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Why Don't More Women Take a Daily Aspirin to Prevent Heart Disease?

However, less than half of the women who could benefit from aspirin are taking it, according to an article in Journal of Women’s Health, a peer-reviewed…

Studies and Analyses

Single Baby Boomers: Navigating Aging Challenges Today

However, a new special issue of The Gerontologist showing the Ercolines as they look today — a portrait of successful aging — finds that their unmarried baby…

Earth Sciences

Thawing Permafrost: Insights Into Ancient Global Warming Events

In a new study reported in Nature, climate scientist Rob DeConto of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and colleagues elsewhere propose a simple new…

Physics & Astronomy

Centaurus A: The Unique Cannibalistic Galaxy Nearby

At a distance of around 12 million light years, Centaurus A is the closest large elliptical galaxy to our own Milky Way. It has been marked as unusual since…

Communications Media

Free apps drain smartphone energy on 'advertising modules'

“It turns out the free apps aren't really free because they contain the hidden cost of reduced battery life,” said Y. Charlie Hu, a Purdue University professor…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum Computer Innovated Inside a Diamond Structure

Diamonds are forever – or, at least, the effects of this diamond on quantum computing may be.A team that includes scientists from USC has built a quantum…

Health & Medicine

Antipsychotic Drug Shows Promise in Treating Anorexia Nervosa

Low doses of a commonly used atypical antipsychotic drug improved survival in a mouse model of anorexia nervosa, University of Chicago researchers report this…

Life & Chemistry

Gene Glitches in Older Dads Increase Autism Risk, Study Finds

Researchers have turned up a new clue to the workings of a possible environmental factor in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs): fathers were four times more…

Health & Medicine

Control Blood Sugar All Day With Low Glycemic Breakfast Foods

Eating foods at breakfast that have a low glycemic index may help prevent a spike in blood sugar throughout the morning and after the next meal of the day,…

Studies and Analyses

Soy May Reduce Hot Flashes in Menopause, Study Reveals

The findings, published in Menopause: The Journal of the North American Menopause Association, reviewed 19 previous studies that examined more than 1,200…

Information Technology

GOES Satellite Tracks Tornadoes in Texas Every 15 Minutes

NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-13, captures visible and infrared images of weather over the eastern U.S. every 15 minutes, and…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Cyclone Daphne: NASA Imagery of Flooding in Fiji

The low pressure area called System 95P strengthened into Tropical cyclone Daphne ( known in Fiji as 19F) at 0300 UTC on April 2, 2012. At that time, Daphne…

Physics & Astronomy

Quantum control protocols could lead to more accurate, larger scale quantum computations

“Although interactions between a quantum bit ('qubit') and its environment tend to corrupt the information it stores, it is possible to dynamically control…

Health & Medicine

Clinical insight improves treatment with new lung cancer drug

Men experience a marked drop in their testosterone levels when taking a targeted therapy to control a specific type of lung cancer. That's according to a…

Studies and Analyses

Active Older Adults Show Lower Psychological Distress Levels

Led by Gregory Kolt, PhD, of the University of Western Sydney, School of Science and Health, researchers analyzed data from nearly 100,000 Australian men and…

Studies and Analyses

Boost Customer Satisfaction: Simple Solutions for Common Issues

Are you having trouble with the dishwasher? Or with a computer, that doesn’t work as it should do? Or with an incomprehensible instruction manual for the new…

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