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Study: Voters in battleground states more ambivalent about presidential candidates

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heavy advertising by both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates may actually make voters in battleground states more confused about which candidate to vote for, a new study suggests.





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Military children face more emotional challenges as parental deployments grow longer, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

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Children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties when compared to other American youths, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas, according ...


Quitting smoking can reverse asthma-inducing changes in lungs

Medicine & Health / Health

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Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes, according to research out of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.


Munich lab demonstrates diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Technology / Engineering

created 9 hours ago | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...


Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe (AP)

Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe

Medicine & Health / Health

created 22 hours ago | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.


Appetite, consumption controlled by clockwork genes at cross-purposes in flies

Biology / Biotechnology

created 23 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

One of the pioneers in research on sleep:wake circadian genes, Amita Sehgal, Ph.D., has discovered that fruit flies' appetite and consumption are controlled by two rival sets of clocks, one in neurons and the other in the ...


Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that the loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that this kind of genetic alteration can cause obesity. The results are published ...


Researchers restore some function to cells from cystic fibrosis patients

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an encouraging new development, a team led by Scripps Research Institute scientists has restored partial function to lung cells collected from patients with cystic fibrosis. While there is still much work to be done before ...


Fruit fly neuron can reprogram itself after injury

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created 23 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Studies with fruit flies have shown that the specialized nerve cells called neurons can rebuild themselves after injury.


Vitamin D levels associated with survival in lymphoma patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A new study has found that the amount of vitamin D in patients being treated for diffuse large B-cell lymphoma was strongly associated with cancer progression and overall survival. The results will be presented at the annual ...


Are angry women more like men?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 4

"Why is it that men can be bastards and women must wear pearls and smile?" wrote author Lynn Hecht Schafran. The answer, according to an article in the Journal of Vision, may lie in our interpretation of facial expressions.



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