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New Research Unveils Effective Memory Techniques for Learning

Scientists and educators alike have long known that cramming is not an effective way to remember things. With their latest findings, researchers at the RIKEN…

Health & Medicine

Parathyroid Glow Discovery Reduces Endocrine Surgery Risks

This unique fluorescent signature was discovered by a team of biomedical engineers and endocrine surgeons at Vanderbilt University, who have used it as the…

Health & Medicine

Panic Symptoms Rise Gradually After Stressful Events

Just like everyone else, people with panic disorder have real stress in their lives. They get laid off and they fight with their spouses. How such stresses…

Health & Medicine

Signaling pathway is 'executive software' of airway stem cells

“Our work has identified the Notch signaling pathway as a central regulatory 'switch' that controls the differentiation of airway basal stem cells,” said Jason…

Studies and Analyses

Fat Substitutes in Low-Cal Foods May Lead to Weight Gain

Synthetic fat substitutes used in low-calorie potato chips and other foods could backfire and contribute to weight gain and obesity, according to a study…

Life & Chemistry

Bacteria Evolve Restraint in Rock-Paper-Scissors Strategy

But new research from the University of Washington shows that in some structured communities, organisms increase their chances of survival if they evolve some…

Life & Chemistry

Mitochondrial Discoveries Spark New Cancer Research Insights

Shirley M. Taylor, Ph.D., researcher at VCU Massey Cancer Center and associate professor in the VCU Department of Microbiology and Immunology at VCU School of…

Materials Sciences

NIU Scientists Unveil Eco-Friendly Method for High-Yield Graphene

The focus of intense scientific research in recent years, graphene is a two-dimensional material, comprised of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a…

Information Technology

Einstein and Fourier Inspire Breakthrough in Computer Vision

The techniques, called heat mapping and heat distribution, apply mathematical methods to enable machines to perceive three-dimensional objects, said Karthik…

Life & Chemistry

Picower: 1 Skull + 2 Brains = 4 Objects in Mind

Normally, it takes years or decades after a brand new discovery about the brain for any practical implications to emerge. But this study by MIT neuroscientists…

Health & Medicine

Quick AED Use Boosts Survival Rates After Cardiac Arrest

A new study has found the number of people who survive after suffering a cardiac arrest outside a hospital drops significantly if the pause between stopping…

Studies and Analyses

Energy Drinks and Substance Use: Insights from Musicians’ Study

In survey results published in the Journal of Caffeine Research this spring, UB research scientists Kathleen E. Miller and Brian M. Quigley examined substance…

Earth Sciences

Beatriz Strengthens: Thunderstorms Approach Hurricane Status

Beatriz formed from the low pressure area System 92E that NASA and JAXA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was watching last week. The low pressure…

Earth Sciences

Fastest Sea-Level Rise in 2,000 Years Tied to Global Warming

The rate of sea level rise along the U.S. Atlantic coast is greater now than at any time in the past 2,000 years–and has shown a consistent link between…

Studies and Analyses

Husband's employment status threatens marriage, but wife's does not, study finds

The research, led by Liana Sayer of Ohio State University and forthcoming in the American Journal of Sociology, was designed to show how employment status…

Health & Medicine

Researchers find process of cervical ripening differs between term and preterm birth

The findings challenge the conventional premise that premature cervical ripening and remodeling is likely just an accelerated version of the term labor…

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