Like father, like son? Macho men produce macho sons, according to research
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that men with strong masculine traits are likely to produce similarly macho sons but, according to the new study by the University of St Andrews, macho sons are not considered especially ...
Optical firewall aims to clear internet security bottlenecks
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(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers are developing the world’s first optical firewall capable of analysing data on fibre optic networks at speeds of 40 gigabits per second. Their work promises to save the ...
New Way of Measuring 'Reality' of Virtual Worlds Could Lead To Better Business Tools
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team, led by North Carolina State University's Dr. Mitzi M. Montoya, has developed a new way of measuring how "real" online virtual worlds are – an important advance for the emerging technology ...
New study indicates that exercise prevents fatty liver disease
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It's easy to go to the gym on a regular basis right after a person buys the gym membership. It's also easy to skip the gym one day, then the next day and the day after that. A new University of Missouri study indicates that ...
'Second China' offers foreign service workers first impression
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 29, 2008 |
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Diplomats or military envoys making their first trip to China may soon have a chance to visit a Chinese office building, stop in at a traditional teahouse or hop a cab — all before they board a plane.
Households significantly reduce electricity use when prices rise
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A new study in the RAND Journal of Economics examined how quickly households change their electricity use when prices rise and fall rapidly. Results show that when electricity prices increase, the average household rapidl ...
Angry faces take priority in our brain
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In any social situation, we need to be aware of threats to our own safety from other people. That may be why our brains are better attuned to remembering the identity of angry faces over short ...
Halloween Storms of 2003 Still the Scariest
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By the eerie light of a Halloween moon, while a chilly wind blows autumn-dry leaves askitter on bare and fingered branches, scary things can happen. Blood-sucking bats, creepy-crawly spiders, ...
FSU Historian's Arctic research has him sitting on top of the world
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2008 |
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It's one of the coldest and most remote areas on Earth, but the Arctic region has long held great strategic interest for a number of nations. Now, a Florida State University researcher is leading an international ...
Our cheatin' brain: The brain's clever way of showing us the world as a whole
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Whether we choose to admit it or not, we all experience memory errors from time to time. Research has suggested that false memory may be a result of having too many other things to remember or perhaps if too much time has ...
If the diabetes has a direct carcinogenetic effect?
Oct 29, 2008 |
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The association of DM2 with solid tumors, and particularly with HCC, has been long suspected and several studies have reported increased mortality rates for neoplastic diseases in patients with DM2. However, the temporal ...
Even optimists get the blues when pink-slipped
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the midst of an economic crisis that's sparked massive layoffs, new research by a U of T professor shows that even optimists get the blues when facing a pink slip.
Researchers change focus on threatened species
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Queensland-led research is suggesting new ways to protect threatened species. Professor Hugh Possingham, director of UQ's Ecology Centre, and colleagues from the French National ...
A potential targets for the prevention or treatment of esophageal carcinoma
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Expression of Livin in fresh esophageal cancer tissues was detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC), Western blotting and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), VEGF by Its correlation Western blotting and ...
Homosexual men have significantly lower personal incomes than heterosexual individuals
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A new study in the Canadian Journal of Economics provides the first evidence on sexual orientation and economic outcomes in Canada. The study found that gay men have 12 percent lower personal incomes and lesbians have 15 per ...
