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Racial bias clouds ability to feel others' pain

When people witness or imagine the pain of another person, their nervous system responds in essentially the same way it would if they were feeling that pain themselves. Now, researchers reporting online on May 27th in Current Bi ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

When social fear is missing, so are racial stereotypes

Children with the genetic condition known as Williams syndrome have unusually friendly natures because they lack the sense of fear that the rest of us feel in many social situations. Now, a study reported in the April 13th ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (18) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers Control the Spin of Semiconductor Quantum Dot Shell States

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have recently demonstrated the ability to control the spin population of the individual quantum shell states of self-assembled indium arsenide (InAs) quantum ...

Physics / General Physics

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Heart disease may be a risk factor for prostate cancer

In a large analysis of men participating in a prostate drug trial, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute found a significant correlation between coronary artery disease and prostate cancer, suggesting the two conditions ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gender wage gap shrunk faster than previously thought

The gap in wages between men and women has decreased sharply over the past 30 years, and a new University of Georgia study reveals that decline was even greater than previously recognized.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Media portrayal of race in sports reveals biases in corporate world

The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African American CEOs account for a mere one percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

HPV testing: Indications of a benefit in primary screening

Studies currently available provide indications and a "hint" that precursors of cervical cancer can be detected and treated earlier, and consequently tumours occur less often, in women who underwent testing for human papillomavirus ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers quantify the damage of alcohol by timing and exposure during pregnancy

Prenatal exposure to alcohol is associated with a spectrum of abnormalities, referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Physical features of the more serious Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) include smooth philtrum, thin ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gut hormone leads to weight loss in overweight or obese patients

Giving overweight or obese patients a gut hormone that suppresses appetite leads to clinically beneficial weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, finds a study published in the British Medical ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Research focuses on implementing radio frequency MEMS resonators on a silicon chip

Semiconductor Research Corporation and Cornell University researchers are working to advance on-chip silicon development to enable new generations of smaller and more sophisticated mobile electronic devices.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New research debunks popular method of paying off debt

(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers with multiple debts routinely mismanage them, paying off small debts first even when larger debts have higher interest rates, says a University of Michigan researcher.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When errors improve performance: Model describes how experiences influence our perception

During estimation processes we unconsciously make use of recent experiences. Scientists from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich and the Bernstein Center Munich asked test subjects to estimate distances in ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

High fiber diet linked to reduced risk of colorectal cancer

Eating a diet high in fibre, particularly from cereal and whole grains, is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer, finds a new study integrating all available evidence published in the British Medical Journal ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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