New study shows race significant factor in death penalty cases
May 01, 2008 |
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New research by Scott Phillips, associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver, finds that in Harris County, TX the District Attorney (DA) was more likely to pursue the death penalty when the ...
Discovery has implications for heart disease
May 01, 2008 |
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A study, led by University of Iowa researchers, reveals a new dimension for a key heart enzyme and sheds light on an important biological pathway involved in cell death in heart disease. The study, published in the May 2 ...
Study in 7,000 men and women ties obesity, inflammatory proteins to heart failure risk
May 01, 2008 |
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Heart specialists at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere report what is believed to be the first wide-scale evidence linking severe overweight to prolonged inflammation of heart tissue and the subsequent damage leading to failure ...
A consistent, worldwide association between short sleep duration and obesity
May 01, 2008 |
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A study published in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first attempt to quantify the strength of the cross-sectional relationships between duration of sleep and obesity in both children and adults. Cross-sectional ...
The technology to make 'Speed Racer' cars
May 01, 2008 |
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The opening of the new “Speed Racer” movie coming out nationally on May 9 has meant weeks of fast-paced fun for 8 juniors in the University of Cincinnati’s internationally recognized School of Design, part of UC’s top-ranked ...
In a global economy, trust is a critical commodity
May 01, 2008 |
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In the global economy, corporate collaboration is becoming a necessity, making trust critical to the success of joint business ventures. A University of Missouri study examined the effects of trust at three distinct organizational ...
Prozac may help to curb disease activity in multiple sclerosis
May 01, 2008 |
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The antidepressant Prozac may help to curb disease activity in the relapsing remitting form of multiple sclerosis (MS), reveals preliminary research published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Ps ...
Wild Sky Wilderness bill approved in House
May 01, 2008 |
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The U.S. House approved a bill creating the Wild Sky Wilderness in Washington state, officials said Wednesday.
Historic Italian cave may collapse
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 01, 2008 |
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Archaeologists are warning a signature Stone Age cavern in southern Italy, called the Paglicci Cave, is in imminent danger of collapse.
The 'choking game,' psychological distress and bullying
May 01, 2008 |
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Ontario’s youth are experiencing a different kind of high -- approximately seven percent (an estimated 79,000 students in grades 7 to 12) report participating in a thrill-seeking activity called the “choking game”, which ...
Stanford, tech giants team up to enable software for parallel computers
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 01, 2008 |
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Stanford and many of the biggest companies in computing will announce Friday, May 2, a joint effort to address a major missed opportunity in information technology: the dearth of software that can harness the parallelism ...
Young songbirds babble before they learn to sing
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May 01, 2008 |
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Young songbirds babble before they can mimic an adult’s song, much like their human counterparts. Now, in work that offers insights into how birds—and perhaps people—learn new behaviors, MIT scientists have found that immature ...
Young children rely on one sense or another, not a combination, studies find
May 01, 2008 |
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Unlike adults, children younger than eight can’t integrate different forms of sensory input to improve the accuracy with which they perceive the world around them, according to a pair of studies reported online in Current Bi ...
Woody and aquatic plants pose greatest invasive threat to China
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May 01, 2008 |
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Although China currently has fewer invasive woody plants than the United States, China’s potential for invasion by nonnative trees and shrubs is high, according to an article in the May 2008 issue of BioScience.
Largest study to date finds benefits of ICDs in children
May 01, 2008 |
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More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to maintain proper heart rhythm. ICDs were first introduced for adults in the 1980s, but little is known about ...
