Marcel Salathé, an assistant professor of biology, studied how users of Twitter — a popular microblogging and social-networking service — expressed their…
The study, published ahead of print September 23 in the journal Health Services Research (HSR), reviewed 62,707 episodes of physical therapy using non-Medicare…
By analyzing microscopic pits and scratches on hominid teeth, as well as stable isotopes of carbon found in teeth, researchers are getting a very different…
The scene has become all too familiar – the disgraced politician, chastened business leader or shamed celebrity standing before a podium offering up their…
When a thief breaks into a bank vault, sensors are activated and the alarm is raised. Cells have their own early-warning system for intruders, and scientists…
Scholars at Brigham Young University studied 1,734 married couples across the country. Each couple completed a relationship evaluation, part of which asked how…
However, this study demonstrated higher miss rates for detection of lesions by narrow band imaging as compared with chromoendoscopy, and the authors concluded…
University of Illinois scholars Joseph P. Robinson and Dorothy L Espelage, who conducted the research, found that “youths who identify as lesbian, gay,…
The paper, “Plasma levels of sphingosine l-phosphate are strongly correlated with haemotocrit, but variably restored by red blood cell transfusions,” appeared…
A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study could lead to improved gene therapies for conditions such as heart disease and cancer as well as…
A collaborative study between investigators at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health and Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has now…
A study in the Oct. 11 issue of Nature Communications that caps more than 25 years of work finds that the vast majority of vertebrates – some 30,000 species of…
Good signage holds benefits for both businesses and their customers. But what qualifies as good signs? Results of a national survey of more than 160 large and…
Most people in this situation would probably opt for a vague or evasive response, along the lines of “It’s really unique!” or “It’s so you!” Politeness helps…
“We've known for a while that high street connectivity—well-connected streets and a high density of intersections in a given area—helps adults stay physically…
Previous studies have documented that women with disabilities are more likely to be sexually assaulted than women without disabilities. A new study published…
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