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Studies and Analyses

Teenage Ridicule’s Impact on Consumer Behavior Unveiled

“The practice of ridicule both reflects and affects adolescents' perceptions of belongingness, the content of ridicule conveys information about the…

Studies and Analyses

Anxious Adults Misinterpret Facial Cues Faster, Study Finds

“Facial cues play an important role in how individuals perceive information that is relevant to attachment concerns,” said study co-author R. Chris Fraley, a…

Materials Sciences

MIT Scientists Develop Fiber Webs That Can See

Ultimately the researchers expect the new system will be capable of much more, with potential applications ranging from improved space telescopes to clothing…

Life & Chemistry

Agile Molecular Motors: New Hope for Motor Neuron Diseases

Motor neuron diseases are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscles for such…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein and DNA Interactions

Clearly, a detailed view of the p53 protein in direct contact with DNA could provide important insights into preventing and treating an array of human cancers….

Health & Medicine

New Method to Open Ion Channels Using Spider Venom Enzyme

Using an enzyme found in the venom of the brown recluse spider, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a new way to…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists Isolate Leukemia Stem Cells in Human Model

Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Children's Hospital Boston and their colleagues have isolated rare cancer stem cells that cause leukemia in a…

Health & Medicine

Diabetes drug shows promise in treating Alzheimer's

Treatment of high blood sugar may have a scientific connection to memory loss that could, one day, benefit millions of people with Alzheimer's Disease, which…

Information Technology

Exploring Telepathy: Innovations in Virtual Reality Testing

The system, which immerses an individual in what looks like a life-size computer game, has been created as part of a joint project between The University's…

Health & Medicine

Study Supports 'Urgent’ Need for Worldwide Ban on Lead-Based Paint

The report appears in the early online edition of the journal Environmental Research, to be published in September 2006. The researchers say that this…

Information Technology

High-Altitude Broadband: The Future of Wireless Connectivity

The CAPANINA project, which uses balloons, airships or unmanned solar-powered planes as high-altitude platforms (HAPs) to relay wireless and optical…

Physics & Astronomy

Our Sun's fiery outbursts – seen in 3D

Professor Richard Harrison of the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL), part of the UK team working on STEREO said “Whilst our Sun may seem a calm…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Weather watching water system gives large water & fertilizer savings for growers

Researchers at the University of Warwick's plant research arm Warwick HRI are examining ways to respond to the fact that the UK is becoming an increasing water…

Health & Medicine

Global Collaboration to Combat Zoonotic Pathogens

So far, these fears have proved unfounded. Diseases caused by Salmonella or other pathogens such as Campylobacter and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli…

Physics & Astronomy

Cluster hits the magnetic bull’s-eye

This is the first time such an observation has been made and gives astronomers a unique insight into the physical process responsible for the most powerful…

Life & Chemistry

Enhancing Animal Health: Insights from Glasgow’s Professor Monaghan

Professor Pat Monaghan of Glasgow University, said: “ If environmental conditions improve for animals that have previously experienced a poor quality diet,…

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