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Physics & Astronomy

High School Student Co-Authors Physics Paper on Mind Training

“It is extremely rare for a high school student to be a co-author on a physics paper. Statistics on this aren't available, but it is likely less than 1 paper…

Studies and Analyses

New Stool Test Enhances Cancer Detection for High-Risk Patients

“By using fecal immunochemical testing — a new type of stool blood test — in the interval between surveillance colonoscopies, we were able to detect cancer…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Robots in Emergency Rooms: Vanderbilt’s Innovative Assistants

A group of computer engineers at Vanderbilt University is convinced that the basic technology is now available to create robot assistants that can perform…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Movie Viewing: What Makes It Enjoyable?

A new study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology shows that all of that squirming and averting of eyes is normal, especially when you are accompanied by…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough in Aggression Research: Gene Links to Behavior

“I looked at the gene that makes the body's testosterone detector to determine if variations in this detector's sensitivity to the chemical causes people to be…

Earth Sciences

Life Thrives in Porous Rock Deep Beneath the Seafloor

Matthew McCarthy, associate professor of ocean sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz, led a team of researchers from several institutions who…

Health & Medicine

Novel compounds show early promise in treatment of Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's

Investigators at Southern Methodist University and The University of Texas at Dallas have discovered a family of small molecules that shows promise in…

Life & Chemistry

Nanoparticle Breakthrough: Enhanced Antimicrobial for Listeria

Yuan Yao, an assistant professor of food science, altered the surface of a carbohydrate found in sweet corn called phytoglycogen, which led to the creation of…

Life & Chemistry

Breakthrough in Deadly Disease Research: Seattle BioMed & NU Team

Scientists at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed) and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have reached a major milestone in…

Health & Medicine

Empowering Teens: School Program Improves Asthma Management

The Asthma Self-Management for Adolescents (ASMA) program is an eight-week intervention geared toward helping adolescents learn more effective ways of managing…

Life & Chemistry

GEN Co-Sponsors Roundtable on Innovative Bioremediation Techniques

“Gulf Oil Spill: Using Modern-day Biology to Assess the Environmental Impact and to Help in Remediation” was also sponsored by the Venture Development Center…

Environmental Conservation

Invisible Invasive Species: Unseen Threats to Ecosystems

A study by Elena Litchman, Michigan State University associate professor of ecology, sheds light on why invasive microbial invaders shouldn't be overlooked or…

Studies and Analyses

UBC’s Stable Leishmaniasis Drug Effective in Tropical Climates

VL is a blood-born parasitic disease that afflicts 12 million people worldwide, mainly in developing countries and tropical regions. According to the World…

Health & Medicine

New Study Links Cell Movement Mechanism to Aggressive Tumors

“Malignant cancer arises when cancer cells acquire the ability to move away from their primary tissue location,” said Natalia Starostina assistant research…

Studies and Analyses

Enhancing Protections for Cognitively-Impaired Research Subjects

Practices for protecting human research subjects with Alzheimer's disease and other conditions that make them incapable of giving informed consent are widely…

Studies and Analyses

Diners may be willing to pay more to eat at 'green' restaurants

Researchers found that more than 8 out of 10 restaurant patrons surveyed in Columbus said they would be willing to pay more to dine at “green” restaurants….

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