What's fear got to do with it?
Jan 23, 2008 |
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The education world is under more scrutiny than ever before. Reports, political platforms, test result comparisons, and various articles in newspapers and magazines all criticize a field that just a generation or so ago was ...
NSAIDs are effective for short-term relief of low-back pain
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs; such as aspirin and ibuprofen) can help reduce symptoms of low back pain that doesn’t involve sciatica, a Cochrane Systematic Review has found.
Cranberries might help prevent urinary infections in women
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Evidence supports drinking cranberry juice — a familiar home remedy — to treat urinary tract infection (UTI), according to a new review from Scotland.
Researchers discover Maya mask splendor
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Ancient Mayan temple builders discovered and used lustrous pigments to make their buildings dazzle in the daylight, a Queensland University of Technology researcher has discovered.
Engineers use blood's hydrodynamics to manipulate stem, cancer cells
Jan 23, 2008 |
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A tiny, implantable device has pulled adult stem cells out of a living rat with a far greater purity than any present technique. The test of the device designed by Michael R. King, associate professor of biomedical engineering ...
Benefits outweigh risks from genetically modified plants
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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Australian states should not ban commercial production of genetically modified (GM) plants and food as the risks are alarmist and exaggerated, according to a new study.
Researchers study agricultural impact on Mississippi River
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 23, 2008 |
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According to a study published in Nature by researchers at LSU and Yale University, farming has significantly changed the hydrology and chemistry of the Mississippi River, injecting more carbon dioxide into t ...
Synthesis of natural molecule could lead to better anti-cancer drugs
Jan 23, 2008 |
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In early 2007, Northwestern University chemist Karl Scheidt’s interest was piqued when marine chemist Amy Wright reported in the Journal of Natural Products that a new natural compound derived from an uncommon deep-sea sponge ...
ND Expert: Fed’s rate cut risky for future
Jan 23, 2008 |
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With the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates in history announced Tuesday, the Federal Reserve’s attempts to resuscitate the U.S. economy could be a mistake, according to University of Notre Dame economist Nelson ...
NIST helps heat pumps 'go with the flow' to boost output
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Air-source heat pumps typically deliver 1 1/2 to three times more heating energy to a home than the electric energy they consume. This is possible because heat pumps move heat rather than convert it from a ...
Researcher works on gender, temperature link in reptiles
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Jan 23, 2008 |
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An Iowa State University researcher who spent four years in Australia studying reptiles is having his findings published in the journal Nature this week.
Low-income US children less likely to have access to qualified teachers
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Children from low-income families in the United States do not have the same access to qualified teachers as do wealthier students, according to a University of Missouri study. Compared to 46 countries, the United States had ...
Does mood matter? How you feel influences what you'll buy, says study
Jan 23, 2008 |
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Sure, you’re more likely to give things a favorable evaluation when you’re happy, and a negative evaluation when you’re sad. But how does mood influence your choices among items?
Early promising results in malaria vaccine trial in Mali
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 23, 2008 |
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A small clinical trial conducted by an international team of researchers in Mali has found that a candidate malaria vaccine was safe and elicited strong immune responses in the 40 Malian adults who received it.
Trailblazers don't always come out ahead
Jan 23, 2008 |
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It’s not always best to be first, finds a new study from the Journal of Consumer Research. Researchers from Purdue, Indiana University, and UConn examine how consumers will evaluate new products when they are released by an ...
