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Wikipedia Validated As Reliable Source for Political Education

Now a peer-reviewed study by Brigham Young University political scientist Adam Brown validates Wikipedia as a reliable place to get a political education.The…

Health & Medicine

Night Nurses’ Sleep Strategies Disrupt Circadian Clocks

That is one of the results of the first study to examine the strategies that night nurses use to adjust between day and night sleep cycles. The study was based…

Environmental Conservation

Gorillas Thrive Amid Challenges in DR Congo Census Findings

A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the…

Life & Chemistry

Enzyme Discovery Offers New Target for Anti-Cancer Therapy

An enzyme essential for DNA replication and repair in humans works in a way that might be exploited as anti-cancer therapy, say researchers at The Scripps…

Health & Medicine

Integrative Medicine and Spirituality Boost Asthma Outcomes in Teens

These findings, being presented at the National Conference in Pediatric Psychology in San Antonio April14-16, could help physicians and other providers gain…

Studies and Analyses

Diet Plus Exercise: New Study Reveals Effective Weight Loss Strategy

Everyone knows that eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet and getting regular exercise helps shed pounds, but a new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Salt Intake to Hypertension Causes

New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Kent State University shows that salt intake raises blood pressure because it makes it…

Earth Sciences

"Jurassic Park" Had it Right: Some Dinosaurs Hunted by Night

Stephen Spielberg's movie Jurassic Park got one thing right.Velociraptors hunted by night while big plant-eating dinosaurs browsed around the clock, according…

Studies and Analyses

Navigating Risk-Benefit Data: Informed Decisions in Healthcare

Giving patients data about the risks and benefits of a medical intervention is not always helpful and may even lead them to irrational decisions, according to…

Power and Electrical Engineering

University of Toronto researchers 'brighten' the future of OLED technology

Chlorine is an abundant and readily available halogen gas commonly associated with the sanitation of swimming pools and drinking water. Could a one-atom thick…

Business and Finance

Credit Overusers Hold Unrealistic Product Beliefs, Study Finds

A University of Missouri researcher says people who overuse credit have very different beliefs about products than people who spend within their means….

Health & Medicine

Operation Care: Enhancing 911 Call Efficiency and Patient Care

The program, called Operation Care, was conceived and implemented by the non-profit agency Baltimore HealthCare Access and ran as a three-month pilot in 2008….

Life & Chemistry

Marine Animal Studies Boost Organ Transplant Success Rates

An average of 20 registered patients die every day waiting for transplants, due to the shortage of matching donor organs. More than 110,000 people are…

Health & Medicine

New Therapy Enhances Immunity in Teens with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome

In a novel approach that works around the gene defect in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, an inherited immune deficiency disorder, researchers used an alternative…

Health & Medicine

Safety of stored blood among chief concerns for transfusion medicine community

In light of recent studies that suggest the use of stored blood during transfusions may cause adverse effects in patients, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood…

Health & Medicine

Genital Herpes in Africa: Insights for Vaccine Development

The researchers say identification of the properties of the African viruses would open the door to developing a more potent vaccine against an infection now…

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