FSU researcher: As gas prices climb, employee productivity plummets
May 05, 2008 |
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Rising gas prices are affecting more than the family budget. More pain at the pump results in more employee stress on the job, says Wayne Hochwarter, the Jim Moran Professor of Management at Florida State ...
Iron supplements might harm infants who have enough
May 05, 2008 |
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A new study suggests that extra iron for infants who don't need it might delay development -- results that fuel the debate over optimal iron supplement levels and could have huge implications for the baby formula and food ...
Talking up a new role for cell phones in telemedicine
May 05, 2008 |
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After launching a communications revolution, cell phones are talking up a potentially life-saving new role in telemedicine — the use of telecommunications technology to provide medical diagnosis and patient ...
Space Shuttle Discovery Arrives at Launch Pad, Countdown Test Set
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 05, 2008 |
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After safely reaching its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, space shuttle Discovery now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-124 mission. A launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal ...
Researchers use cyberinfrastructure to standardize water data collections
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 05, 2008 |
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Like the popular children’s song “There’s a Hole in My Bucket,” in which Liza and Henry try to patch a leaking pail, researchers with the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego are plugging a hole in the data management ...
'Deaf by God' tried in Old Bailey records
May 05, 2008 |
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Deaf people on trial were granted the right to an interpreter as early as 1725, according to Old Bailey records examined by UCL (University College London) scientists. The use of family and friends to interpret court proceedings ...
Preference for Alcohol in Adolescence May Lead to Heavy Drinking
May 05, 2008 |
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Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have shown a connection between early drinking patterns and a tendency to be a heavy drinker in adulthood, in a study of adolescent rats.
Study assesses TV viewing and verbal interactions among low-income parents and infants
May 05, 2008 |
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Mothers in low-income families seldom speak to their infants while the children are watching television or videos, which most do on a daily basis, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Me ...
Short arms and legs linked to risk of dementia
May 05, 2008 |
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People with shorter arms and legs may be at a higher risk for developing dementia later in life compared to people with longer arms and legs, according to a study published in the May 6, 2008, bonus issue of Neurology, the me ...
Combined physical and genetic map finds cancer's 'ignition key'
May 05, 2008 |
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Whole-organ maps that superimpose genetic information over the terrain of cancerous bladders chart the molecular journey from normal cell to invasive cancer, an international research team led by scientists at The University ...
EGFR protects cancer cells from starvation via a kinase-independent mechanism
May 05, 2008 |
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Scientists have uncovered a previously unrealized mechanism by which the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a tyrosine kinase, promotes survival of cancer cells through a kinase-independent mechanism. The research, ...
Piecing together the next generation of cognitive robots
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 05, 2008 |
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Building robots with anything akin to human intelligence remains a far off vision, but European researchers are making progress on piecing together a new generation of machines that are more aware of their ...
Fewer strokes for focused folks
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 05, 2008 |
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A video game developed by a McGill University psychologist has already been shown to reduce stress and improve performance among telemarketers by training the mind to ignore negative social responses. New studies now indicate ...
Cells lining milk ducts hold key to spread of common form of breast cancer
May 05, 2008 |
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When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells ...
Sudden death of a parent may pose mental health risks for children, surviving caregivers
May 05, 2008 |
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Children who had a parent who died suddenly have three times the risk of depression than those with two living parents, along with an increased risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) according to a report in the May ...
