News articles tagged with 'Asia' (Page 3)
Intervention needed for Asian mothers, babies
— 12 Jul 2008 18:57 | HealthA major international study involving the University of Adelaide, Australia, has shown that intervention is needed in South-East Asia to improve the health of pregnant women and their…
A microsatellite-guided insight into the genetic status of the Adi tribe
— 3 Jul 2008 10:01 | BiologyNorth-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically…
Researchers discover the travel patterns of seasonal flu
— 17 Apr 2008 14:06 | HealthOutbreaks of the most common type of influenza virus, A (H3N2), are seeded by viruses that originate in East and Southeast Asia and migrate around the world, new research has found.…
Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again - in Borneo
— 17 Apr 2008 12:26 | BiologyThe Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race - accidentally saved from extinction…
Why migratory birds from Asia land in Europe?
— 9 Apr 2008 15:57 | BiologyMigratory birds make mistakes in terms of direction, but not distance. These are the findings of a team of ornithologists and ecologists from the University of Marburg, the Ornithological…
Satellite measures pollution from east Asia to North America
— 18 Mar 2008 12:10 | EnvironmentIn a new NASA study, researchers taking advantage of improvements in satellite sensor capabilities offer the first measurement-based estimate of the amount of pollution from East Asian…
Impoverished areas of Africa and Asia face severe crop losses from climate change in 20 years
— 1 Feb 2008 19:33 | HealthMany of the world's poorest regions could face severe crop losses in the next two decades because of climate change, according to a new study by researchers at Stanford University's…
New data analysis conclusive about release of carbon dioxide from peatland
— 3 Dec 2007 19:20 | EnvironmentA new data analysis undertaken by Dr Susan Page of the University of Leicester Department of Geography and colleagues involved in the EU-funded CARBOPEAT and RESTORPEAT projects shows…
Researchers posit new ideas about human migration from Asia to Americas
— 27 Oct 2007 07:38 | Geology and palaeontologyQuestions about human migration from Asia to the Americas have perplexed anthropologists for decades, but as scenarios about the peopling of the New World come and go, the big questions…
Environmental setting of human migrations in the circum-Pacific region
— 11 Oct 2007 07:17 | Geology and palaeontologyA new study by Kevin Pope of Geo Eco Arc Research and John Terrell of The Field Museum adds insight into the migration of anatomically modern humans out of Africa and into Asia less…