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Insolvency Risk Drops for Private Equity-Backed Firms

Private Equity and Insolvency compares the failure rates of 140,000 private equity-backed and non-private equity backed businesses between 1995 and 2009. The…

Life & Chemistry

Cosmopolitan eels

Joshua Reece became interested in moray eels in 2005 when he was applying to the PhD program at the University of Hawai’i. Instead of taking him on a campus…

Life & Chemistry

New Agent Disrupts Energy Supply to Target Cancer Cells

Researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center-Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute have designed an…

Environmental Conservation

Northern Squid Habitat Revealed: Key Arctic Research Findings

New research is shedding light on the preferred habitat of the northern squid, Gonatus fabricii – a key but often overlooked species in Arctic marine food webs.

Studies and Analyses

Rheumatoid Arthritis Linked to Vitamin D Deficiency in Study

In the paper, which appears online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a spatial analysis led by Dr. Verónica Vieira, MS, DSc, associate…

Life & Chemistry

Insect-Feeding Animals Boost Plant Growth for Climate Action

Add insect-feeding birds, bats and lizards to the front lines of the battle against global climate change.Summarizing the results of more than 100 experiments…

Information Technology

CryoSat-2 Satellite Set for Launch: Tracking Ice Changes

Today's (7 April 2010) go-ahead marks the last milestone along the road to launch the long-awaited CryoSat-2 satellite. By measuring the tiny variations in the…

Health & Medicine

Urine test for kidney cancer a step closer to development

The research, published online in the May issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, is the first to identify proteins secreted in urine that appear to accurately…

Social Sciences

Mindfulness Meditation Enhances Marriage and Family Therapy Curriculum

“Mindfulness meditation helps students improve their ability to be emotionally present in therapy sessions with clients,” he explained. “It helps beginners,…

Studies and Analyses

Toddlers Value Intentions: New Research Insights Unveiled

Psychology professor Valerie Kuhlmeier and PhD student Kristen Dunfield found that toddlers are more likely to help someone who has made an effort to help…

Studies and Analyses

U-M Study Reveals Generational Shift in Obesity Trends

It was a provocative prediction that due to the obesity epidemic Baby Boomers may outlive their children.But a new study by the University of Michigan Health…

Studies and Analyses

Human Enzyme Breaks Down Toxic Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery

An international study based at the University of Pittsburgh provides the first identification of a human enzyme that can biodegrade carbon nanotubes-the…

Studies and Analyses

Hepatitis C Infection Linked to Increased Kidney Cancer Risk

Using administrative data from more than 67,000 Henry Ford Health System patients, physicians found that over the period 1997-2008, 0.6% (17/3057) patients…

Studies and Analyses

Women Unaware of Fracture Risks, Study Reveals Serious Concern

Underscoring what researchers call a serious global public health concern, results from a new study led by Columbia University Medical Center reveal that many…

Physics & Astronomy

Rare Stellar Eclipse Captured by Astronomers for First Time

For the first time, a team of astronomers has imaged the eclipse of the star Epsilon Aurigae by its mysterious, less luminous companion star. Very…

Environmental Conservation

Hawaiian Submarine Canyons: Biodiversity Hotspots Unveiled

Researchers from Hawaii Pacific University (HPU) and the Universtiy of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM) have now conducted the first extensive study of canyons in the…

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