News tagged with influences
Genetic study offers clues to how intelligence changes through life
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have estimated for the first time the extent to which genes determine changes in intelligence across the human life course.
Jan 19, 2012 |
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Researchers identify genetic signatures of exceptional longevity in re-published study
While environment and family history are factors in healthy aging, genetic variants play a critical and complex role in conferring exceptional longevity, according to researchers from the Boston University Schools of Public ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Clearest picture yet of dark matter points the way to better understanding of dark energy
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two teams of physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have independently made the largest direct measurements of the ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Genetic predisposition to disease common in two supercentenarians: study
The first-ever published whole-genome sequences of not just one, but two supercentenarians, aged more than 114 years, reveal that both unusual and common genetic phenomena contribute to the genetic background of extreme human ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Study examines prevalence of conduct disorder among families of Mexican migrants in the US
The prevalence of conduct disorder (CD) appears to have increased substantially across generations of the Mexican-origin population after migration to the United States, however this increase was observed more for nonaggressive ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 05, 2011 |
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Satellite images help species conservation
Organisms living on small islands are particularly threatened by extinction. However, data are often lacking to objectively assess these threats. A team of German and British researchers used satellite imagery ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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Of mice and men, a common cortical connection
A new study using magnetic resonance imaging data of 406 adult human twins affirms the long-standing idea that the genetic basis of human cortical regionalization – the organization of the outer brain ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Study of smoking twins points to growing influence of genetic factors
A new study of twins led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows that today's smokers are more strongly influenced by genetic factors than in the past and that the influence makes it more difficult for them to quit.
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Twin study finds occupational chemical exposure may be linked to Parkinson's risk
A new research report contributes to the increasing evidence that repeated occupational exposure to certain chemical solvents raises the risk for Parkinson's disease. Researchers analyzed the occupational histories of twins ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 14, 2011 |
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NASA captures new images of large asteroid passing Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Deep Space Network antenna in Goldstone, Calif. has captured new radar images of Asteroid 2005 YU55 passing close to Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 08, 2011 |
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The human cause of climate change: Where does the burden of proof lie?
The debate may largely be drawn along political lines, but the human role in climate change remains one of the most controversial questions in 21st century science. Writing in WIREs Climate Change Dr Kevin Trenberth, from t ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Scientists collaborate to improve energy transmission for more efficient grids
Scientists at IBM and ABB, the world's largest builder of electricity grids, are using supercomputers to study and potentially develop a new type of high-voltage insulator that will improve the efficiency ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Underage drinking among close friends high indicator of future alcohol use by black teens
Research led by University of Southern California (USC) professor Mary Ann Pentz, Ph.D., shows that black middle school students whose close friends drink alcohol are more likely to drink alcohol in high school than their ...
Nov 01, 2011 |
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NASA in final preparations for Nov. 8 asteroid flyby
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists will be tracking asteroid 2005 YU55 with antennas of the agency's Deep Space Network at Goldstone, Calif., as the space rock safely flies past Earth slightly closer than the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Good relationship with teacher can protect first graders from aggression
Children who have a good relationship with their teacher may be protected from expressing aggression and being the target of aggression at school. That's the key finding in a new study of Canadian first graders that appears ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2011 |
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