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Long-Term Study Reveals Hope for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

In the longest-term study so far to track people with body dysmorphic disorder, a severe mental illness in which sufferers obsess over nonexistent or slight…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Debunking Solar Efficiency: Insights on Thin Film Innovations

In recent years, developers have been investigating light-harvesting thin film solar panels made from nanotechnology — and promoting efficiency metrics to make…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Miscanthus vs. Weeds: New Insights for Bioenergy Growth

“No herbicides are currently labeled for use in Giant Miscanthus grown for biomass,” said Eric Anderson, an instructor of bioenergy for the Center of Advanced…

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Lake Erie hypoxic zone doesn't affect all fish the same, study finds

Tomas Höök, an assistant professor of forestry and natural resources, and former Purdue postdoctoral researcher Kristen Arend used output from a model to…

Physics & Astronomy

Hubble Zooms in on a Space Oddity

The Hubble revelations are the latest finds in an ongoing probe of Hanny's Voorwerp (Hanny's Object in Dutch), named for Hanny van Arkel, the Dutch teacher who…

Studies and Analyses

Knee Protectors: Unseen Allergens and Skin Reactions Explained

“Substances that appear at first glance to be harmless can cause allergic reactions since skin enzymes may help to form new, allergenic substances from them,…

Studies and Analyses

Prostate Cancer Screening: Key Findings and Insights

In July 2010, a research team led by Jonas Hugosson, professor in urology at the Sahlgrenska Academy, presented the results of a large randomised study of…

Social Sciences

Power Dynamics in Central Europe’s Bronze Age Societies

Tell-building societies are named after a distinct form of settlements with a high density of population and construction, which over the course of time…

Studies and Analyses

Consumption Report 2010: Swedes' alcohol consumption is falling

Swedes drink less and less alcohol while at the same time the Swedish Alcohol Retail Monopoly's sales are rising and statistics from Statistics Sweden show…

Studies and Analyses

Igloo-Shaped ‘Poo-Gloos’ Eat Sewage, Can Save Millions

“The results of this study show that it is possible to save communities with existing lagoon systems hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, by…

Physics & Astronomy

NASA's Hubble Finds that Puny Stars Pack a Big Punch

Red dwarfs are the most abundant stars in our universe and are presumably hosts to numerous planets. However, their erratic behavior could make life…

Studies and Analyses

Trapping the gas: more organic content means more methane

Aminuddin Muhamad Baki and four other young researchers, supervised by Professor Suhaimi Abdul Talib, of UiTM, found that having more organic content in sludge…

Earth Sciences

Spacecraft catches thunderstorms hurling antimatter into space

Scientists think the antimatter particles were formed in a terrestrial gamma-ray flash (TGF), a brief burst produced inside thunderstorms and shown to be…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Land Availability for Biofuel Crops: New Study Insights

Published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, the study led by civil and environmental engineering professor Ximing Cai identified land around…

Health & Medicine

New Markers for Allergic Disorders Found in Medical Data Analysis

Published in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, the study builds on data analyses of freely available medical databases representing studies of countless…

Studies and Analyses

Being Poor Can Suppress Children's Genetic Potentials

Half of the gains that wealthier children show on tests of mental ability between 10 months and 2 years of age can be attributed to their genes, the study…

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