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Consumers Shift Expectations: Insights from Recent Study

Harry, after considering the tradeoffs between risks and rewards, opts for a lower performing fund with an 8 percent year-to-date return. When they receive…

Physics & Astronomy

Using a laser to 'see' the smallest world

A multi-university team has employed a high-powered laser based at UC Santa Barbara to dramatically improve one of the tools scientists use to study the world…

Physics & Astronomy

Johns Hopkins astrophysicist spies ultra-distant galaxy amidst cosmic 'dark ages'

Light from the young galaxy captured by the orbiting observatories shone forth when the 13.7-billion-year-old universe was just 500 million years old. The…

Environmental Conservation

The “slippery slope to slime”: Overgrown algae causing coral reef declines

These “macroalgae,” or large algal species, are big enough to essentially smother corals. They can get out of control when sewage increases nitrate levels,…

Studies and Analyses

DNA Barcoding Identifies Natural Health Products Effectively

The study appears in the latest issue of Food Research International.It’s a crucial finding because the health product industry is under-regulated worldwide…

Health & Medicine

Split-Dose Prep Boosts Polyp Detection in Colonoscopy

Colorectal cancer develops slowly, therefore screening for the disease is especially important. Colonoscopy screening allows for the detection and removal of…

Health & Medicine

Researchers identify possible key to slow progression toward AIDS

Although the average time between HIV infection and AIDS in the absence of antiretroviral treatment is about 10 years, some individuals succumb within two…

Health & Medicine

Cell Therapy Shows Promise for Bowel Disease Treatment

“These cells are involved in the formation of blood vessels and may prove to be a tool for improving the vessel abnormalities found in IBD,” said lead author…

Physics & Astronomy

Ultra-distant galaxy spied amidst cosmic 'Dark Ages'

Light from the young galaxy captured by the orbiting observatories was emitted when our 13.7-billion-year-old universe was just 500 million years old. Their…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Homeland Security’s Robotic Tuna Revolutionizes Inspection Tasks

No question about it… they're very good at what they do. But they don't take well to orders, especially those to carry out inspection work in oily or dangerous…

Earth Sciences

NASA Satellite Tracks Rainfall Decline in Tropical Storm Nadine

A tropical storm warning is in effect on Sept. 19 for the islands of Flores, Corvo, Faial, Pico, Sao Jorge, Graciosa, Terceira, Sao Miguel and Santa Maria in…

Earth Sciences

Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low Extent in Satellite Era

The new record minimum measures almost 300,000 square miles less than the previous lowest extent in the satellite record, set in mid-September 2007, of 1.61…

Earth Sciences

Climate Scientists Test Long-Term Climate Prediction Models

Climate-prediction models show skills in forecasting climate trends over time spans of greater than 30 years and at the geographical scale of continents, but…

Communications Media

Swiss Children Master Social Media Use on Mobile Devices

As a study by the University of Zurich shows, children in Switzerland are adept at handling social media – they don’t surf the Net extensively and only four…

Seminars Workshops

Media and Cultural Change Beyond Europe: Key Insights

On September 28, 2012 the DFG Priority Program „Mediatized Worlds“ together with ZeMKI, the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research of the…

Health & Medicine

New Breakthrough in Stroke Prevention and Treatment

Strokes usually occur as follows: blood vessels that supply the brain with oxygen and other vital things suddenly become blocked by blood clots. This causes…

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