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Study Reveals Insomnia Costs US Workforce $63.2 Billion Annually

Insomnia is costing the average U.S. worker 11.3 days, or $2,280 in lost productivity every year, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the journal…

Health & Medicine

UT Southwestern Program Identifies High-Risk Colorectal Cancer Families

The joint effort between UT Southwestern and Parkland Memorial Hospital allows doctors to screen the tumors of colorectal cancer patients younger than 70, and…

Life & Chemistry

Insect Gut Microbe’s Role in Iron Regulation and Growth

Iron plays an important role in almost every life form. Low iron can lead to deficiency symptoms and reduced growth, whereas too much iron may harm…

Environmental Conservation

Southern Rocky Mountain Pikas Thrive, CU-Boulder Assessment Shows

American pikas, the chirpy, potato-sized denizens of rocky debris in mountain ranges and high plateaus in western North America, are holding their own in the…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Photoionisation Lamps: Key to Advanced Gas Detection Systems

Heraeus Noblelight, one of the technology and market leaders in the field of specialty light sources, has published its latest application note on…

Physics & Astronomy

Epic Search for Evidence of Life on Mars Heats Up with Focus on High-tech Instruments

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Movies Provide Unprecedented View of Supersonic Jets From Young Stars

The jets are a byproduct of gas accretion around newly forming stars and shoot off at supersonic speeds of about 100 miles per second in opposite directions…

Life & Chemistry

New Tests for “Legal Marijuana,” “Bath Salts” and Other Emerging Designer Drugs

The reports, among more than 7,500 on the ACS agenda, focus on drugs sold as “bath salts,” “plant food,” “incense” and other products with colorful names, such…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Unfounded Pesticide Concerns Adversely Affect the Health of Low-income Populations

Bruce N. Ames, Ph.D., developer of a widely used test for potential carcinogens that bears his name, spoke at the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the…

Studies and Analyses

New project to study the impact of recent policies related to avian influenza (H5N1) outbreaks in China, Indonesia, Thailand …

This project focuses on recent policies developed in response to the spread of avian influenza. In response to widespread avian influenza H5N1 outbreaks in…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Nanomaterial Safety for Innovative Progress

The objective is to allow for innovation but also to identify and reduce risks at an early stage. The SRU holds the view that the regulation of nanomaterials…

Earth Sciences

Little Ice Age Study: Solar Activity’s Minimal Climate Impact

This implies that low solar activity, which is expected by some researchers for the coming decades, cannot considerably slow down global warming caused by…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Organic Farming Proves Profitable Long-Term, Study Finds

The answer is yes, according to new research in the Sept.-Oct. issue of Agronomy Journal. In an analysis of 18 years of crop yield and farm management data…

Studies and Analyses

Language Speed vs. Efficiency: Is Faster Speech Better?

The study, “A cross-linguistic perspective on speech information rate,” to be published in the September 2011 issue of the scholarly journal Language, is…

Studies and Analyses

New Insights Into Telomeres’ Role in Tumor Growth

The first report of the presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) in cancers arising from the bladder, cervix, endometrium, esophagus,…

Earth Sciences

The Geophysicist's Guide to Striking It Rich

Prospecting — the search for valuable reserves such as gold, diamond and natural gas — isn't just a matter of luck. It's about knowing where to look. Now…

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