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Health & Medicine

Ironic Effects of Anti-Prejudice Messages Explored

Lisa Legault, Jennifer Gutsell and Michael Inzlicht, from the University of Toronto Scarborough, were interested in exploring how one's everyday environment…

Life & Chemistry

Sex and Genetic Variation: New Insights from Wayne State Research

Heng and fellow researcher Root Gorelick, Ph.D., associate professor at Carleton University in Canada, propose that although diversity may result from a…

Studies and Analyses

Hypoallergenic Dogs: Study Reveals No Allergy Advantage

That's the conclusion of a study by Henry Ford Hospital researchers who sought to evaluate whether hypoallergenic dogs have a lower dog allergen in the home…

Health & Medicine

Neurons and Meditation: Exploring the Science of Calmness

She decided to try meditation and noticed a change within a month. “My experience was a sense of calmness, of better ability to regulate my emotions,” she…

Health & Medicine

Adult Stem Cells Boost Cardiac Function in Angina Patients

New research published online today in Circulation Research found that injections of adult patients' own CD34+ stem cells reduced reports of angina episodes…

Studies and Analyses

Male Smokers Face Lower Risk of Joint Replacement Surgery

Surprising results from a new study revealed that men who smoke had less risk of undergoing total joint replacement surgery than those who never smoked….

Studies and Analyses

Children's personalities linked to their chemical response to stress

These basic temperamental patterns are linked to opposite hormonal responses to stress – differences that may provide children with advantages for navigating…

Life & Chemistry

Mapping Genomes: New Insights from Kansas State Researchers

By mapping various genomes onto an X-Y axis, a team comprised mostly of Kansas State University researchers has found that Charles Darwin and a fruit fly –…

Physics & Astronomy

Billion-Pixel Camera Eye of Gaia Maps Milky Way Stars

While the naked human eye can see several thousand stars on a clear night, Gaia will map a billion stars within our own Milky Way Galaxy and its neighbours…

Life & Chemistry

NMR/MRI Enhances Microfluidic Chromatography at Berkeley Lab

Alexander Pines, a faculty senior scientist in Berkeley Lab’s Materials Sciences Division and the Glenn T. Seaborg Professor of Chemistry at the University of…

Physics & Astronomy

USA Joins Wendelstein 7-X Fusion Project for Energy Innovation

The President of the Max Planck Society, Peter Gruss, said he was delighted about the US involvement: “This contribution is testimony to the outstanding…

Earth Sciences

Climate Change Shifts Spring Timing for Alberta’s Wildflowers

A University of Alberta study shows that climate change over the past 70 years has pushed some of the province's native wildflowers and trees into earlier…

Studies and Analyses

A Mother’s Salt Intake Could be Key to Prenatal Kidney Development

A new animal study from Europe has drawn an association between pregnant mothers’ sodium intake and their newborn’s kidney development. Among the most…

Environmental Conservation

Mercury Risks from Broken CFLs: What You Need to Know

The amount of liquid mercury (Hg) that leaches from a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) is lower than the level allowed by the U.S. Environmental…

Environmental Conservation

Berkeley Lab’s Insights on Oil Flow from Deepwater Horizon

Among their findings, the Berkeley Lab team found that reservoir permeability had a strong influence on oil flow rate. This graphic tracks oil flow rate, in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Microalgae could be Texas' next big cash crop

“It's a huge, untapped source of fuel, food, feed, pharmaceuticals and even pollution-busters,” said Dr. Carlos Fernandez, a crop physiologist at the Texas…

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