Black college students get better grades with white roommate: study
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A new study of college freshman suggests that African Americans may obtain higher grades if they live with a white roommate. A detailed study of students at a large, predominantly-white university revealed that while living ...
High blood pressure may make it difficult for the elderly to think clearly
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Adding another reason for people to watch their blood pressure, a new study from North Carolina State University shows that increased blood pressure in older adults is directly related to decreased cognitive functioning, ...
Researchers map new path to colon cancer therapy
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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have identified a promising new target in the battle against colorectal cancer — a biochemical pathway critical to the spread of tumors to new locations in the body. ...
We've got your number: Consumers choose products with more technical specs
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Many products have numbers attached: megapixels for cameras, wattage ratings for stereos, cotton counts for sheets. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that consumers are heavily influenced by quantitative specif ...
Shared survival mechanism explains why 'good' nerve cells last and 'bad' cancer cells flourish
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Cancer cells and nervous system neurons may not look or act alike, but both use strikingly similar ways to survive, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Does global warming lead to a change in upper atmospheric transport?
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate change. Surprisingly, Dr. Andreas Engel together with ...
Greenland's glaciers losing ice faster this year than last year, which was record-setting itself
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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Researchers watching the loss of ice flowing out from the giant island of Greenland say that the amount of ice lost this summer is nearly three times what was lost one year ago.
Scientists solve failed vaccine mystery
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Research led by Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists has figured out why a respiratory syncytial virus vaccine used in 1966 to inoculate children against the infection instead caused severe respiratory disease and effectively ...
High pesticide levels found in fruit-based drinks in some countries outside U. S.
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In the first worldwide study of pesticides in fruit-based soft drinks, researchers in Spain are reporting relatively high levels of pesticides in drinks in some countries, especially the United Kingdom and ...
MIT report outlines goals for future of human space program
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by MIT researchers releases today the most comprehensive independent review of the future of the nation’s human spaceflight program undertaken in many years. The report recommends setting loftier ...
New psychotherapy has potential to treat majority of cases of eating disorders
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Wellcome Trust researchers have developed a new form of psychotherapy that has been shown to have the potential to treat more than eight out of ten cases of eating disorders in adults, a study out today reports.
Nature, nanotechnology fuse in electric yarn that detects blood
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A carbon nanotube-coated "smart yarn" that conducts electricity could be woven into soft fabrics that detect blood and monitor health, engineers at the University of Michigan have demonstrated.
Tracking community-wide drug use by testing water at sewage treatment plants
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Scientists in Oregon and Washington State are reporting the development and successful testing of a new method for determining the extent of illicit drug use in entire communities from water flushed down toilets that enters ...
Safety Can be Learned - and Helps Combat Depression
Dec 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Learning a feeling of safety activates cellular and molecular processes that act against depression. This has been analysed using a new animal model that helps examine and explain the relevant ...
For best results, ask a few thought-provoking questions
Dec 15, 2008 |
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The next time a telemarketer opens with a friendly question, you might stop and wonder why. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that it is surprisingly effective when salespeople or fundraisers ask how yo ...
