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Social Sciences

Impact of Long Work Hours on Women’s Health and Habits

Researcher Dr Daryl O’Connor explains: “Women who work long hours eat more high fat and high sugar snacks, exercise less, drink more caffeine and, if smokers,…

Life & Chemistry

New Genome Sequencing Targets for Sustainable Energy Solutions

“By coupling DNA sequencing technology with fundamental research, we seek to make cellulosic ethanol a major part of the nation's energy future,” said DOE JGI…

Medical Engineering

New THz Beamline Aims to Advance Skin Cancer Research

Physicists will construct an ultra-high intensity THz beamline and attempt to destroy skin cancer cells specially grown in a new tissue culture facility. The…

Life & Chemistry

New Strategy for Actively-Programmed Anti-Cancer Molecules

The new study, which was published July 5 in an advanced, online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, achieved a significant…

Physics & Astronomy

New Insights Into Water Quality Through Mineral Interactions

Water – colorless, odorless and tasteless – may seem simple, but its interaction with minerals can be difficult to study. Ions (ranging from nutrients such as…

Health & Medicine

Chronic Ear Infections Linked to Resistant Biofilm Bacteria

Direct evidence of bacterial biofilms has been found on the middle ear tissue of children who suffer from chronic ear infections, according to a study…

Life & Chemistry

Hopkins scientists show hallucinogen in mushrooms creates universal 'mystical' experience

The resulting experiences apparently prompt positive changes in behavior and attitude that last several months, at least. The agent, a plant alkaloid called…

Life & Chemistry

New Insights on Neural Crest Development Markers

The collaborators at Yale and Caltech demonstrate with three different technologies — immunostaining of proteins, in situ hybridization and multiplex RT-PCR…

Physics & Astronomy

Supercomputers Unlock Insights Into Nature’s Strong Force

Scientists are starting to find answers to some profound questions such as these, thanks to a breakthrough in the calculations needed to understand the strong…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Energy Gains and Impacts of Corn Ethanol and Soybean Biodiesel

The study will be published in the July 11 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.The researchers tracked all the energy used for growing corn and…

Health & Medicine

Anti-Herpes Drug Reduces C-Sections in Infected Women

The UT Southwestern study is the first large-scale confirmation that the drug valacyclovir hydrochloride (Valtrex) is effective in the last month of pregnancy,…

Materials Sciences

Discovering Cellular Microtubule Rigidity for New Nano-Materials

The team, from The University of Texas at Austin, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and Ludwig Maximilians University of…

Health & Medicine

New Brain Model Uncovers Autism Triggers and Insights

Approximately 1.5 million children and adults in the U.S. have autism and it is estimated to be the fastest growing developmental disability with a 10 – 17…

Environmental Conservation

Deep Sea Evolution: Midgets and Giants Unveiled

Biologists ever since Charles Darwin have noted that when animals colonize an isolated island, after millions of years they may evolve into entirely new…

Studies and Analyses

UCLA Study Reveals Group Dynamics’ Impact on Health Habits

A UCLA-evaluated study of a demonstration project led by Community Health Councils, Inc. (CHC) in Los Angeles shows how incorporating physical activity and…

Environmental Conservation

Yellowstone Faces Loss of Key Migrant Mammal in Ecosystem

A mammal that embarks on the longest remaining overland migration in the continental United States could vanish from the ecosystem that includes Yellowstone…

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