Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Online Car Buyers Cut Dealership Time, Study Reveals

The study, forthcoming in the June issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, also reveals that the overall time buyers spent searching for a car has increased…

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Research reveals link between pesticide use and Parkinson's

The work, which is published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine, was carried out under the Fifth Framework Programme (FP5) Geoparkinson…

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New Study Maps City Temperatures for Urban Climate Relief

Researchers at The University of Manchester will use a small plane and a car fitted with advanced equipment to map out the surface temperature of central areas…

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£2 Million Study on Dwarfism: Advancements in Bone Research

Ten European and one Australian partner organisations, led by Dr Mike Briggs from The University of Manchester, will investigate some of the most common bone…

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Arithmetic is child’s play

The study, published in the journal Nature and undertaken at Harvard University, suggests that children do not need to master either the logic of place value…

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Mule Deer Moms Rescue Fawns: A Study from Alberta

An intriguing study of mule deer and whitetail deer conducted by the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada and the University of Lethbridge, also in…

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Moths Mimic Sounds for Survival: New WFU Study Insights

To be published in the May 29 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study is the first to definitively show how an animal species…

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Inherited Mutation Linked to Leukemia: Key Study Insights

The study shows that the inherited mutation greatly reduces the gene's protective activity. Furthermore, a second kind of change occurs later that turns the…

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Growth Factors Boost Brain Maturation, Study Finds

Professor Maffei’s research group is known for studies on the development and plasticity of the brain. Recent studies by this group have demonstrated that…

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Workplace Bullying 50% Higher in US Than Scandinavia

The study, led by Pamela Lutgen-Sandvik, is also one of the first to investigate the impact of bullying on non-bullied employees, and finds that the negative…

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Cancer Rise in Sweden Linked to Chernobyl Fallout Research

Was the increase in cancer caused by the radioactive fallout from Chernobyl or could it be explained by other circumstances? New research from Linköping…

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How Ants Inspire Super-Highway Design Innovations

The raid always remains connected to the nest by a trail of forager traffic, along which prey-laden foragers run back to run back to the nest. This trail can…

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A study shows that infants can visually distinguish between two languages without hearing sound

This ability is maintained only in children that grow up in a bilingual environment, which indicates that bilingualism favours the retention of certain innate…

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Study Examines Aprotinin Safety During Heart Surgery

“Our study is important because it shows that if aprotinin is used selectively and a drug/lab test interaction is avoided, the drug does not hurt patients'…

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Color Vision’s Role in Primate Red Skin and Hair Evolution

You might call it a tale of “monkey see, monkey do.” Researchers at Ohio University have found that after primates evolved the ability to see red, they began…

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Study Links Finger Length to SAT Exam Performance

In a study to be published in the British Journal of Psychology, scientists compared the finger lengths of 75 children with their Standardised Assessment Test…

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