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Studies and Analyses

Cortisol’s Role in Depression and Obesity in Girls

“This is the first time cortisol reactivity has been identified as a mediator between depressed mood and obesity in girls,” said Elizabeth J. Susman, the Jean…

Studies and Analyses

Overweight Middle-Aged Adults Face Higher Cognitive Decline Risk

The publication presents a collection of ten articles highlighting new findings related to obesity in older persons. “One of the unanticipated consequences of…

Earth Sciences

Geologists Explore Antarctica’s Ancient Ice Hypothesis

Focusing on a controversial hypothesis that ice existed at the equator some 300 million years ago during the late Paleozoic Period, two University of Oklahoma…

Life & Chemistry

DNA Sequencing Reveals Flowering Plant Evolution Insights

A study appearing online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences unravels 100 million years of evolution through an extensive analysis…

Life & Chemistry

Damaged protein identified as early diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer's disease in healthy adults

The study published this month online by Neurobiology of Aging shows that high levels of P- tau231 predict future memory decline and loss of brain gray matter…

Physics & Astronomy

Brown Physicist Unveils Unique Fluctuating Magnetic Waves

At the quantum level, the forces of magnetism and superconductivity exist in an uneasy relationship. Superconducting materials repel a magnetic field, so to…

Earth Sciences

17P Depression Weakens: Final Advisory Insights from JTWC

On February 22 at 6 p.m. ET (21 UTC), the Joint Typhoon Warning Center issued their final advisory on 17P. At that time, its maximum sustained winds were near…

Earth Sciences

NASA Launches iSWA: Advanced Space-Weather Science Tool

The iSWA is a robust, integrated system provides information about space weather conditions past, present, and future and, unlike many other programs currently…

Earth Sciences

Assessing Earthquake Risks: Rapid Response Missions in Haiti

Rapid response missions can be critical for assessing future risks because a fault can continue to displace the ground for weeks and months after a large…

Health & Medicine

Sound Detection in Melanoma: A New Tool for Cancer Diagnosis

Knowing the stage of a patient’s melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatment. When the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more…

Studies and Analyses

New Study Reveals Effective Non-Toxic Head Lice Treatment

A new non-neurotoxic treatment for head lice has been found to have an average of 91.2% treatment success rate after one week, and to be safe in humans from…

Studies and Analyses

Bone Marrow Cell Transplants Show Promise for Heart Disease

The first study, carried out by a team of Brazilian researchers, found that cell transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs) directly into the…

Physics & Astronomy

Understanding Chaotic Motion of Solids in Fluid Dynamics

They claim to have discovered two basic mechanisms that lead to chaotic motion of the body as it interacts with its vortex wake. The work may lead to better…

Event News

Conference looks at impact of environmental economics research in Southeast Asia

Having been in existence for 16 years, supporting capacity-building in environmental and resource economics in Southeast Asia, EEPSEA has given out close to…

Life & Chemistry

International Aphid Genomics Consortium publishes genome sequence of the pea aphid

In a series of landmark papers to appear in journals including PLoS Biology and Insect Molecular Biology, the scientists shed light on the identity of an…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Putting Data Centers on a Low-Energy Diet

That’s the promise of research conducted by Binghamton University colleagues Kanad Ghose, a professor of computer science, and Bahgat Sammakia, a professor of…

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