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Early Soda Consumption Linked to Unhealthy Diets in Girls

The ten-year study showed that girls who drank soda at age five had diets that were less likely to meet nutritional standards for the duration of the study,…

Environmental Conservation

Fire May Revive Eastern Forest Dogwood Trees

Dogwood trees act as a calcium pump, pulling the nutrient from deep in the soil and depositing it on the forest floor with their fallen leaves each autumn….

Studies and Analyses

Young Men Face Greater Relationship Challenges, Study Reveals

In the study of more than 1,000 unmarried young adults between the ages of 18 and 23, Wake Forest Professor of Sociology Robin Simon challenges the long-held…

Health & Medicine

Next-Gen Sequencing Transforms Medicine at Mainz Center

A next generation genome sequencer has been received in the newly launched Center for Translational Oncology Mainz and Immunology (TrOn) in Mainz. With the…

Studies and Analyses

Americans Seek Self-Respect: A Growing Trend in 2023

Americans want self-respect, and that desire has risen significantly in the last two decades, say marketing researchers at the University of Oregon. Meanwhile,…

Health & Medicine

Eyelid Shortcut: Less-Invasive Fix for Brain Fluid Leaks

They say access to the skull and brain through either lid, formally known as a transpalpebral orbitofrontal craniotomy, sharply contrasts with the more…

Life & Chemistry

Tasquinimod: New Drug Delays Prostate Tumor Progression

Tasquinimod is a so-called “anti-angiogenesis” drug that squeezes off blood supply to prostate tumors by blocking new blood vessel development. Tumors require…

Studies and Analyses

High School Seniors’ Daytime Sleepiness Linked to Depression Risk

High school seniors with excessive daytime sleepiness have an elevated risk for depression, suggests a research abstract that will be presented Wednesday, June…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Success with 'cisgenics' in forestry offers new tools for biotechnology

Cisgenics uses genes from closely related species that usually are sexually compatible. If governments choose to regulate it similarly to conventional…

Health & Medicine

Protein Therapy Shows Promise for Post-Surgery ED Recovery

After men have surgery to remove a cancerous prostate gland, up to 80 percent of them will lose the ability to have an erection because of damage to a critical…

Studies and Analyses

Navigating Yellow Lights: Insights from UC’s Engineering PhD

Transportation engineering PhD student Zhixia Li was attracted to the University of Cincinnati because of the real-world education and experience the…

Health & Medicine

Healthy diet could slow or reverse early effects of Alzheimer's disease

In a previous study [http://www.temple.edu/newsroom/2009_2010/12/stories/alzheimers.htm], researchers led by Domenico Praticò, an associate professor of…

Life & Chemistry

New Stem Cell Type Offers Easier Manipulation for Research

Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Regenerative Medicine (MGH-CRM) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have a developed a new type…

Information Technology

NASA's FASTSAT satellite readies for shipment to Alaska

The pre-shipment review was completed in May, demonstrating the flight hardware has successfully passed all environmental and performance tests and is…

Earth Sciences

NASA'S TRMM Satellite provides rainfall estimate for Cyclone Phet

TRMM satellite rainfall data estimated Cyclone Phet's heaviest rainfall (600 or more millimeters/23.6 or more inches) occurred over open waters of the Arabian…

Life & Chemistry

Arsenic Hyperaccumulating Ferns: Survival Strategies Revealed

Chemically similar to phosphorus, arsenic forms arsenate (AsO43-), which closely resembles phosphate (PO43-). Arsenate interferes with many phosphate-requiring…

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