Posts Tagged ‘Rutgers’
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2010 16:17 - 1 Comment
Bird brains need tutors to learn to tweet
RUTGERS (US)—Songbirds, like humans, learn vocalizations by imitating their caregivers in infancy. New research shows songbirds need experience with tutoring—either from parents or surrogates—to develop a key brain function related to singing. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 15, 2010 14:21 - 4 Comments
Growing calm in Japanese gardens
RUTGERS (US)—Japanese gardens appear to offer tangible relief to late-stage Alzheimer’s patients and other vulnerable populations, new research shows. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 17, 2009 17:56 - 1 Comment
Taking America’s energy temperature
RUTGERS (US)—Of the estimated 1,000 energy-related public opinion polls conducted during the last 20 years, environmental policy expert Michael Greenberg says there are two basic types: polls that include energy questions among a range of societal issues and hypothesis-driven surveys that measure preferences and try to link them to underlying factors. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 16, 2009 18:20 - 2 Comments
Asking smarter security questions
RUTGERS (US)—The trouble with most online security questions is that they’re not very secure, according to Danfeng Yao. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 11, 2009 16:48 - 2 Comments
Underwater killer triggers cellular suicide
RUTGERS (US)—Scientists have found a chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean. This same chemical may hold unexpected promise in cancer research. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 9, 2009 13:10 - 2 Comments
Reincarnated Day of the Dead
RUTGERS (US)—The Day of the Dead, a well known ritual in many parts of Latin America, is gaining popularity in the United States. New fieldwork suggests the ceremony has become a forum for political statement. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 5, 2009 16:20 - 7 Comments
Don’t let the (rebounding) bedbugs bite
RUTGERS (US)—Changlu Wang and his team are studying the habits of blood-sucking bedbugs in an effort to identify novel ways to capture and kill them. Ignored by researchers for decades, bedbugs are proliferating in the wake of a ban on the pesticide DDT. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 27, 2009 15:41 - 0 Comments
What are you laughing at?
RUTGERS (US)—Laughing at funny things is universal, but what individuals find funny is not. An anthropologist studying the evolutionary function of laughter has found that for something to be funny, it must ring true. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2009 13:58 - 1 Comment
Tooling MRIs to pinpoint prostate cancer
RUTGERS (US)—Computerized tools may soon improve the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to help doctors identify prostate cancer. The technique potentially could be adapted for imaging breast cancer and other forms of cancer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 31, 2009 12:30 - 0 Comments
Genetic aftermath of alcohol during pregnancy
Dipak Sarkar’s research has shown that a seemingly irreversible reduction in the number and function of beta-endorphin neurons results in a permanent impairment of stress and immune system functions throughout life. While the body often displays the ability to recover from damage or disease, this does not seem to come into play with the loss of beta-endorphin neurons. The diagram of the brain shows the hypothalamus, home to beta-endorphin neurons, in relation to other parts of the brain.
Earth & Environment - Aug 6, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
Drilling deep to take Earth’s temperature
“We now also know that, although the beginning of ice ages (in the Northern Hemisphere) is linked to greenhouse gases, the change in intensity is related to how ice sheets grow and decay,” says Sindia Sosdian (left in helmet), seen above working with core samples on an earlier expedition.
Earth & Environment - Jul 23, 2009 12:32 - 1 Comment
Green revolution fueled by duckweed?
Todd Michael, a plant biologist at Rutgers, says U.S. Department of Energy’s duckweed genome sequencing project “could unlock the remarkable potential of a rapidly growing aquatic plant for absorbing atmospheric carbon dioxide, ecosystem carbon cycling, and biofuel production.”
Society & Culture - Jun 17, 2009 9:36 - 0 Comments
Hyphens add dash of passion to name identity
Researcher Rachelle Germana is studying the role hyphenated names play in forming social identities. (Credit: Nick Romanenko)
Society & Culture - Jun 11, 2009 13:53 - 0 Comments
Women lawyers firm on flexible workplace
RUTGERS (US)—Women lawyers are taking control of their lives by choosing employers that support a flexible workplace, a new study says. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 11, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
Most ignore food recall messages
RUTGERS (US)—Most Americans take a “not my problem” attitude when it comes to food recalls, believing the recalls don’t apply to them, a new study finds. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 11, 2009 12:29 - 0 Comments
Known drug may help treat childhood epilepsy
RUTGERS (US)—A widely available therapeutic drug may prove effective in treating childhood epilepsy, according to Rutgers researchers. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 12, 2009 11:03 - 0 Comments
Researchers harness cold virus to fight HIV
Professors Eddy and Gail Ferstandig Arnold (Credit: Nick Romanenko)
Science & Technology - Mar 10, 2009 12:31 - 1 Comment
Ancient footprints look surprisingly modern
In the foreground, Christine Galvagna, a Rutgers undergraduate at the time, meticulously cleans a trail of hominid footprints as Professor John W.K. Harris (dark blue shirt) looks on. (Credit: David Braun )
