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New Insights From Large-Scale Lung Cancer Genetic Study

A multi-institution team, funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today reported results of…

Studies and Analyses

ADHD in Kids Linked to Higher Divorce Rates for Couples

Moreover, among couples in the study who were divorced, marriages involving children with ADHD ended sooner than marriages with no ADHD-diagnosed children. William E. Pelham, Jr., Ph.D., professor of psychology and pediatrics at the University at Buffalo and director of UB's Center for Children and Families, is senior author on the study. Pelham is known internationally for his ADHD treatment and research, and each year conducts UB's Summer Treatment Program, a highly successful behavior-modification program that has helped hundreds of children with ADHD and has been replicated nationwide. …

Health & Medicine

Innovative Food Packaging Solutions: Latest Materials Overview

The IFT Scientific Status Summary on food packaging provides a complete overview of the latest innovations in food packaging. It begins with a brief history of…

Earth Sciences

Ancient Bone Awl Reveals Secrets of Prehistoric Midwest

Radiocarbon dating shows that the tool – an awl fashioned from the leg bone of a white tail deer, with one end ground to a point – is 10,400 years old.The find…

Life & Chemistry

Self-Assembling Nano-Fiber Gel Enhances Drug Delivery

Two teams of scientists from Harvard-MIT Division of Health Science and Technology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital have developed a new self-assembling…

Earth Sciences

Simulated Seismic Signals Enhance Volcano Eruption Warnings

For the first time, scientists have simulated the seismic signals that precede a volcanic eruption and created a 3-D visualization of those warning signs under…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Unlock Secret of Death Protein’s Activation

They say it may be possible to exploit the newly found trigger as a target for designer drugs that would treat cancer by forcing malignant cells to commit…

Medical Engineering

New MRI Technique Enhances Early Cervical Cancer Detection

The new technique offers better imaging of smaller tumors and may also improve surgical options when fertility-sparing procedures are being considered.”Small…

Technology Offerings

Bioactive Pre-Tubulysins: Advancing Tubulin Research

Pre-tubulysin was already claimed as a hypothetically common preliminary stage of tubulysins in 2004. Now it is available by synthesis and can be used for…

Medical Engineering

3-D Doppler Ultrasound Enhances Breast Cancer Detection

“Using 3-D scans promises greater accuracy due to more consistent sampling over the entire tumor,” said lead author, Gerald L. LeCarpentier, Ph.D., assistant…

Environmental Conservation

Rare Corals Find New Breeding Methods to Thrive

This finding, released by scientists at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, has raised hopes for the ability of the world’s corals to…

Health & Medicine

New Science May Prevent Ciguatera Poisoning from Fish

Ciguatera poisoning – which often results in acute nausea, vomiting and painful gastrointestinal episodes – is caused by eating fish that have fed on a micro…

Life & Chemistry

New Genes Linked to Schizophrenia Discovered by UCLA Researchers

Now, in a collaborative study, UCLA and Dutch researchers have identified three new candidate genes for schizophrenia that may contribute to a better…

Studies and Analyses

Dolphin Coordination During Predation: A Choreographed Dance

The study, by scientists at Oregon State University and the University of Hawaii, found that dolphins engage in a highly choreographed night-time “dance” to…

Life & Chemistry

Caste Dynamics in Colonial Society: A Historical Overview

“The history of all past society has consisted in the development of class antagonisms…the exploitation of one part of society by the other”. – Karl Marx and…

Studies and Analyses

Studying African Wild Dogs: Insights from 20 Years of Research

Over a 20-year period, Gregory Rasmussen, currently at Lady Margaret Hall Oxford, intensively studied every move of African wild dogs in Zimbabwe to the extent…

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