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New CU-Boulder Research Sheds Light on Why Our Brains Get Tripped Up When We're Anxious

In the study, CU-Boulder psychology Professor Yuko Munakata and her research colleagues found that “neural inhibition,” a process that occurs when one nerve…

Health & Medicine

Childhood Cancer Survivors Benefit From Common ADHD Medication

A medicine widely used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) also provides long-term relief from the attention and behavior changes that…

Materials Sciences

Thin-Film Photovoltaics: Advancements in Energy Efficiency

This field is constantly advancing, developing technologies that can convert power more efficiently and at a lower cost. To highlight breakthroughs in this…

Earth Sciences

Igor Upgraded to Category 4 Hurricane: Key Developments

Last week, Igor was a tropical storm who faded into a tropical depression. The National Hurricane Center had forecast that over the weekend Igor would approach…

Trade Fair News

Solar 21 Unveils Innovative LED Light at World Climate Solutions

After less than six hours of charging in direct sunlight, the Mona solar light, developed by Solar 21, can produce light for up to five hours. Using new LED…

Earth Sciences

Tropical Storm Julia Forms: Insights from NASA’s Aqua Satellite

The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies on NASA's Aqua satellite gives scientists and meteorologists clues about how a tropical cyclone…

Life & Chemistry

Targeted Agent CAL-101 Shows Promise for Chronic Lymphoid Leukemia

Their study shows that the small-molecule inhibitor CAL-101 directly promotes cell death by apoptosis in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells and disrupts…

Studies and Analyses

Teacher Coaching Boosts Learning: New Study Insights

A set of studies released in this month's special issue of The Elementary School Journal reveals the powerful effect that the coaching of teachers can have on…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Hidden Risks in Minor Heart Defects

Repairing small, seemingly benign holes in a child's heart may be more clinically important than previously thought, as dysfunction could be lurking out of…

Earth Sciences

Satellites Search for 770M Tons of Dust in the Air

Some Saharan dust falls back to Earth before it leaves Africa. Some of it streams out over the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea, carried on the wind as far…

Physics & Astronomy

Amateur Astronomers Open Potential Lab in Outer Space for Planetary Scientists

According to a paper by professional astronomers, expected to be published today online by Astrophysical Journal Letters, the asteroid was eight to 13 meters…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Find Key Pathway Implicated in Progression of Childhood Cancer

According to a new study a protein crucial for the immune response appears to be a key player in the progression of a devastating form of childhood leukemia…

Communications Media

Video Games Lead to Faster Decisions That Are No Less Accurate

The researchers found that video game players develop a heightened sensitivity to what is going on around them, and this benefit doesn’t just make them better…

Business and Finance

Women-Owned Franchises Are Scarce

As a consumer insights analyst for Oklahoma City-based Sonic Corp., the nation’s largest chain of drive-in restaurants, Kim Mathe looked at the number of…

Physics & Astronomy

UAB Engineering Lifts Off with More Projects for NASA

Not to Rob Rouleau, a project manager at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE). He considers himself…

Information Technology

Mapping New Paths for a Stressed-Out Internet

In a paper published this week in Nature Communications, CAIDA researcher Dmitri Krioukov, along with Marián Boguñá (Universitat de Barcelona) and Fragkiskos…

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