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Linear sequences for seed plants

Scientists have been working out the best way to arrange plant specimens in herbaria and other collections so that their order best reflects evolutionary relationships.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A rare survey of the one percent

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though little reliable survey research exists about the nation’s wealthiest one percent, public discourse is rife with claims about their opinions and attitudes. Now a Northwestern University pilot study ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (29) | comments 179 | with audio podcast

Recognizing a cyberbully

Something is happening on playgrounds, in classrooms, in homes and in every walk of life across America. In fact, it's happening internationally.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Car Talk: LISA develops smart cars to make safer drivers

Calling all gamers: If you like to play first-person racing games, you may be able to help campus researchers better understand typical driving behaviors. The objective is to develop “intelligent” ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents feel shock, anxiety and the need to protect children with genital ambiguity

Parents of babies born without clearly defined male or female genitals experience a roller-coaster of emotions, including shock, anxiety and the need to protect their child, according to a study in the October issue of the ...

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Humor as effective as medication in treating agitation in dementia

Humour therapy is as effective as widely used antipsychotic drugs in managing agitation in patients with dementia – and avoids serious drug side effects, a new study shows.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple blood test at high street opticians could help to diagnose diabetes

A simple finger prick test during routine eye examinations at high street opticians could help to identify millions of people with previously undiagnosed Type 2 diabetes, according to new research.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study confirms food security helps wildlife

A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) documents the success of a Wildlife Conservation Society program that uses an innovative business model to improve rural livelihoods w ...

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Digging into geothermal energy

Sixteen undergraduate students at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) may now be Harvard's resident experts on geothermal energy.

Technology / Engineering

created May 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Evolution points to genes involved in birth timing

Evolutionary changes that make us uniquely human – such as our large heads and narrow pelvises – may have "pushed" human birth timing earlier and can be used to identify genes associated with preterm birth, a new ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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