Posts Tagged ‘Penn State’
Gastric bypass results without the surgery?
PENN STATE (US) — Knowing how gastric bypass surgery works may lead to new treatments that produce the same results without an operation. Continue…
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 10:19 - 0 Comments
Earth & Environment - Jun 13, 2013 11:57 - 0 Comments
River dredging may lower fish diversity
PENN STATE (US) — The diversity of fish populations and other aquatic life can dwindle in river ecosystems disrupted by dredging, a recent study suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 13, 2013 10:34 - 3 Comments
Could cocoa tame obesity’s inflammation
PENN STATE (US) — Feeding mice cocoa powder lowers inflammation, a condition linked to obesity and diseases such as diabetes. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 7, 2013 15:18 - 3 Comments
Plankton fossils found in 3 billion-year-old rocks
PENN STATE (US) — Researchers say they’ve discovered microfossils of plankton in 3 billion-year-old rocks. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 3, 2013 12:58 - 1 Comment
Identify strains of Salmonella in 1 day, not 3
PENN STATE (US) — A faster method to identify Salmonella strains may speed up the response to many outbreaks of foodborne illness. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 30, 2013 9:50 - 0 Comments
Solar cell advance for copolymer ‘bands’
RICE / PENN STATE (US) — Scientists have created solar cells based on block copolymers, self-assembling organic materials that arrange themselves into distinct layers. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 29, 2013 13:21 - 0 Comments
Why biking to work can be contagious
PENN STATE (US) — People who walk or bike to work are likely to influence co-workers and partners to do the same, a new study suggests. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 20, 2013 14:07 - 0 Comments
Slow quakes put ‘big wrinkle’ in rock theory
PENN STATE (US) — When researchers duplicate slow earthquakes, they find that rocks at the fault get stronger when slippage begins, but suddenly weaken. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 16, 2013 11:46 - 1 Comment
Chats with mom may keep students healthy
PENN STATE (US) — College students eat better and get more exercise on days when they communicate more with their parents, according to researchers. (more…)
Top Stories - May 13, 2013 10:08 - 1 Comment
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 - May 9, 2013 12:31 - 1 Comment
School obesity rate shifts pregnancy risk
PENN STATE (US) — As the prevalence of obesity rises in a high school, so does the risk of an obese female student bearing a child, according to new research. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 2, 2013 12:26 - 2 Comments
Bonding with avatar can shift perception
PENN STATE / U. MICHIGAN (US) — People who customized an avatar and saw it wearing a backpack overestimated the heights of virtual hills, just as people in real life tend to overestimate heights and distances while carrying extra weight. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 1, 2013 15:51 - 4 Comments
Workplace ethics rub off on employees
U. MICHIGAN (US) — Your boss and co-workers may be more important than your morals in deciding whether or not you report unethical behavior at work. (more…)
Top Stories - Apr 29, 2013 10:41 - 4 Comments
Happy heads may get better sleep
CORNELL (US) — When a person’s happiness swings widely in reaction to the good and bad things that happen during the day, sleep can suffer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 17, 2013 3:52 - 0 Comments
No ‘quick fix’ to reduce hospital readmissions
PENN STATE (US) — Medical providers need to create networks of collaboration in order to lower patients’ risk of being readmitted to the hospital, researchers say. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 5, 2013 11:21 - 0 Comments
Tweets against flu shots go ‘viral’
PENN STATE (US) — Negative tweets about H1N1 vaccinations spread more readily than positive tweets do, and if positive tweets add up, they may backfire and go negative, as well. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Apr 2, 2013 15:14 - 0 Comments
Bump in ozone bewilders bugs
PENN STATE (US) — Increases in ground-level ozone, especially in rural areas, not only interfere with the ability of predator insects to find host plants but also with pollinators to find flowers. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 27, 2013 14:22 - 0 Comments
Odd lemur’s habitat limits its gene pool
PENN STATE (US) — Sequencing the complete genomes of three populations of aye-ayes—a type of lemur—reveals how disappearing forests threaten their survival. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 26, 2013 15:28 - 1 Comment
To manage bacteria, declare a truce
PENN STATE (US) — Instead of fighting bacteria and other microorganisms in the body, working with them could lead to better health and a stronger immune system, a new study suggests. (more…)
