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Social Sciences

Young Adults Returning Home: Key Factors Revealed

Dr Juliet Stone, Professor Ann Berrington and Professor Jane Falkingham have found that factors such as leaving full-time education, unemployment, or a…

Studies and Analyses

Teen Night Owls: Impact on Academic and Emotional Performance

Berkeley researchers analyzed longitudinal data from a nationally representative cohort of 2,700 U.S. adolescents of whom 30 percent reported bedtimes later…

Health & Medicine

New Cause Identified for Myasthenia Gravis Disease

The finding that an antibody to LRP4 is a cause of the most common disease affecting brain-muscle interaction helps explain why as many as 10 percent of…

Life & Chemistry

Microorganisms Transform Methane Hydrates Into Energy Source

Called methane hydrates, these crystals are a potential energy source, but they are also a potential source of global warming if massive amounts of methane…

Life & Chemistry

New Signal Boosts Survival of Growing Brain Cells

A specialized type of brain cell that tamps down stem cell activity ironically, perhaps, encourages the survival of the stem cells' progeny, Johns Hopkins…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Impact of Low Blood Calcium on Dairy Cow Health and Milk Yield

The health of dairy cows after giving birth plays a big factor in the quantity and quality of the milk the cows produce. Now, researchers at the University of…

Earth Sciences

Mars Moon Phobos: A Unique Sample-Return Opportunity

Phobos' orbital path plows through occasional plumes of Martian debris, meaning the tiny moon has been gathering Martian castoffs for millions of years. That…

Medical Engineering

Biosensor Detects Brain Injuries During Heart Surgery

In the Nov. 11 issue of the journal Chemical Science, the team reported on lab tests demonstrating that the prototype sensor had successfully detected a…

Life & Chemistry

Body Clock’s Role in Morning Cardiovascular Events Uncovered

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in both men and women, and most adverse cardiovascular events tend to happen in the morning. In new…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Enable Animals to Send Quick, Detailed Messages

In the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a Michigan State University researcher shows that the detailed scent posts of…

Health & Medicine

Researchers find another piece in Alzheimer’s puzzle

A team of German and American researchers has added another piece to the puzzle of what causes Alzheimer disease. They have found that a protein called…

Process Engineering

New Method Simplifies Zeolite Characterization for Labs

A computational method to quantify the adsorption of gas by porous zeolites should help labs know what to expect before they embark upon slow, costly…

Health & Medicine

New Protein Discovery Could Measure Muscle Damage Effectively

Researchers at McMaster University have discovered a protein that is only detectable after muscle damage, and it may serve as a way to measure injury.”Our…

Interdisciplinary Research

An intersection of math and biology: Clams and snails inspire robotic diggers and crawlers

That is one of the reasons Anette Hosoi, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies snails. Snails can move in…

Life & Chemistry

Penn Team Uncovers Evolution of Bitter Taste Sensitivity

A new study by University of Pennsylvania scientists provides new evidence underlining the significance of bitter taste perception. Their work suggests that a…

Studies and Analyses

LLNL Study Links Global Precipitation to Climate Change Effects

A new study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientists shows that observed changes in global (ocean and land) precipitation are directly affected by…

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