Posts Tagged ‘Indiana University’
Rock gas fuels ‘eternal flame’ behind waterfall
INDIANA U. (US) — Natural gas in underground rock layers can seep to the surface—sometimes in quantities abundant enough to produce “eternal flames.” Continue…
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Carnivorous plant trims its tiny genome
U. BUFFALO (US) — A carnivorous plant is slowly deleting noncoding or “junk” DNA from its genome, report researchers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 10, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Gene tied to double Alzheimer’s risk in African Americans
COLUMBIA (US) — African Americans with a specific gene variant have almost double the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer’s disease compared with African Americans who lack the variant. (more…)
Society & Culture - Apr 8, 2013 13:17 - 0 Comments
Welcome to the USA: Do religious groups play unique role?
RICE (US) — Despite different motivations, religious and nonreligious organizations may have a similar effect on the ability of immigrants to acclimate to life in the US, new research suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 6, 2013 7:05 - 0 Comments
From DNA clash, ‘double whammy’ for flies
BROWN / INDIANA U. (US) — Animal cells have two genomes—in the nucleus and the mitochondria. A new study describes how a clash between the two makes fruit flies sick. (more…)
Society & Culture - Feb 1, 2013 13:57 - 0 Comments
Is it revenge to expose whistle blowers?
INDIANA U. (US) — It’s often unclear if exposing a whistle-blower’s identity violates the law, but legal scholars suggest asking who needs to know. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 17, 2013 16:05 - 0 Comments
‘Totally unexpected’ switch may suppress tumors
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists have found a way to change the structure of a protein so it can enter tumor cells and potentially limit their growth. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 9, 2013 17:03 - 3 Comments
Even in remote spots, chemicals lurk in trees
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists have found that flame retardant chemicals show up as environmental pollutants all over the world, even in remote parts of Indonesia, Nepal, and Tasmania. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 3, 2013 10:13 - 3 Comments
US consumers aren’t sold on plug-in cars
INDIANA U. (US) — The Obama administration’s goal of putting a million plug-in electric vehicles on the roads by 2015 may be a tough sell, say researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 10, 2012 15:21 - 0 Comments
New clues to Darwin’s ‘abominable mystery’
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists offer a more detailed explanation for the sudden appearance and rapid spread of flowering plants in the fossil record—what Charles Darwin famously called “an abominable mystery.” (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 27, 2012 16:49 - 3 Comments
Just say no: Is going negative the wrong approach?
INDIANA U. (US) — Negative anti-drug messages—like the frying egg “This is your brain on drugs” campaign—may not be an effective way to reach people dealing with substance abuse, a study of brain activity shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 17, 2012 14:48 - 0 Comments
Flies take their ‘European’ genes back to Africa
UC DAVIS (US) — When ancestral humans walked out of Africa tens of thousands of years ago, Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies came along with them. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 9, 2012 13:23 - 0 Comments
If Cronkite wasn’t TV’s first anchorman, who was?
INDIANA U. (US) — The title of TV’s first anchorman doesn’t belong to Walter Cronkite, as many may assume. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 3, 2012 15:31 - 0 Comments
Mean girls rule on kids’ TV
INDIANA U. (US) — Name-calling, finger-pointing, and other kinds of social bullying show up on 92 percent of the top 50 television programs for children, usually enacted by an attractive character in a humorous way. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 25, 2012 11:17 - 1 Comment
Genes reveal four breast cancer subtypes
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS / UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — One of the most deadly subtypes of breast cancer is genetically more similar to ovarian tumors than to other breast cancers, report researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 18, 2012 10:06 - 0 Comments
Team tracks rate of mutations in E. coli DNA
INDIANA U. (US) — Scientists have painted one of the most extensive pictures ever of mutation processes in the DNA sequence of an organism. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 31, 2012 12:34 - 0 Comments
After a stroke, group yoga builds balance
INDIANA U. (US) — Group yoga improves motor function and balance for stroke survivors, even if they don’t begin yoga until six months or more after the stroke. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 10, 2012 14:03 - 0 Comments
How forests store carbon as CO2 rises
INDIANA U. (US) — Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere affect carbon cycling and speed carbon loss from forest soils, research shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 10, 2012 13:37 - 1 Comment
Police work takes mental, physical toll
U. BUFFALO (US) — The psychological stress that comes with police work puts officers at significantly higher risk for long-term physical and mental health effects than the general population. (more…)
