their own babbling, research shows. Additionally, infants with profound hearing loss who received cochlear implants to ... full story Sports Medicine; Sports; Sports Science; Accident and Trauma Does Size Matter? MRI Measures of Joint's Geometry Suggest Role in Athletes' Severe Knee Injuries Sep. 23, 2014 — With only 200-300,000 per year, ACL injuries are far less common than ankle ligament injuries, which number more than two million annually. But ACL injuries can end sports careers and are proven to ... full story Brain Tumor; Stem Cells; Nervous System; Biology Dying Brain Cells Cue New Brain Cells to Grow in Songbird Sep. 23, 2014 — Using a songbird as a model, scientists have described a brain pathway that replaces cells that have been lost naturally and not because of injury. If scientists can further tap into the process, it ... full story Lung Disease; Lung Cancer; Diseases and Conditions; Cystic Fibrosis Study Questions Accuracy of Lung Cancer Screens in Some Geographic Regions Sep. 23, 2014 — FDG-PET technology is less accurate in diagnosing lung cancer versus benign disease in regions where infections like histoplasmosis or tuberculosis are common, a new study suggests. Misdiagnosis of ... full story Space Station; Space Missions; NASA; Space Exploration Fourth Dragon for Commercial Resupply Services Arrives at International Space Station Sep. 23, 2014 — The Dragon commercial cargo craft has completed a two day trip to the International Space Station after launching early Sunday morning. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman and European Space Agency astronaut ... full story Space Policy; Floods; Geography; Earth Science U.S. Releases Enhanced Shuttle Land Elevation Data Sep. 23, 2014 — High-resolution topographic data generated from NASA's Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) in 2000, previously only available for the United States, will be released globally over the next ... full story Air Quality; Global Warming; Climate; Environmental Policies NASA, Partners Target Megacities Carbon Emissions Sep. 23, 2014 — The Megacities project combines direct surface measurements of urban greenhouse gases from instruments located in air sampling stations atop radio towers and buildings, with broader, denser ... full story El Nino and La Nina; Oceanography; Severe Weather; Earth Science The Fickle El Niño of 2014 Sep. 23, 2014 — Prospects have been fading for an El Niño event in 2014, but now there's a glimmer of hope for a very modest comeback. Scientists warn that unless these developing weak-to-modest El Niño ... full story Earth Science; Natural Disasters; Geology; Environmental Issues New ISERV Tool Enables Rapid View of Earth Images from Space Sep. 23, 2014 — A new user-friendly online resource will provide images from a space station camera with nearly two years of images to share. The interface is a world map that links to thousands of images made by ... full story Obesity; Diet and Weight Loss; Children's Health; Teen Health Note to Young Men: Fat Doesn't Pay Well Sep. 23, 2014 — Men who are already obese as teenagers could grow up to earn up to 18 percent less than their peers of normal weight, researchers report. The team compared extensive information from Sweden, the ... full story Language Acquisition; Child Development; Literacy; Social Psychology Surveys May Assess Language More Than Attitudes, Says Study Sep. 23, 2014 — Scientists who study patterns in survey results might be dealing with data on language rather than what they're really after -- attitudes -- according to an international ... full story Educational Policy; K-12 Education; Educational Psychology; Learning Disorders 'Brain Breaks' Increase Activity, Educational Performance in Elementary Schools Sep. 23, 2014 — A recent survey about an exercise DVD that adds short breaks of physical activity into the daily routine of elementary school students found it had a high level of popularity with both students and ... full story Caregiving; Stroke Prevention; Stroke; Elder Care Foot Drop Stimulator Found to Be Beneficial in Stroke Rehab Sep. 23, 2014 — Use of a foot drop stimulator during a task-specific movement for 4 weeks can retrain the neuromuscular system, a study demonstrates. This finding indicates that applying the foot drop stimulator as ... full story Global Warming; Soil Types; Nature; Forest Impact of Temperature on Belowground Soil Decomposition Sep. 23, 2014 — Earth's soils store four times more carbon than the atmosphere and small changes in soil carbon storage can have a big effect on atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. A new paper concludes ... full story Pregnancy and Childbirth; HIV and AIDS; Infectious Diseases; Gynecology Mefloquine Fails to Replace SP for Malaria Prevention During Pregnancy Sep. 23, 2014 — Two large randomized controlled trials conducted in Africa tested an alternative drug for malaria prevention in HIV-negative and HIV-positive pregnant ... full story Ice Ages; Geology New Rock Formation Discovered in Colorado Sep. 23, 2014 — An astonishing new rock formation has been revealed in the Colorado Rockies, and it exists in a deeply perplexing relationship with older rocks. Named the Tava sandstone, this sedimentary rock forms ... full story Materials Science; Chemistry; Energy Technology; Inorganic Chemistry Interface Surprises May Motivate Novel Oxide Electronic Devices Sep. 23, 2014 — Complex oxides have long tantalized the materials science community for their promise in next-generation energy and information technologies. Complex oxide crystals combine oxygen atoms with assorted ... full story Educational Policy; Medical Education and Training; Education and Employment; Teen Health Medical Students Who Attended Community College Likelier to Serve Poor Communities Sep. 23, 2014 — Among students who apply to and attend medical school, those from underrepresented minority backgrounds are more likely than white and Asian students to have attended a community college at some ... full story Marine Biology; Fish; Oceanography; Global Warming Big Changes in Sargasso Sea's Seaweed Populations Sep. 23, 2014 — In the region of the North Pacific known as the Sargasso Sea, circling ocean currents accumulate mats of Sargassum seaweed that shelter a surprising variety of fishes, snails, crabs, and other small ... full story Load More Stories Subscribe for Free Stay up to date with ScienceDaily's Latest News, delivered daily to your email inbox or RSS reader: Email Newsletter RSS Feed Latest News Top News Health Health & Medicine Mind & Brain Living Well Physical/Tech Space & Time Matter & Energy Computers & Math Environment Plants & Animals Earth & Climate Fossils & Ruins Society & Education Science & Society Business & Industry Education & Learning Quirky Strange & Offbeat Search ScienceDaily Number of stories in archives: 140,361 Find with keyword(s): Enter a keyword or phrase to search ScienceDaily for related topics and research stories. 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