Research has suggested that a particular gene in the brain's reward system contributes to overeating and obesity in adults.This same variant has now been…
A new study reveals how pollution causes thunderstorms to leave behind larger, deeper, longer lasting clouds. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National…
However, it did not lead to significant changes in hay fever symptoms, although this challenge test may not have accurately represented natural allergen…
Now, in the first study of its kind, UC San Francisco researchers are reporting that, at the point in time they studied, youth using e-cigarettes were more…
A team led by the University of Exeter Medical School analysed data from the Millennium Cohort Study, a database of more than 19,500 UK children born between…
The Canadian labels led to a 2.9 to 4.7 percentage point drop in smoking rates — which would mean 5.3 to 8.6 million fewer smokers in the U.S. if the same…
Traditional genetic studies start with one phenotype and look at one or many genotypes, PheWAS does the inverse by looking at many diseases for one genetic…
The forthcoming Journal of Corporate Finance paper shows the cost of a successful acquisition is reduced by 15.4 per cent with each female director added on a…
In addition, patients with certain symptom clusters have an increased risk of dying from their disease. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a…
This is a result of the “EU Software Cluster Benchmark 2013” (http://www.softwareclusterbenchmark.eu) published today. This study analyses 15 European hotspots…
A study published online today in the scientific journal Addiction reveals that cannabis use is declining in rich countries but stable or increasing in…
“In the hospitality industry, employee turnover is notoriously high because restaurant jobs are highly substitutable — if you don't like your job at Chili's…
A new study suggests an additional—and somewhat surprising—potential benefit of vaccinating children against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhea and…
The research team—led by Salome Kurth, a postdoctoral researcher, and Monique LeBourgeois, assistant professor in integrative physiology—used…
Our epigenome is a set of chemical switches that turn parts of our genome off and on at strategic times and locations. These switches help alter the way our…
A new study by two Duke University scientists may help improve seasonal forecasts by providing a new statistical “framework” that meteorologists can use to…
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