Sentences with phrase «controversial studies»

Paleoclimatology gives some limits on how frequent have major variations been, but interpreting the time series is certainly very difficult — more difficult than the well known controversial studies assumed.

Two investigators whose controversial studies on deadly avian influenza viruses are among 11 on hold welcomed the end of the pause.

ONE of two controversial studies of H5N1 bird flu, held back because of fears about bioterrorism, has finally been published this week.

For example, FASEB took no position this year on federal funding of human stem cell research, while ASCB lobbied intensely in favor of government backing for the controversial studies.

After 2 days of U.S. meetings, researchers say they are ready to lift self - imposed ban on controversial studies

«It takes time to shut down research, and it takes time to start it back up,» said virologist Ron Fouchier of Erasmus MRC in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, who led one of the controversial studies.

Last month, after a 2 - day international meeting on the issue hosted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, which funded the two controversial studies, key researchers and government officials said that they expected the moratorium to end soon.

Controversial studies of animals containing human stem cells could be funded if they pass agency ethics review

We take a close look at two big, controversial studies that examine carbon emissions from the ecosystems torn down to produce biofuels.

Two groups of scientists who carried out highly controversial studies with the avian influenza virus H5N1 have reluctantly agreed to strike certain details from manuscripts describing their work after having been asked to do so by a U.S. biosecurity council.

When politicians want to cut funding, he notes, they focus on specific controversial studies or areas — such as climate change, stem cells or genetically modified organisms.

«Will young scientists shy away from controversial studies if they fear their work will constantly be under attack?»

Experiments show they can replicate themselves, and controversial studies show they contain rudimentary genetic material.

Perhaps the light at the end of the tunnel is that the debate has sparked conversation about how to handle such controversial studies.

A while back, we reported on the difficulties and career damage that can befall academic researchers who undertake controversial studies.

Meanwhile, debates were held on the Environment and Industrial Relations as the WA government released a controversial study.

Even in Silicon Valley, experiments regarding the adoption of a universal basic income have been hotly debated — and incubator Y Combinator has embarked on a controversial study of such a move.

Controversial Study Says Microwaving Tea Might Be Healthiest Way To Brew It.

Regnerus (the same sociologist behind a controversial study of how children of same - sex couples fare) says cheap sex — sex with little cost as far as time or emotional investment — is behind a host of societal ills, from fewer people marrying to the rise of unmarriageable men to more people living together to more children being born outside of marriage — you get the idea.

The grassroots survey, which is not sanctioned by a government agency, was announced Tuesday at the New York state Capitol, where Health Department officials in June released the results of a controversial study they said found no evidence of increased cancer rates in Hoosick Falls.

A controversial study infects people with schistosomiasis to speed up drug and vaccine development.

FLAGGED A certain pattern of chemical tags on DNA shows up more often in gay men than in straight men, a controversial study in twins suggests.

Today, a highly controversial study in which researchers synthesized a smallpox relative from scratch is finally seeing the light of day.

A controversial study on twins claims to provide evidence that the genes we inherit have a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

► «A controversial study that showed genetically engineered golden rice could alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children was retracted» because of concerns about whether the authors behaved ethically in their work with the children in China who participated in the nutritional trial, Erik Stokstad wrote at ScienceInsider last Friday.

Forty years ago, a highly controversial study warned that we had to curb growth or risk global meltdown.

HERE FIRST An unidentified Homo species pounded apart mastodon bones with large stones in southern California around 130,700 years ago, a controversial study concludes.

Since a controversial study in the 1990s reported that linemen have triple the risk of death from cardiovascular disease compared with other players, researchers have paid particular attention to the health consequences of playing football.

That result contrasts sharply with a controversial study published just over a year ago in Science that suggested that a mixture of prairie grasses farmed with little fertilizer or other inputs would produce a higher net energy yield than ethanol produced from corn (Science, 8 December 2006, p. 1598).

UT has been clobbered with a tough outside review, made public yesterday by Provost Steven Leslie, of blunders in a controversial study on the use of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas, known as «fracking.»

A controversial study of hydraulic fracking will be reviewed by an independent panel of experts.

In 2009 a controversial study published in Science made an extraordinary claim: Chronic fatigue syndrome, whose cause had long been unknown, could be linked to a retrovirus that first arose in mice.

Controversial study of evolutionary relationships could «rewrite textbooks, redesign museum exhibits»

A controversial study revealing how H5N1 can mutate into a pandemic threat has been published after much delay.

A highly controversial study in which researchers synthesized the horsepox virus from scratch was finally published in PLOS ONE on 19 January.

But a controversial study suggests that trees may control the temperature of their leaves, keeping them at a balmy 21.4 °C on average regardless of how cold the air gets.

In 2013, the science committee subpoenaed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over communications related to a controversial study on the health effects of air pollution known as the Harvard Six Cities Study.

As a controversial study of the H5N1 avian influenza virus published online today in Science shows, researchers are keenly interested in how mutations in the virus» genes might enable it to become transmissible in humans.

A controversial study has suggested that the neurodegenerative disease might be transferred from one person to another.

Controversial study shows how hard it is for science to crack one of nature's slipperiest mysteries

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) today delivered its final verdict on a controversial study that examined the toxicity of genetically modified (GM) maize.

The toll of war victims, like these remains in Bosnia, may be grossly underestimated according to a controversial study.

A controversial study on twins claims to provide strong evidence that genetic inheritance has a bigger impact on exam success than schooling and parenting.

However, Holen and Deméré are prepared to answer questions, which they are aware could come up once the controversial study is publicized.

In 2012, a controversial study challenged previously accepted ideas about the mechanisms through which climate change will affect our weather: Warmer temperatures will result in more heat waves, hotter summers will bring worse droughts, the warmer atmosphere will hold more water, resulting in heavier precipitation and flooding.

Highly controversial study places birthplace of hominin line outside of Africa, contrary to long held, popular thinking.

The federal agency made the announcement after completing a review of the results of a controversial study, known as the ENHANCE trial.

In the end, this study would have been never looked at again, except that social media loves a good controversial study that confirms what everybody wants to believe.

In response to this controversial study, the American Journal of Epidemiology published research in March contradicting Flegal's findings.

Some of them post their feelings online — on Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and any other site they can Men who watch soft - core porn are more likely to have a negative view of women, controversial study claims.