Replicating Milgram: Researcher finds most will administer shocks when prodded by 'authority figure'
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Nearly 50 years after one of the most controversial behavioral experiments in history, a social psychologist has found that people are still just as willing to administer what they believe are painful electric shocks to others ...
New study shows that a cough medicine ingredient could effectively treat prostate cancer
Dec 19, 2008 |
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A study published today in the December issue of the European medical journal Anticancer Research demonstrates that an ingredient used in a common cough suppressant may be useful in treating advanced prostate cancer. Resea ...
Fibromyalgia pain may cause memory blips
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The chronic pain from Fibromyalgia is devastating, but the suffering doesn't end there. According to a new study by the University of Alberta's Bruce Dick, people with the disease may have disruption in their ...
Study compares the racial consciousness of black and Asian-Americans
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Asian Americans are less attached to their racial identity than black Americans. This finding confirms that minority politics in the United States today is more complex than generally realized and that understanding the increasingly ...
CAT scan reveals inner workings of volcano island
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2008 |
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On the ground and in the water, an international team of researchers has been collecting imaging data on the Soufriere Hills Volcano in Montserrat to understand the internal structure of the volcano and how ...
Breathing life into injured lungs: World-first technique will expand lung donor organ pool
Dec 19, 2008 |
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For the first time in the world, transplant surgeons at Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network used a new technique to repair an injured donor lung that was unsuitable for transplant, and then successfully transplanted ...
New one-of-a-kind technology will fly on two NASA missions
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Idaho have developed unique new technology that will be used in upcoming NASA missions that will study the Earth and Sun-Earth connection.
Case Western Reserve professor helps control infectious diseases with models and math
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Can an algebraic equation hold the secret to eradicating malaria or schistosomiasis? A Case Western Reserve University mathematics professor is utilizing the combination of algorithms and models in an effort to assist his ...
ALMA observatory equipped with its first antenna
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 19, 2008 |
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High in the Atacama region in northern Chile, one of the world's most advanced telescopes has just passed a major milestone. The first of many state-of-the-art antennas has just been handed over to the Atacama ...
Lifecycles of tropical cyclones predicted in global computer model
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 19, 2008 |
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The initial results of the first computer model that simulates the global atmosphere with a detailed representation of individual clouds have been analyzed by a team of scientists at the International Pacific Research Center ...
No Pulp Fiction: Engineers See Major Paper Mill Savings With New Rotor Technology
Dec 19, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A partnership between University of British Columbia, government and the pulp and paper industry has resulted in the development of three high efficiency pulp screen rotors that produce high ...
New gene found to be associated with widely used marker of blood glucose concentration
Dec 19, 2008 |
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Scientists have found that genetic variation at the hexokinase-1 gene is linked to variation in the blood concentration of glycated hemoglobin, an index of long-term blood glucose concentration widely used in the follow-up ...
Find the aphid: Molted carapaces act as protective decoys for aphids
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Dec 19, 2008 |
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By leaving the remains of their old exoskeletons, called 'exuviae', in and around their colonies, aphids gain some measure of protection from parasites. Research published in the open access journal BMC Ev ...
Men sexually abused in childhood 10 times more likely to contemplate suicide
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Sexual abuse in childhood increases the risk of suicide in men by up to ten times, say researchers from the University of Bath. A recent study of Australian men has found that those who were sexually abused as children are ...
Published reports inaccurate concerning alcohol consumption during pregnancy
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A national alcohol research group is concerned that the media's misinterpretation of a recent British research study could encourage pregnant women to be more at ease with temperate alcohol consumption.
