New study explores social comparison in early childhood
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It has been shown (and probably experienced by all of us) that performing worse than our peers on a particular task results in negative self-esteem and poorer subsequent performance on the same task. How people respond when ...
Newly identified fungus implicated in white-nose syndrome in bats
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A previously undescribed, cold-loving fungus has been linked to white-nose syndrome, a condition associated with the deaths of over 100,000 hibernating bats in the northeastern United States. The findings are published in ...
Type-1 diabetes not so much bad genes as good genes behaving badly
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Investigators combing the genome in the hope of finding genetic variants responsible for triggering early-onset diabetes may be looking in the wrong place, new research at the Stanford University School of Medicine suggests.
Research finds cross-race friendships can lower stress
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom holds that diversity pays off in higher education. Now researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have found scientific evidence that multiculturalism improves students' experiences ...
Clock-shifts affect risk of heart attack
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Adjusting the clocks to summer time on the last Sunday in March increases the risk of myocardial infarction in the following week. In return, putting the clocks back in the autumn reduces the risk, albeit to a lesser extent. ...
Are all precinct voting sites created equal? Maybe not
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The lights may matter. So may the signs, the knowledge of poll workers and whether the location has been used as a polling place in the past.
Severe gestational hypertension may protect against testicular cancer
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Women who experience severe gestational hypertension may give birth to boys at lower risk for testicular cancer, although the exact reasons why are still unclear, according to a paper published in the November 1, 2008, issue ...
Well-known drug (AAT) could overcome obstacles to islet transplantation
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Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have demonstrated that treating diabetic animals with alpha-1-antitrypsin (AAT) following an islet transplantation procedure eliminates the inflammation ...
In decision to grow, bacteria follow the crowd
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When it comes to the decision to wake up and grow, bacterial spores "listen in" to find out what their neighbors are doing and then they follow the crowd, according to a new report in the October 31st issue of the journal ...
Gleevec holds potential as first drug to successfully treat neurofibromatosis
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Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine report that the anti-cancer drug Gleevec holds out promise to become the first effective treatment for neurofibromatosis, a genetic disease that has resisted treatments ...
Research shows that the pill does not deserve its reputation for causing weight gain
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Research has not proven that the Pill causes weight gain. But many women are put off using contraceptive pills because this has been listed as one of their adverse effects. Their concern may be narrowing their contraceptive ...
Minimising downtime by decentralising control
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When complex, computerised control systems encounter a malfunction in any part of the process they control, the whole operation often grinds to a halt while the problem is diagnosed and fixed. Software developed ...
Nottingham technology gives Bond the edge
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Technology developed at The University of Nottingham will be giving James Bond the edge over his enemies when the latest high octane 007 adventure hits cinema screens later this week.
By imaging live cells, researchers show how hepatitis C replicates
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The hepatitis C virus is a prolific replicator, able to produce up to a trillion particles per day in an infected person by hijacking liver cells in which to build up its viral replication ...
Plant virus spreads by making life easy for crop pests
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In 752, Japanese Empress Koken wrote a short poem about the summertime yellowing of a field in what is thought to be the first account of a viral plant disease. More than 1,250 years later, ...
