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Telex: New Anti-Censorship Scheme Blocks Site Restrictions

The system is called Telex, and it is the brainchild of computer science researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Waterloo in Canada….

Studies and Analyses

Alzheimer’s Disease Symptoms More Subtle in People Over 80

“Those who are 85 and older make up the fastest growing population in the world,” said study author Mark Bondi, PhD, with the University of California San…

Studies and Analyses

Study Suggests Seeing a Neurologist Helps People with Parkinson’s Live Longer

The study also found that women and minorities were less likely to see a neurologist than men and Caucasians, even after adjusting for factors such as age,…

Business and Finance

KfW Financing Demand Remains Strong In Early 2011

In the first half of 2011, KfW Bankengruppe achieved a promotional business volume of EUR 40.6 billion (after EUR 41.9 billion in the first half of 2010). The…

Communications Media

Telephone Beats Social Media for Teen Research Engagement

When 188 ninth-11th graders in four rural Georgia counties were asked how they preferred to be contacted about their participation in a Georgia Health Sciences…

Power and Electrical Engineering

INRS Boosts Iron-Based Catalyst Performance for Fuel Cells

Having pioneered the development of the first high-performance iron-based catalyst for fuel cells, researchers at INRS recently achieved a second major…

Information Technology

'Data Motion Metric' Needed for Supercomputer Rankings, Says SDSC's Snavely

“I’d like to propose that we routinely compare machines using the metric of data motion capacity, or their ability to move data quickly,” Snavely told…

Life & Chemistry

New Mechanism Discovered for Regulating Pro-Inflammatory Cells

New research led by Derya Unutmaz, MD associate professor, the Departments of Pathology, Medicine, and Microbiology at NYU School of Medicine and Mark Sundrud,…

Studies and Analyses

Understanding Consumer Discrimination: Insights from New Research

A forthcoming paper in the American Marketing Association’s Journal of Marketing Research by Professor Sheena Iyengar, S.T. Lee Professor of Business,…

Health & Medicine

Enzyme Deficiency Disrupts Threat Assessment in Mice

Do you run when you should stay? Are you afraid of all the wrong things? An enzyme deficiency might be to blame, reveals new research in mice by scientists at…

Power and Electrical Engineering

U.Va. Researchers Find High Energy Output From Algae-Based Fuel, But 'No Silver Bullet'

For farmers looking to maximize profits, algae would produce considerably more transportation energy than canola and switch grass for every hectare planted,…

Studies and Analyses

Atlanta runs world's most fiscally efficient airport, Guangzhou boosts efficiency: UBC research

ATL generated 60 per cent of its total revenue from non-aviation activities, compared to the lowest-ranked North American airport Chicago's O'Hare…

Health & Medicine

New MS Research Doubles Gene Count Linked to Disease

The research, involving an international team of investigators led by the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, and funded by the Wellcome Trust, was published…

Health & Medicine

New Study: Boost Health Through Activity for Arthritis Relief

Being physically active is one of best ways people with arthritis can improve their health, but a new study from Northwestern University Feinberg School of…

Studies and Analyses

High Levels of Flame Retardants Found in Pregnant Women in CA

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were added to consumer products, such as electronics and foam in furniture beginning in the 1970s. The chemicals slow…

Studies and Analyses

Increased Light May Reduce Fear, U.Va. Study Finds

Psychologist Brian Wiltgen and biologists Ignacio Provencio and Daniel Warthen of U.Va.'s College of Arts & Sciences worked together to combine studies of fear…

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