Daily non-political popular news in brief.
A question of trust
07-13-2007 · EurekAlert!Credit card firms and life insurance companies are the least trusted of all financial bodies in the UK, according to a unique new "Trust Index" developed at the University of Nottingham by the Financial Services Research Forum.
Read more »
Keywords: question, trust
« Previous | Next »
Similar news on "A question of trust":
- Stellar Birth Control In The Early Universe
10-02-2006 · ScienceDaily
An international team of astronomers based at Yale and Leiden University in The Netherlands found that "old stars" dominated many large galaxies in the early universe, raising the new question of why these galaxies progressed into "adulthood" so early in the life of the universe. Their results imply that the galaxies have a method of "birth control" that is very effective.
Similar news · Read more »
- Wild gorillas carriers of a SIV virus close to the AIDS virus
11-13-2006 · EurekAlert!
An article in Nature on Thursday 9/11 reports the discovery of gorillas living in the wild in Central Africa infected with an HIV-1 related virus, called SIVgor, genetically close to an HIV-1 variant called group O. This discovery ask the crucial question on the source and route for infection of the gorillas. It broadens substantially the scope of research on the ability of these viruses to cross over from one species to another.
Similar news · Read more »
- Existing research supports metabolic syndrome link to cardiovascular disease
01-22-2007 · EurekAlert!
For years cardiologists have disagreed over the condition known as metabolic syndrome. The central question of this debate has been whether the gathering of these conditions in a single person conveys a risk of heart disease greater than that conveyed by each of the components.
Similar news · Read more »
- It's only a game of chance
03-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
Cells in the central nervous system tend to communicate with each other via a wave of electrical signals that travel along neurons. The question is: How does the brain translate this information to allow us to perceive and understand the world? It was believed that these signals generated patterns that the brain could interpret; however, new research shows that such patterns may be random. These studies will contribute to the ongoing debate on neuronal coding.
Similar news · Read more »
- US control strategies may make flu epidemics worse, UCLA study shows
05-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
Public health officials say a major concern is an outright flu pandemic, such as a human strain of avian flu. It’s not a question of if such a health crisis will come but when. Are we prepared? In a word, say three UCLA researchers, no.
Similar news · Read more »
- CU researchers solve mystery of how DNA strands separate
07-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
Cornell researchers have answered a fundamental question about how two strands of DNA separate to start a process called replication, in which genes copy themselves. The research examined the role of an enzyme called a helicase, which plays a major role in separating DNA strands.
Similar news · Read more »
- Doctors and medical ethicist discuss whether doctors should participate in capital punishment
09-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
Should doctors be involved in the state-ordered administration of capital punishment? In the September issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, three anesthesiologists and a medical ethicist take an in-depth look at this question in a commentary and two editorials.
Similar news · Read more »
- Bonn astronomers simulate life and death in the universe
10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
The question of how star clusters are created from interstellar gas clouds and why they then develop in different ways has now been answered by researchers at the Argelander Institute for Astronomy at the University of Bonn with the aid of computer simulations. The scientists have solved -- at least at a theoretical level -- one of the oldest astronomical puzzles, namely the question of whether star clusters differ in their internal structure.
Similar news · Read more »
- Stanford researchers say climate change will significantly increase impending bird extinctions
12-05-2007 · EurekAlert!
Where do you go when you've reached the top of a mountain and you can't go back down? It's a question increasingly relevant to plants and animals, as their habitats slowly shift to higher elevations, driven by rising temperatures worldwide. In one of the first analyses of extinction rates to incorporate the most recent climate change scenarios set forth in the IPCC 2007 reports, Stanford researchers say that by 2100 up to 30 percent of land-bird species may be extinct.
Similar news · Read more »
- Quality not quantity important for immune response to HIV
12-17-2006 · EurekAlert!
When it comes to an immune response against HIV, research funded by the Wellcome Trust in the UK and the National Institutes of Health in the US has found that bigger is not necessarily better, contrary to conventional medical wisdom. The research may have a profound impact on the development of a vaccine against the disease.
Similar news · Read more »
