Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Genetic Variation Influences Smoking Cessation Success

According to statistics provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United…

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Noise Enhances Memory Performance in Unruly Children

This is shown in new research at Stockholm University. A study soon to be published in the scientific journal Psychological Review, and serving as the basis of…

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New Universal Rule Explains Plant Population Equilibrium

The research project, whose results will appear in the next issue of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, also concludes that the…

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Limiting Work Hours Boosts Surgical Residents’ Training Quality

Contrary to concerns that restricting work hours for surgical residents negatively affects the quality of patient care or the residents’ education, a study in…

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Can't take my eyes off you: FSU study shows the power of attraction

“It’s like magnetism at the level of visual attention,” said Jon Maner, an assistant professor of psychology at FSU, who studied the role mating-related…

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Human Activities Linked to Rising Atmospheric Moisture

Those are the findings of a new study appearing in the Sept. 17 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.“When you heat the…

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Serotonin’s Impact: Gender Differences in Depression and Impulsivity

It is already known that reduced serotonin transmission contributes to the pathophysiology, or functional changes, associated with MDD and most of today’s most…

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Public Handwashing Declines: Key Findings from New Study

When it comes to washing with soap and water, some Americans seem be slipping up.In an observational study sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology…

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Study Links Emissions to Mercury Pollution in Fish

A groundbreaking environmental study to be published in a prestigious American science journal proves that mercury atmospheric emissions will end up in fish in…

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New Universal Rule Explains Plant Equilibrium Dynamics

The research project, whose results will appear in the next issue of the U.S. journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, also concludes that the…

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New Insights Into Early Star Formation from Durham Study

Cosmologists from Durham University, publishing their results in the prestigious international academic journal, Science, suggest that the formation of the…

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Zebrafish Research Unlocks Insights Into Mitochondrial Diseases

Zebrafish can now be used to study COX deficiencies in humans, a discovery that gives scientists an unprecedented window to view the earliest stages of…

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UAB Joins LHC Project to Explore Origins of Matter

The PIC, along with other computational centres located around the world, began to receive data on cosmic rays collected by ATLAS, one of the four detectors…

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DNA Analysis Reveals Global Dispersal Patterns of Protozoa

A study in the online open access journal, BMC Evolutionary Biology, shows that some protozoa are globally dispersed, while others are geographically…

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Mobile Phone Research Findings: MTHR 2023 Report Insights

The Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research (MTHR) Programme published its conclusions on September 12 as part of its 2007 Report.The six-year research…

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How Finasteride Aids Early Detection of High-Risk Prostate Cancers

Men now have another good reason to consider taking finasteride, a well-known generic drug that shrinks an enlarged prostate and reduces the risk of getting…

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