Mortgage crisis: Blame the bank?
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Banks have played a big role in the mortgage crisis, not only because they issued loans to suspect borrowers, but because many originated and sold bad loans to other lenders, says a University of Michigan ...
Indiana U researchers launch social networking and research management tool for scientists
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Indiana University researchers have introduced Laboratree, a web-based solution to the complex problems of scientific collaboration.
Bone parts don't add up to conclusion of Palauan dwarfs
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Misinterpreted fragments of leg bones, teeth and brow ridges found in Palau appear to be an archaeologist's undoing, according to researchers at three institutions. They say that the so-called dwarfs of these ...
Scientists' findings may lead to new drug-abuse treatments
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Increased connections among brain cells caused by excessive drug use may represent the body's defense mechanism to combat addiction and related behaviors, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.
New concepts in contraception
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Latest research into dual-purpose contraceptives and non-hormonal contraception will be presented tomorrow at a major scientific conference in Melbourne.
Jamaican lizards' shows of strength mark territory at dawn, dusk
Biology /
Aug 27, 2008 |
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What does Jack LaLanne have in common with a Jamaican lizard? Like the ageless fitness guru, the lizards greet each new day with vigorous push-ups. That's according to a new study showing that male Anolis ...
Framing technique can be used as a public relations strategy in cases of sexual assault
Aug 27, 2008 |
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In Spring 2006, when three White Duke University lacrosse players were charged with raping a Black female student from nearby North Carolina Central University, Duke University officials framed the crisis in terms of institutional ...
Unusual ultrasonic vocalization patterns in mice may be useful for modeling autism
Biology /
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Scientists have found novel patterns of ultrasonic vocalizations in a genetic mouse model of autism, adding a unique element to the available mouse behaviors that capture components of the human disease, and representing ...
Trying to satisfy too many agendas slows school reform
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Despite investments, community goodwill and some good ideas, a vexing question remains in the age of school reform: Why has so much hope and effort led to disappointment?
Parents can play an active role in the identity formation of their adolescent children
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Mainstream belief regarding identity theory tends to portray adolescents as the sole agents involved in their identity development. However, a new article in the Journal of Research on Adolescence reveals that parents are co ...
Army personnel show increased risk for migraine
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Two new studies show that migraine headaches are very common among U.S. military personnel, yet the condition is frequently underdiagnosed. The studies, appearing in Headache, the peer-reviewed journal of the American Headac ...
Brain physiology of prenatal alcohol exposure uncovered
Aug 27, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Alberta researchers have identified several regions of the brain that appear to be altered in children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half of them resume the habit within a few months of giving birth.
Study reveals gap in HIV testing knowledge among college students
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 27, 2008 |
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Most college students understand how they can prevent the transmission of HIV but are less knowledgeable about HIV testing, according to a new University of Georgia study.
'Industrial relations' employee satisfaction dependent on more than relative pay
Aug 27, 2008 |
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A new study in the journal Industrial Relations reveals that employee well-being is dependent upon the rank of an individual's wage within a comparison group, as opposed to the individual's absolute pay.
