Studies and Analyses
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Sustainable garden roofs developed as a new construction material
Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) have built a roof covered with plants and a watering system that will optimise the consumption of a…
Holiday Travel: Thanksgiving Could be Worst Travel Day of the Year
A recent University of Alabama study shows the fifth worst day for crashes within the state in 2007 was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. These results are in…
Exercise Increases Brain Growth Factor and Receptors, Prevents Stem Cell Drop Seen by Middle Age
Neural stem cells and progenitor cells differentiate into a variety of mature nerve cells which have different functions, a process called neurogenesis. There…
Sleep Helps People Learn Complicated Tasks
Using a test that involved learning to play video games, researchers showed for the first time that people who had “forgotten” how to perform a complex task 12…
Money motivates doctors to reduce ethnic differences in heart disease treatments
Financial incentives for doctors can improve the management of coronary heart disease (CHD) and reduce ethnic differences in quality of and access to care,…
Prognosis after attempted suicide impaired by psychiatric disorder
One in ten suicide attempters actually commit suicide later on in life. However, knowledge of the factors affecting the risk of suicide is limited, which makes…