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New PTSD Diagnosis Criteria Explored by BUSM/VA Researchers

Mark W. Miller, PhD, associate professor at BUSM and a clinical research psychologist at the National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System served as…

Physics & Astronomy

Unveiling Cosmic History: Hydrogen Atoms and Ancient Stars

Windows to the past, stars can unveil the history of our universe, currently estimated to be 14 billion years old. The farther away the star, the older it is —…

Power and Electrical Engineering

LEDs Outshine CFLs in Energy Efficiency and Environmental Impact

Today's light-emitting diode light bulbs have a slight environmental edge over compact fluorescent lamps. And that gap is expected to grow significantly as…

Environmental Conservation

Asian Species at Conservation Crossroads: WCS Lists Urgent Needs

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) today released a list of Asian species that are at a conservation crossroads calling for governments to take immediate…

Life & Chemistry

Genome-Wide Scan Uncovers Mutations in Deadly Lung Cancers

Among the errors found in small cell lung cancers, the team of scientists, including those at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, found an alteration in a…

Studies and Analyses

U.S. Upward Mobility Myth: Insights from Global Studies

But the reality is very different, according to a University of Michigan researcher who is studying inequality across generations around the world.“Especially…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights into Human Genome Regulation and Organization

The National Human Genome Research Institute today announced the results of a five-year international study of the regulation and organization of the human…

Earth Sciences

New Insights on Dinosaur Extinction and Ammonite Fossils

Thomas Tobin clears sand from around the fossil of a giant ammonite he found in 2009 on James Ross Island in Antarctica.The well-known second event is believed…

Life & Chemistry

Safe, multi-functional anti-inflammatory/anti-allergic drugs developed by Hebrew University researcher

The researcher is Saul Yedgar, who is the Walter and Greta Stiel Professor of Heart Studies at the Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada at the Hebrew…

Life & Chemistry

New DNA Encyclopedia Uncovers Hidden Genetic Control Panel

Today, an international team of researchers reveal that much of what has been called ‘junk DNA’ in the human genome is actually a massive control panel with…

Earth Sciences

Glacial Thinning Accelerates in South American Icefields

A new study, however, finds that the rate of glacier thinning has increased by about half over the last dozen years in the Southern Patagonian Icefield,…

Physics & Astronomy

Unveiling Silver’s Cosmic Origins: Insights from Heidelberg

In the quest for the cosmic origins of heavy elements, Heidelberg scientist Dr. Camilla Hansen has established that silver can only have materialised during…

Studies and Analyses

Social exclusion in the playground

Being the last one picked for the team, getting left out of the clique of cool girls, having no one to sit with at lunch… For children, social exclusion can…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storm Leslie Cools Ocean Waters in Atlantic

Tropical Storm Leslie has been on a slow track in the Atlantic, and because of that, the storm is kicking up cooler waters from below the ocean surface. Those…

Life & Chemistry

Unlocking Functions of the Human Genome: New Research Insights

Only about 1 percent of the human genome contains gene regions that code for proteins, raising the question of what the rest of the DNA is doing. Scientists…

Earth Sciences

NASA sees fading post-Tropical Cyclone John's warmer cloud tops

When NASA's Aqua satellite flew over post-tropical storm John on Sept. 4 at 21:23 UTC (5:23 p.m. EDT) the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument…

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