Grave consequences can result from bad decisions made by people in leadership positions. Case in point: the 2009 Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. British…
A University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science-led study shows a link between large dust storms on Iceland and glacial melting….
Although a recent study suggests that women with normal results on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans at ages 67 and older may wait up to 15 years…
However, a recent study, published in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology, suggests curricula addressing these items still seem…
Aging does not appear to be a factor in poor sleep, a new survey of more than 150,000 Americans shows. In fact, subjective sleep quality seems to improve over…
Farm workers and scientists protested the approval of the pesticide because its active ingredient, methyl iodide, is a known carcinogen. Now, MU researchers…
As soon as women quit hormone therapy, their rates of new breast cancer decline, supporting the hypothesis that stopping hormones can lead to tumor regression,…
Insufficient or excessive weight gain in pregnancy can have negative consequences for fetuses and children including infant mortality. The Institute of…
A new study reveals for the first time that activating the brain's visual cortex with a small amount of electrical stimulation actually improves our sense of…
A UT Dallas professor is studying the differences between the social impairments found in autism and schizophrenia to help develop better treatments for people…
You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published in Current Directions in Psychological…
Determining if same-sex twins are identical or non-identical (from one egg or two; monozygotic or dizygotic) is not always straight forward, say the…
The study utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to capture images of the brain while study participants were shown a series of print…
An analysis of the social backgrounds of almost 34,000 adults between the ages of 22-49, compiled by the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at…
Study finds unethical behavior motivated by casual attitudes to greedIn seven separate studies conducted on the UC Berkeley campus, in the San Francisco Bay…
UBC food microbiologist Kevin Allen tested a total of 40 ready-to-eat fish samples prior to their best before date. Purchased from seven large chain stores and…
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