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The state of America's leadership

New White House Fellows survey: Leaders are less trusting, less cynical

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Contemporary leaders are less trusting, but also less cynical, than those in top positions nearly four decades ago, according to a new comprehensive survey of White House Fellows -- a group that includes more ...


Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED)

TED begins hunt for remarkable fellows

Technology / Other

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

TED on Monday began hunting for heroes in hard-pressed lands.


Computer Poker Program Knows When to Hold 'Em

Technology / Software

created Aug 06, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Texas Hold'em poker has exploded in popularity over the past few years. Its popularity has extended to academic researchers, who are intrigued by the challenges of probabilities and decision-making in the ...





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Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)

Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Spell Relief for Millions of Diabetics (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- UConn researchers have developed a tiny wireless device that can be inserted under a patient?s skin to monitor blood glucose levels over a period of several months.


Diet switching can activate brain's stress system, lead to 'withdrawal' symptoms

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In research that sheds light on the perils of yo-yo dieting and repeated bouts of sugar-bingeing, researchers from The Scripps Research Institute have shown in animal models that cycling between periods of eating sweet and ...


Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control both.


Orphan army ants join nearby colonies

Orphan army ants join nearby colonies

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Colonies of army ants, whose long columns and marauding habits are the stuff of natural-history legend, are usually antagonistic to each other, attacking soldiers from rival colonies in border ...


Two-pronged protein attack could be source of SARS virulence

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence — its ability to ...


Physicist wins Packard Fellowship

Physicist wins Packard Fellowship

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- MIT physicist Pablo Jarillo-Herrero has won a 2009 David and Lucile Packard Fellowship, an award he will use to study a new class of materials that could have applications in the semiconductor ...


Study finds rise in rate of undesirable events at start of academic year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The rate of undesirable events in teaching hospitals increases at the beginning of the academic year, regardless of trainees' level of clinical experience, concludes new research from Australia published on BMJ.com today.


Researchers identify key behavior of immune response to Listeria

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A team of University of British Columbia microbiologists has identified a key defence mechanism used by the immune system against Listeria with strong implications for the future development of vaccines.


Researchers find demand for cosmetic and surgical procedures in dermatologic surgery rising rapidly

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Laser and Skin Cancer Center of Indiana, (Carmel, Indiana), found that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of procedures performed and patient ...


Hypertension and diabetes are concern in long-term care of liver transplant patients

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A recent study by researchers from the University of Colorado looked at post-transplant care to determine whether primary care physicians (PCPs) or hepatologists are better suited to manage the overall health care of patients ...



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