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Study: Learning Science Facts Doesn't Boost Science Reasoning

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (11) | comments 20

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of college freshmen in the United States and in China found that Chinese students know more science facts than their American counterparts -- but both groups are nearly identical when it comes to ...


Remember that time? New study demystifies consumer memory

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jan 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If a vacation starts out bad and gets better, you'll have a more positive memory than if it starts out good and gets worse—if you're asked about it right afterward, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.


Unexpected finding opens up new way to stop autoimmune diseases and transplant rejection

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

After several years of battling recurring infections, the last thing a patient and her doctors ever expected was that the cause of her problems might actually help millions live longer, more active lives. Now, researchers ...


Sometimes 100 Cents Feels Like It's Worth More Than A Dollar

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

(PhysOrg.com) -- We all know that $1 is equal to 100 cents. But a new study suggests that, in some situations, people may behave as if 100 cents actually has more value.


Study: Most young violent offenders in two NYC neighborhoods have seen someone killed

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More than three-quarters of young violent offenders interviewed in two poverty-stricken New York City neighborhoods had seen someone die in a violent incident, a new study reveals.


Athletes not spared from health risks of metabolic syndrome

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

College-age football players who gain weight to add power to their blocks and tackles might also be setting themselves up for diabetes and heart disease later in life, a new study suggests.


Chemopreventive agents in black raspberries identified

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jan 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, identifies components of black raspberries with chemopreventive potential.


Restoring trust harder when it is broken early in relationship

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

In relationships built on trust, a bad first impression can be harder to overcome than a betrayal that occurs after ties are established, a new study suggests.


Study links molecule to muscle maturation, muscle cancer

Study links molecule to muscle maturation, muscle cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered that a molecule implicated in leukemia and lung cancer is also important in muscle repair and in a muscle cancer that strikes ...



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