Society & Culture - Jun 9, 2009 6:00 - 0 Comments

Coping skills go global to aid survivors

Indonesian students and their families are learning to cope with trauma as part of a global outreach effort.

Health & Medicine - Jun 9, 2009 6:00 - 6 Comments

Gay marriage ban linked to HIV infection rates

Hugo Mialon, left, and Andrew Francis are applying economic theories to calculate how social attitudes and policies affect HIV transmission.

Science & Technology - Jun 9, 2009 6:00 - 1 Comment

Zap! Laser helps light bulb consume less

Chunlei Guo, associate professor of optics at the University of Rochester, is using a powerful laser to make the common light bulb more efficient.

Earth & Environment - Jun 8, 2009 13:50 - 1 Comment

Don’t let these fish be the ones that got away

Ocean core sampling could help identify the cause of forage fish depletion.

Society & Culture - Jun 8, 2009 13:31 - 0 Comments

Capitalist or socialist—who’s happier?

Richard Easterlin, a University of Southern California economics professor, is tudying the affect the fall of the Iron Curtain had on the overall well-being of those living in the communist-bloc.

Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 12:59 - 0 Comments

Patch takes the ‘ouch’ out of flu vaccines

The vaccine patches used in the experiments contained an array of stainless steel microneedles coated with inactivated influenza virus.

Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 12:12 - 0 Comments

Regrow limbs like a salamander?

TULANE (US)—Can the salamander’s natural ability to grow back severed appendages lead to a breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? Research led by a Tulane University biologist may yield the answer. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 11:55 - 1 Comment

Seeing blue in search for Earth-like planets

This artist’s impression shows a gas-giant exoplanet transiting across the face of its star. (Credit: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Society & Culture - Jun 8, 2009 11:15 - 1 Comment

Software measures how stocks react to news

IOWA STATE (US)—Newly developed software may not be a crystal ball for stockbrokers, but it might just help determine how stock prices react to significant corporate announcements. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 8, 2009 10:55 - 3 Comments

Stressed kids at risk for obesity

IOWA STATE (US)—Stressed out teens are more likely to be overweight or obese, especially if they live with a mom who also feels frazzled, according to a new Iowa State University study. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 8:58 - 0 Comments

Slithery science of snake movement

How does an animal move without legs? Animals without legs tend to be long and slender, such as the corn snake above. This allows them to squeeze into spaces under branches and leaves. To move along flat ground, snakes use a variety of limbless “gaits,” analogous to those of the horse, such as the walk, trot, and gallop.

Society & Culture - Jun 5, 2009 11:04 - 2 Comments

Final discovery: Henry Hudson murdered by crew?

The cover image for historian Peter Mancall’s new book about explorer Henry Hudson.

Science & Technology - Jun 5, 2009 10:11 - 0 Comments

The science (fiction) of ‘Angels & Demons’

IOWA STATE (US)—Soeren Prell, a professor at Iowa State University, admits to being amused by some of the high energy physics portrayed in Angels & Demons, the summer thriller starring science, religion, and Tom Hanks. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 4, 2009 16:20 - 0 Comments

Women less choosy when making first move

NORTHWESTERN (US)—Men and women may not be from two different planets after all when it comes to choosiness in mate selection, according to new research from Northwestern University. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jun 4, 2009 15:44 - 1 Comment

Low-cost diabetes drug gets second look

TULANE (US)—Can an old drug perform new wonders? A team of researchers at Tulane and Harvard universities is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to test the abilities of salsalate, an inexpensive generic drug, to control diabetes. (more…)

Society & Culture - Jun 4, 2009 14:45 - 2 Comments

Legal protection goal of gay marriage

TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Challenging the idea that marriage is necessary for solidifying relationships, a new study from the University of Texas at Austin reveals same-sex couples in long-term relationships believe marriage is more important in terms of legal rights, but less so as a symbol of commitment. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Jun 4, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments

Farming the sea to feed the world

An open-air “nursery” outside the main Wrigley Institute research building is where USC professor Dennis Hedgecock grows the oysters he breeds and crosses in a lab inside. Seawater is pumped into bins, which hold oyster seeds that are about the size of a shirt button. Hedgecock compares a meaty hybrid oyster at right with an inbred oyster of the same age. (Credit: Philip Channing/University of Southern California)

Health & Medicine - Jun 4, 2009 12:43 - 0 Comments

Anthrax detection in hours—not days

With Mary Amasia’s prototype anthrax detection system, blood or mucus samples are placed in discs and analyzed quickly in the field for the lethal bacteria. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)