A new study, published today in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has significant implications for the design of disease…
“Heat is a stealth killer,” says Dr. Scott Sheridan, Kent State associate professor in geography. Funded by the Environmental Protection Agency, Sheridan…
Although the slower driving habits of some seniors often steam impatient younger motorists, researchers at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine have found that…
Transplanting human embryonic stem cells does not cause harm and can be used as a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of acute spinal cord injury, according…
It is well documented that some anti-cancer drugs can damage the heart, but a long-term follow-up of children and young adults who had doxorubicin[1] treatment…
“Facial cues play an important role in how individuals perceive information that is relevant to attachment concerns,” said study co-author R. Chris Fraley, a…
“The practice of ridicule both reflects and affects adolescents' perceptions of belongingness, the content of ridicule conveys information about the…
But what about those times when you don't come armed with advance recommendations? A study in September issue of the Journal of Consumer Research finds that…
However, a significant new study in the September issue of the Journal of Consumer Research argues that the recent shift from phone surveys to online surveys…
Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is a protein component that helps transport cholesterol in the blood between the liver and other tissues, says Steven Fliesler, Ph.D.,…
A study published in the July/August issue of the journal Child Development sheds new light on the age-old issue of homework, finding that students' general…
“This is the first global land-use history description that’s designed specifically to allow global carbon and climate models to assess the impacts of land-use…
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has shown that extremely low doses of estrogen had no ill effects on the cognitive abilities…
“If we know a person likes one type of food, this kind of study helps us better predict what other types of foods he or she might prefer,” said Brian Wansink,…
“Because movie smoking is linked to adolescent smoking, it was important to us to clearly and quantitatively understand how and when cigarette use is depicted…
Since 2002, these mysterious signals have been recorded in seismically active sections of Japan, the Pacific Northwest and California's San Andreas Fault. Seismologists believe that non-volcanic tremors may eventually prove useful in forecasting major earthquakes. But to accomplish that, they first have to figure out exactly where the signals are located–a daunting task, because the vibrations are not impulsive, and hence their origin is difficult to locate. …
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