Posts Tagged ‘Rutgers’
Carnivorous plant trims its tiny genome
U. BUFFALO (US) — A carnivorous plant is slowly deleting noncoding or “junk” DNA from its genome, report researchers. Continue…
Monday, May 13, 2013 10:08 - 1 Comment
Earth & Environment - Apr 5, 2013 12:18 - 1 Comment
Volcano event lines up with pre-dino die-offs
COLUMBIA U. (US) — New evidence from around the world links the abrupt disappearance of half of Earth’s species 200 million years ago to a precisely dated set of gigantic volcanic eruptions. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 14, 2013 10:27 - 4 Comments
Bumble bee loss threatens food security
RUTGERS (US) — Wild pollinators are just as important, and often more efficient, at pollinating crops than domestic honey bee colonies, but bumble bee colonies are vanishing. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 8, 2013 7:26 - 5 Comments
College fails to lower divorce for black women
RUTGERS (US) — A college education is linked to lower divorce rates for white women, but black women are not getting the same benefit, a study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 21, 2013 15:59 - 2 Comments
Too much chemo leaves brain in a fog
RUTGERS (US) — The effect prolonged chemotherapy has on the development of new brain cells and rhythms may be the cause for the fog-like condition known as “chemo-brain.” (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 31, 2013 12:12 - 2 Comments
In Alaska, magnets detect permafrost melt
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are using Earth’s magnetic field to determine if the permafrost beneath lakes is thawing as a result of climate change. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 24, 2013 14:43 - 3 Comments
People with migraines report social stigma
RUTGERS (US) — Chronic migraine sufferers report higher rates of feeling stigmatized than people with epilepsy do, in large part due to experiencing more disability and inability to work. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 23, 2013 14:57 - 3 Comments
For gay black men, coming out can feel like failure
RUTGERS (US) — Gay black men face a unique set of challenges and pressures from family and friends when they decide to come out, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 4, 2013 14:29 - 0 Comments
African-American Hoodoo: more than magic
RUTGERS (US) — The tradition of herbal healing known as Hoodoo is about more than using hex-breaking oils and candles to ward off bad vibes, according to a new book by scholar Katrina Hazzard-Donald. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 31, 2012 11:26 - 4 Comments
Shifts in food supply sparked our evolution
PENN STATE / RUTGERS (US) — An environment that shifted between open grassland and closed woodland in East Africa roughly 2 million years ago may be responsible for driving human evolution. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 16, 2012 11:56 - 3 Comments
Test puts Alzheimer’s drug search on fast track
PRINCETON (US) — An efficient, high-volume technique for testing potential drugs for Alzheimer’s has uncovered an organic compound that restores motor function and longevity to fruit flies with the disease. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 5, 2012 11:47 - 2 Comments
More students drop out in bullying ‘climates’
U. VIRGINIA (US) — Schools with more bullying also have higher dropout rates, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 24, 2012 16:44 - 0 Comments
Fine line makes daily drinking risky
RUTGERS (US) — If moderate drinking slips into binge drinking, it can decrease the number of new brain cells by as much as 40 percent, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 24, 2012 9:26 - 2 Comments
Alums with disabilities cite campus pros and cons
RUTGERS (US) — College graduates with disabilities attribute their academic success to a combination of strong personality traits and relationships with a faculty or staff mentor, a new study 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…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 10, 2012 12:47 - 1 Comment
Arctic shift may mean summer washouts for UK
U. SHEFFIELD (UK) — The heavy rains the UK experienced this past summer could become a regular occurrence, according to a new study that links a change in summer Arctic wind patterns to global warming and an increase in unpredictable weather. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 10, 2012 12:21 - 2 Comments
Why wine and cheese are a classic combo
RUTGERS (US) — New research explains why a nice glass of wine goes well with a hearty steak: the astringent wine and fatty meat are at opposite ends of a sensory spectrum. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 4, 2012 11:29 - 0 Comments
Denied money, moms more likely to spank kids
RUTGERS (US) — Women with a partner who keeps a tight grip on the family’s finances in the first year of the relationship are more likely to be depressed and spank their children five years later, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 1, 2012 15:21 - 0 Comments
More the merrier? Not with retirement funds
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — Employers may think that offering a multitude of retirement fund options is helpful, but research shows that too many choices only bewilder the ordinary investor. (more…)
