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Consistent Sleep Schedules Linked to Healthier Weight

Prior research has shown not getting enough sleep can impact your weight, but new BYU research finds the consistency of your bed time and wake time can also…

Life & Chemistry

SlipChip Technology Counts Molecules Using Your Cell Phone

Many qualitative tests that provide a simple “yes” or “no” answer (like an at-home pregnancy test) have been optimized for use in these resource-limited…

Physics & Astronomy

Superconductor-Surrogate Breakthrough: A New Era in Energy

Understanding superconductivity – whereby certain materials can conduct electricity without any loss of energy – has proved to be one of the most persistent…

Physics & Astronomy

Electrified Diamonds: Unlocking Quantum Information Insights

The scientists discovered at specific circumstances electric currents that made it possible to identify defects in the carbon lattice of single diamonds…

Life & Chemistry

Innovations in Gut Microbes: Exploring Helicobacter Pylori

Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, microaerophilic bacterium found in the stomach. Identified in the early 1980s, it was shown to be present in patients…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Global Warming in the Canadian Arctic

Ph.D. student Karita Negandhi and professor Isabelle Laurion from INRS'Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre, in collaboration with other Canadian, U.S., and…

Physics & Astronomy

Optimizing Electron Correlations in Iron-Based Superconductors

Samples from two classes of iron-based superconductors, pnictides and chalcogenides, employ similar coupling between electrons in their superconducting state,…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals Men Have Bigger Noses Than Women

Human noses come in all shapes and sizes. But one feature seems to hold true: Men’s noses are bigger than women’s.A new study from the University of Iowa…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Innovative Pressure Cooking Method Enhances Electric Car Batteries

Batteries that power electric cars have problems. They take a long time to charge. The charge doesn’t hold long enough to drive long distances. They don’t…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Methane-Producing Microbe’s Unique Role

For 40 years, scientists thought they understood how certain bacteria work together to anaerobically digest biomass to produce methane gas, important in…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Questions Hypothermia Treatment for Cardiac Arrest

“Our results show that it is just as effective – both for survival and recovery of neurological function – to focus on avoiding the fever that accompanies…

Health & Medicine

Experimental Drug Varespladib Linked to Increased Heart Attack Risk

Patients with acute coronary syndrome who were treated with the experimental drug varespladib were more likely to experience additional cardiovascular events –…

Materials Sciences

Chaotic physics in ferroelectrics hints at brain-like computing

Ferroelectric materials are known for their ability to spontaneously switch polarization when an electric field is applied. Using a scanning probe microscope,…

Life & Chemistry

Biologists Discover Primate ‘Facebook’ In Evolutionary Study

UCLA biologists reported last year on the evolution of 129 primate faces in species from Central and South America. This research team now reports on the faces…

Power and Electrical Engineering

New program offers blueprint and 'Golden Rules' for increasing sustainable electricity in …

Global outreach effort by electricity giants fosters bottom-up approach to strong Public-Private Partnerships; 'Golden Rules' draw on lessons worldwideThe…

Studies and Analyses

Altered Brain Connections Found in Epilepsy Patients

Temporal lobe epilepsy is characterized by seizures emanating from the temporal lobes, which sit on each side of the brain just above the ear. Previously,…

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