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Research finds human emotions hold sway over physical health worldwide

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A researcher from the University of Kansas has spearheaded a new investigation into the link between emotions and health. The research proves that positive emotions are critical for upkeep of physical health for people worldwide, ...





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Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic

Study indicates people by nature are universally optimistic

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Despite calamities from economic recessions, wars and famine to a flu epidemic afflicting the Earth, a new study from the University of Kansas and Gallup indicates that humans are by nature optimistic.


On gravel roads, people drive at speed they are comfortable with, regardless of posted limit

On gravel roads, people drive at speed they are comfortable with, regardless of posted limit

Other Sciences / Other

created Apr 10, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Kansas gravel roads have varying speed limits, but a study by Kansas State University researchers shows that instead of abiding by those limits, people are more likely to use their own judgment to gauge how ...


Kan., Okla. conduct joint livestock disease drill

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Trucks that could be hauling livestock along the Kansas and Oklahoma border were detained and their drivers questioned Thursday, during a drill aimed at protecting the nation's food supply from foot-and-mouth disease.


Dartmouth researchers find new protein function

Dartmouth researchers find new protein function

Biology /

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A group of Dartmouth researchers has found a new function for one of the proteins involved with chromosome segregation during cell division. Their finding adds to the growing knowledge about the fundamental ...


Purple sweet potato means increased amount of anti-cancer components

Purple sweet potato means increased amount of anti-cancer components

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A Kansas State University researcher is studying the potential health benefits of a specially bred purple sweet potato because its dominant purple color results in an increased amount of anti-cancer components.


Math theories may hold clues to origin, future of life in universe

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 09, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (34) | comments 62

How did we get here and where are we headed? These are some of life's biggest questions. To get the answers, one Kansas State University professor is doing the math.


K-State geographer working to clarify what sustainability really means to rural decision-makers

What sustainability really means to rural decision-makers

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 6

From book titles to real estate developments, it's easier to find things claiming to be sustainable than it is to define it.


Physicists work to understand atomic collisions important to ultracold quantum gasses

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

A Kansas State University physicist is continuing his study of atomic collisions with the help of a National Science Foundation grant awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.


To get college students to wash hands requires proper tools, attention-getting tactics

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The path to poor hand sanitation is paved with good intentions, according to researchers from Kansas State and North Carolina State Universities.


Vet scientists' work on diagnostic, intervention tools for H1N1 helps human health lab, too

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

If some day you are tested for the H1N1 virus without the painful prick of a needle, thank a pig -- and a team of Kansas State University researchers and their collaborators who are connecting animal and human health.



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