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Linking Liquor Store Density to Youth Homicides: A Solution

Violent crime could be reduced significantly if policymakers at the local level limit the number of neighborhood liquor stores and ban the sale of single-serve…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

UMass Researchers Tackle Winter Moth Infestation in MA

The researchers marked an important milestone during field work this summer and last, when they recovered winter moth larvae recently parasitized by C….

Health & Medicine

Aerobic Exercise: A Natural Way to Lower Dementia Risk

The researchers broadly defined exercise as enough aerobic physical activity to raise the heart rate and increase the body's need for oxygen. Examples include…

Life & Chemistry

Endangered Przewalski’s Horse: Ancient Origins and Genetic Diversity

The scientists tested the portion of the genome passed exclusively from mother to offspring — the mitochondrial DNA — of four Przewalski's horse lineages and…

Life & Chemistry

Evolution's past is modern human's present

The past is present when it comes to human evolution.That seems to be the takeaway from new research that concludes “archaic” humans, somewhere in Africa…

Health & Medicine

Gladstone scientist finds new target for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease

A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has identified how the lack of a brain chemical known as dopamine can rewire the interaction between two groups of…

Studies and Analyses

Cam-type deformities linked to MRI detected hip damage in asymptomatic young men

Hip impingement (femoracetabular impingement) may be a risk factor of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. A new study reveals that the presence of an underlying…

Studies and Analyses

Insured and still at risk: Number of underinsured increased 80 percent between 2003 – 2010

The number of underinsured adults—those with health insurance all year, but also with very high medical expenses relative to their incomes—rose by 80 percent…

Studies and Analyses

State Performance Scorecard: Long-Term Services Insights

A new report released jointly today by AARP's Public Policy Institute, The Commonwealth Fund and The SCAN Foundation shows some states significantly…

Process Engineering

Tarte Tatin’s Innovative Solar Cells: Thinner and More Efficient

Their specialty: manufacturing solar cells that are one thousand times thinner than conventional cells. In order to boost the output of the cells, they have…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights Into Venus Flytrap Growth and Insect Diet

In the wild, the Venus flytrap only grows in wetlands deficient in nutrients in the USA. The insects that it captures and digests with its leaves provide it…

Technology Offerings

“SiBiCos” – New Silica Biopolymer Hybridmaterials and Composites

Immobilisation of biomolecules and cells within polymer matrices has gained considerable importance in various fields of biotechnical processes. Such…

Transportation and Logistics

Research Addresses Security of Inland Waterways

“We’re trying to develop a fundamental understanding of the critical interdependence of multi-modal and intermodal transportation systems as they relate to the…

Environmental Conservation

Scientists Monitor the Health of the Caney Fork River by Fishing with Electricity

Though water and electricity are not usually a good mix, the combination is one of the best methods for collecting fish and determining their health. The…

Physics & Astronomy

Stevens Researchers Develop New Technique for Plasmonic Nanogaps

A team of faculty and students in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, led by Dr. Stefan Strauf, appropriated methods from holographic…

Physics & Astronomy

Our galaxy might hold thousands of ticking 'time bombs'

New research shows that some old stars might be held up by their rapid spins, and when they slow down, they explode as supernovae. Thousands of these “time…

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