How much risk can you handle? Making better investment decisions
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Many Americans make investment decisions with their retirement funds. But they don't always make informed judgments. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research introduces a new tool that investors can use to choose invest ...
Improved satellite navigation for remote areas
Aug 22, 2008 |
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CSIRO scientists with the Minerals Down Under National Research Flagship are working closely with industry and government to develop vastly improved navigation technology for remote areas.
Asthma monitoring on the Web
Aug 22, 2008 |
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An inexpensive web-enabled device for measuring lung function in patients with asthma and other disorders is being developed by researchers at Texas Instruments, in Bangalore, India, and co-workers. Writing in the International Jo ...
FBI unveils science of anthrax investigation
Aug 22, 2008 |
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They have worked for almost seven years in secret. Most people did not know that the work in Ray Goehner's materials characterization department at Sandia National Laboratories was contributing important information ...
Kids with pets grow up to be snorers
Aug 22, 2008 |
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A predisposition to adult snoring can be established very early in life. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research describes possible childhood risk factors, including exposure to ani ...
UC San Diego engineers part of nationwide effort to make buildings earthquake safe
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Engineering researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Arizona have concluded three months of rigorous earthquake simulation tests on a half-scale three-story structure, and will now begin sifting ...
Drugs to inhibit blood vessel growth show promise in rat model of deadly brain tumor
Aug 22, 2008 |
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In a landmark study, Medical College of Wisconsin researchers in Milwaukee report that drugs used to inhibit a specific fatty acid in rat brains with glioblastoma-like tumors not only reduced new blood vessel growth and tumor ...
GOCE Earth explorer satellite to look at the Earth's surface and core
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 22, 2008 |
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The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet – the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and ...
Pay attention! Small packages may lead to overeating
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Tempting treats are being offered in small package sizes these days, presumably to help consumers reduce portion sizes. Yet new research in the Journal of Consumer Research found that people actually consume more high-calorie snacks ...
More Can Be Done to Combat Childhood Obesity
Aug 22, 2008 |
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School officials and parents concerned about childhood obesity should look to national guidelines that recommend 60 minutes of exercise per day, according to public health officials. A new report issued this week showed that ...
Research finds America's elderly suffering abuse
Aug 22, 2008 |
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A new study concludes that nearly 13 percent of America's aged citizens suffer some form of abuse. Specifically, nine percent of adults reported they have suffered from verbal mistreatment, 3.5 percent suffer financial mistreatment, ...
When charities ask for time, people give more money
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 22, 2008 |
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According to new research in the Journal of Consumer Research, simply asking people a question about whether they're willing to volunteer their time leads to increases in donations of both time and money.
MIT zeroes in on Alzheimer's structures
Aug 22, 2008 |
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MIT engineers report a new approach to identifying protein structures key to Alzheimer's disease, an important step toward the development of new drugs that could prevent such structures from forming.
Rapid test for pathogens developed by K-State researchers
Aug 22, 2008 |
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Dangerous disease often spreads faster than it takes to diagnose it in the lab. To remedy that, researchers at Kansas State University have developed a test to bring that time from days down to hours.
Stroke incidence declines among Swedish diabetics
Aug 22, 2008 |
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The incidence of strokes among diabetics in Northern Sweden declined between 1985 and 2003, according to a population-based study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
