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Nun Study returns to Minnesota, where scientists plan to research Alzheimer's, dementia

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Last fall, scientists from the University of Minnesota returned from Kentucky with some 600 preserved brains and 439 boxes filled with memories. That's how the world-famous Nun Study of Alzheimer's disease came home to Minnesota, ...





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Economist's research sheds light on consumption patterns of nation's poor

Other Sciences / Economics

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The research of University of Notre Dame economist James X. Sullivan sheds light on how best to measure the well-being of the nation’s poorest families so policies can be crafted to help them.


New study suggests winter babies face socioeconomic disadvantages

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Many of us may often feel that we've been born under an unlucky sign. Now, new research by a pair of University of Notre Dame economists suggests that some of us are, in fact, born in an unlucky season.


Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory

Anthropologist researches evolution of Darwin’s theory

Biology / Evolution

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research by University of Notre Dame anthropologist Agustin Fuentes, published recently in the European journal Anthropology Today, states that although Darwin’s basic ideas still form t ...


ND Expert: Fed’s rate cut risky for future

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 23, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

With the biggest one-day reduction of interest rates in history announced Tuesday, the Federal Reserve’s attempts to resuscitate the U.S. economy could be a mistake, according to University of Notre Dame economist Nelson ...


Study describes promising approach to treating cancer-related anorexia

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Research Center, and Marie C. Brenner, a Notre Dame graduate who is a student at Loyola University Medical School ...


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New study describes risk of mobile phone virus attacks

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Traditional cell phones have been immune to viruses because they lack standardized operating systems. However, as smart phones rapidly increase in market share, viruses pose a serious threat to mobile communications.


New study examines how cost affects decisions to marry

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Money can’t buy me love," the Beatles famously sang. And now a new paper by University of Notre Dame economist Kasey S. Buckles and colleagues suggests money, or more precisely the price of marriage, can ...


New research shows promise in treating cancer-related anorexia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jun 05, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study by Rudolph M. Navari, director of the University of Notre Dame’s Walther Cancer Center, reveals that a novel combination of two drugs shows great promise in treating cancer-related anorexia (CRA) and weight loss.


New paper sheds light on bacterial cell wall recycling

Chemistry /

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new paper by a team of researchers led by Shahriar Mobashery, Navari Family Professor of Life Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, provides important new insights into the process by which bacteria recycle their cell ...


Tooth loss, dementia may be linked

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 10, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tooth loss may predict the development of dementia late in life, according to research published in the October issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).



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