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Autism Employment Resources: Tips for Success and Support

However, preliminary employment studies indicate that this population may earn less and be employed at a lower rate compared to other people with disabilities….

Studies and Analyses

Folic Acid in Early Pregnancy May Lower Language Delay Risk

A collaborative study between investigators at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has now…

Life & Chemistry

Sugar high for bees

Now mathematicians at MIT have found that efficient feeding depends on how sugary a flower’s nectar is, and whether an animal dips or sucks the nectar out. The…

Studies and Analyses

Improving Gene Therapy for Heart Disease and Cancer

A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to improved gene therapies for conditions such as heart disease and cancer as well as…

Environmental Conservation

Cold War's nuclear wastes pose challenges to science, engineering, society

“Technology, innovation, development and deployment are key elements in the DOE cleanup effort,” said Yvette T. Collazo, Paula G. Kirk and A. Alan Moghissi of…

Studies and Analyses

Stored Blood’s Age Affects Anemia Treatment Outcomes

The paper, “Plasma levels of sphingosine l-phosphate are strongly correlated with haemotocrit, but variably restored by red blood cell transfusions,” appeared…

Health & Medicine

Estrogen’s Role in Stroke Prevention for Younger Menopausal Women

Researchers combined the results from a recent Mayo Clinic study with six other studies from across the world and found that estrogen is protective for stroke…

Life & Chemistry

Barshop Institute Scientists Sequence Naked Mole Rat Genome

Scientists have sequenced the complete genome of the naked mole rat, a pivotal step to understanding the animal's extraordinarily long life and good health. A…

Life & Chemistry

Reprogramming Skin Cells Offers Insights Into Mental Disorders

FOR MANY POORLY UNDERSTOOD MENTAL DISORDERS, such as schizophrenia or autism, scientists often wish they could turn back the clock to uncover what has gone…

Earth Sciences

Wet and Mild: Caltech Researchers Take the Temperature of Mars's Past

By analyzing carbonate minerals in a four-billion-year-old meteorite that originated near the surface of Mars, the scientists determined that the minerals…

Materials Sciences

University of Minnesota’s Breakthrough in Energy-Efficient Fuel Production

A University of Minnesota team of researchers has overcome a major hurdle in the quest to design a specialized type of molecular sieve that could make the…

Life & Chemistry

Researchers Revitalize Aging Beta Cells for Better Health

As a person ages, the ability of their beta cells to divide and make new beta cells declines. By the time children reach the age of 10 to 12 years, the ability…

Studies and Analyses

LGBTQ Students’ Experiences: Insights From Education Research

University of Illinois scholars Joseph P. Robinson and Dorothy L Espelage, who conducted the research, found that “youths who identify as lesbian, gay,…

Materials Sciences

Biomaterials: Nestled in

The cell is a host of many complex reaction pathways. These pathways usually do not interfere with each other because they are contained within membrane-bound…

Materials Sciences

Nanomaterials: Pillars of the assembly

The ever-increasing demand for enhanced performance in electronic devices such as solar cells, sensors and batteries is matched by a need to find ways to make…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic engineering: Speeding up evolution

Genetically engineered microorganisms with improved properties are of vital interest in the advancement of modern medicine, as well as the agriculture and food…

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