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High-risk stroke patients more likely to get follow-up care after motivational talk

Even though many Americans learn through community health screenings that they are at high risk for having a stroke, they rarely follow-up with their doctor…

Earth Sciences

The last 3 million years at a snail's pace: a tiny trapdoor opens a new way to date the past

It is the first widespread application of refinements of the 40-year-old technique of amino acid geochronology. The refined method, developed at York’s BioArCh…

Business and Finance

Local Small Businesses Boost Community Economies

Small, locally owned businesses and startups tend to generate higher incomes for people in a community than big, nonlocal firms, which can actually depress…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Soil Reveals Six Million Years of Savanna Changes

Scientists using chemical isotopes in ancient soil to measure prehistoric tree cover–in effect, shade–have found that grassy, tree-dotted savannas prevailed…

Event News

International Marketing Conference 2012: Insights for Growth

International marketing is vital for companies and managers wishing to successfully do business in global markets.Shorter innovation cycles and rapid growth in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Potato Breeding Trials: Insights for Growers from Texas A&M

Miller, a potato breeder with Texas AgriLife Research and the Texas A&M University department of horticultural sciences in College Station, has breeding trials…

Environmental Conservation

Future of Seawater Desalination: 30 Years of Innovations

Elimelech and Phillip and examine how seawater desalination technology has advanced over the past 30 years, in what ways the state-of-the-art technology can be…

Health & Medicine

Minimal Scar Techniques for Living Kidney Donor Transplants

Kidney transplant from a living donor, besides of being the best option for young people and those affected by particular conditions, results in increased…

Automotive Engineering

AviCoS replaces vehicle owner's manuals

The avatar is displayed on the monitor of the Audi Mulitmedia Interface that comes standard in all new Audi models. The virtual figure understands complete…

Studies and Analyses

Hand Hygiene Insights: Reducing Infection Risks in Schools and Hospitals

In the first study, conducted by Anne McLaughlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at North Carolina State University, 71 nurses, infection…

Life & Chemistry

New B Cell Discovery Sheds Light on Autoimmune Disease in Women

The cells, a subset of immune-system B cells, make autoantibodies, which bind to and attack the body’s own tissue. The researchers report in the August 4,…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Designing Diamond Circuits for Harsh Environments

A team of electrical engineers at Vanderbilt University has developed all the basic components needed to create microelectronic devices out of thin films of…

Life & Chemistry

Eliminating Motion Sickness on Tilting Trains: New Study Insights

They found that when the cars tilt just at the beginning of the curves instead of while they are making the turns, there was no motion sickness. The findings…

Information Technology

Wireless network in hospital monitors vital signs

A clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital…

Life & Chemistry

A patient's own skin cells may one day treat multiple diseases

The possibility of developing stem cells from a patient's own skin and using them to treat conditions as diverse as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease…

Studies and Analyses

UVA Researchers Discover New Catalysis Site for Fuel Production

But catalysts are used for a broad variety of purposes, including the conversion of petroleum and renewable resources into fuel, as well as the production of…

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