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Cell Phone Safety: Examining Use and Recent Initiatives

Drawing on published studies on the effects of cell phone use and recent global initiatives advancing cell phone safety, Dr. Davis discusses the various ways…

Health & Medicine

Exploring Oxytocin: The Hidden Negatives Behind Its Benefits

It’s known for promoting positive feelings, but more recent research has found that oxytocin can promote negative emotions, too. The authors of a new review…

Health & Medicine

Don’t Suffer in Silence with Toe Pain

While deformities of the lesser toes (all toes other than the big toe) can be very painful, there are numerous surgical and nonsurgical treatments for these…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

AgriLife Research ‘genetically fingerprinting’ E. coli from Lampasas and Leon watersheds

The Lampasas and Leon Rivers watersheds have been listed as impaired by the state due to high counts of E. coli and other bacteria taken in the late 1990s, but…

Physics & Astronomy

CU-Boulder faculty, students part of NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter

Several University of Colorado Boulder faculty and students are participating in NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter, now slated for launch Aug. 5 from Florida's…

Studies and Analyses

Heart Attack Survivors in Low-Income Areas Get Less Exercise

Engaging in physical activity after a heart attack is known to increase the odds of survival. In a study published in the September issue of the American…

Studies and Analyses

Vitamin Pills and Smoking: Understanding the Licensing Effect

This is an example of what psychologists call the licensing effect, which occurs when people make a virtuous choice that permits them to make a poor choice…

Life & Chemistry

New Peptides Combat Ovarian Cancer Drug Resistance

The peptides act by a novel inhibitory mechanism and curb cancer cell growth in drug resistant ovarian cancer cells. The interdisciplinary research project was…

Life & Chemistry

Blood Flow and Dementia: Understanding the Connection

High blood pressure is a typical risk factor for dementia. Why is that? What is the relationship between blood flow and dementia? These are the questions that…

Physics & Astronomy

New Magnetic Order: Stable Skyrmions Discovered by Physicists

Physicists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the universities of Kiel and Hamburg are the first to discover a regular lattice of stable magnetic skyrmions –…

Health & Medicine

National Asthma Genetics Consortium Unveils Key Gene Discovery

A new national collaboration of asthma genetics researchers has revealed a novel gene associated with the disease in African-Americans, according to a new…

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How Physics Unveils the Secrets of Crop-Circle Artists

As the global crop-circle phenomenon grows alongside advances in science and technology, Taylor notes how physics and the arts are coming together to produce…

Life & Chemistry

Improving Crop Breeding Potential Through Genomic Analysis

Traditional breeding involves crossing two varieties and selecting the best performing among the progeny. Predictive breeding is a more advanced technique…

Studies and Analyses

Excess Salt Intake in 8-Month-Olds: Key Health Insights

Many are also given cows' milk, which has higher levels of salt than breast or formula milk, as their main drink despite recommendations that it should not be…

Business and Finance

To Reduce Debt, Focus on High Interest Loans First

But consumers take a slightly different approach, according to a consumer behavior expert at Olin Business School, Washington University in St. Louis.“Our…

Life & Chemistry

Studies Discover New Estrogen Activity in the Brain

Estrogens like estradiol are crucial in modulating neural circuits that govern such behaviors as feeding and reproduction, memory, cognition and…

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