[In Brief] News at a glance
In science news around the world, a new study finds that hundreds of mammals around the world are now being hunted to extinction, the U.S. Department of the Treasury authorizes U.S. biomedical and public health scientists to freely collaborate with their Cuban counterparts, U.K. scientists debate a controversial bill that would set up an organization to oversee the country's research funding, Brazilian scientists worry over how a pending constitutional amendment capping public spending will affect science research, and world leaders meet in Rwanda and agree to curb the use of hydrofluorocarbons. Also, a silica-rich ocean m...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 20, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Science Magazine (mailto:soleditor at aaas.org) Tags: SCI COMMUN Source Type: news
Receding glaciers in Bolivia leave communities at risk
Bolivian glaciers shrunk by 43% between 1986 and 2014, and will continue to diminish if temperatures in the region continue to increase. Glacier recession is leaving lakes that could burst and wash away villages or infrastructure downstream, warns one expert. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 20, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
10,000 Critically Endangered Frogs Have Suddenly Died In Peru's Lake Titicaca
Peruvian authorities are investigating the deaths of over 10,000 critically endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca.
The cause of the Titicaca water frog massacre remains a mystery, though local activists have said water pollution and government negligence are to blame.
The creature, also known as the Titicaca scrotum frog because of the folds in its skin, is endemic to the large freshwater lake that spans from Peru to Bolivia.
Once common in the area, the frog has been driven to near-extinction in recent decades by habitat degradation and harvesting for human consumption. Since 1990, the frogs’ population has decline...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - October 19, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
A fresh approach to water security
Local people have more power than they think to adapt to new water supply patterns from climate change. An EU-funded project is helping communities in tropical forests in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile self-organise to ensure secure access to water and wiser use of resources. (Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre)
Source: EUROPA - Research Information Centre - October 19, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: news
Pensions for All
Jomo Kwame Sundaram was United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development. Rob Vos is Director of Agricultural Development Economics at FAO and was Director of Development Policy Analysis at the UN Secretariat.By Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Rob VosKUALA LUMPUR and ROME, Oct 1 2016 (IPS)October 1st is the International Day of Older Persons. Just another day? Perhaps, but it should remind us that the world’s population is ageing, brought about by the combined effects of declining mortality and fertility rates and longer longevity. By mid-century, one out of five people will be over 65 compared to over one in ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - October 1, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jomo Kwame Sundaram and Rob Vos Tags: Aid Gender Global Headlines Health Labour Poverty & SDGs Source Type: news
Contrary to popular belief, coca not the driving force of deforestation, report reveals
Most of the world ’s coca—the plant source of cocaine—grows in the Amazon forests of the Andean countries of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, where many think this illicit crop causes deforestation. However, a team of researchers shows that most deforestation isn’t caused by coca cultivation. In fact, the study fo und that deforestation and coca both share a common origin in the implementation of an infrastructure plan from the 1960s to open the Amazon frontier through road construction and development projects. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - September 29, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
The Heart of Mental Health and Well-Being at the United Nations
In the normally staid halls of the U.N., energy exploded as Bolivian musician Hillario Soto entered a large conference room at the back, playing his home-made bass flute, followed Pied-Piper-style by a troupe of musicians, adult vocalists, and youth singers.
Leading the revelry on keyboards was internationally-acclaimed composer and singer/songwriter Russell Daisey performing his original anthem "Happy People, Happy Planet" that celebrates a joyful connection between people and the environment.
Bass flute player Hillario Soto leading the troupe in the event open.
Photo: Mamadou Dabo.
As they paraded down the aisle to...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Increased wildfire risk driven by climate and development interactions in the Bolivian Chiquitania, Southern Amazonia - Devisscher T, Anderson LO, Arag ão LE, Galván L, Malhi Y.
This study focused on the Bolivian Chiquitania, a region located at the southern edge of Amazonia. Th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - September 23, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Varian releases new version of analytics software
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has released version 1.2 of its...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 19, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
FDA clears Varian's Nexus DR system
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received 510(k) clearance...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
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Varian shows slight revenue gain in Q3 (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 15, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Varian touts studies on RapidPlan software
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems' RapidPlan treatment planning...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading:
Varian adds installation in Bolivia
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Varian creates online group, installs in Ethiopia
Varian shows slight revenue gain in Q3
Varian announces name for imaging spin-off (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 12, 2016 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Latinos age slower than other ethnicities, UCLA study shows
A UCLA study is the first to show that Latinos age at a slower rate than other ethnic groups. The findings, published in the current issue of Genome Biology, may one day help scientists understand how to slow the aging process for everyone.
“Latinos live longer than Caucasians, despite experiencing higher rates of diabetes and other diseases. Scientists refer to this as the ‘Hispanic paradox,’” said lead author Steve Horvath, a professor of human genetics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “Our study helps explain this by demonstrating that Latinos age more slowly at the molecular level.”
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Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - August 17, 2016 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Twenty-six new species of minute litter bugs described in new book
(Entomological Society of America) A new book, " Pegs, Pouches, and Spines: Systematics and Comparative Morphology of the New World Litter Bug Genus Chinannus Wygodzinsky, 1948, " revises the genus Chinannus, and the authors describe 26 new species, expanding the known range to most countries between Nicaragua and Bolivia. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 10, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Parasite Wonders: The Case From Bolivia
This week's case was donated by Dr. Carlos Chaccour. The patient is a young girl living in a rural region of Bolivia who presented with a painful "pustule" on the back of her left thigh. The lesion had been present for the past four weeks. What was the parasite it contained? Every week, Mayo Clinic [...] (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - August 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Bolivia tourist guide discovers dinosaur footprint nearly 4ft wide
< p > Print, which is 80m years old and probably belonged to the meat-eating predator abelisaurus, represents one of the largest of its kind ever found < /p > < p > A footprint measuring over a meter wide that was made by a meat-eating predator some 80m years ago has been discovered in Bolivia, one of the largest of its kind ever found. < br > < /p > < p > The print, which measures nearly 4ft (1.2 metres) across, probably belonged to the abelisaurus, a biped dinosaur that once roamed South America, said Argentine paleontologist Sebastian Apesteguia, who is studying the find. < /p > < a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sc...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 26, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Reuters in Sucre Tags: Dinosaurs Science Bolivia Americas Fossils World news Source Type: news
