Posts Tagged ‘Stony Brook University’
Obesity is painful, study of 1 million finds
STONY BROOK (US) — A clear association between obesity and pain—with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest people—was found in a study of more than one million Americans. Continue…
Monday, January 30, 2012 10:40 - 2 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 20, 2012 13:11 - 1 Comment
We text and walk and veer off course
STONY BROOK (US) — Talking or texting on a phone while walking can make it difficult to stay on course and may interfere with memory recall, research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 13, 2012 14:28 - 0 Comments
Minnows may inherit ideal temperatures
STONY BROOK (US) — Fish can be preconditioned to grow fastest in the same water temperature their parents experienced, say researchers. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 4, 2011 10:50 - 0 Comments
Boats vs. whales in Cape Cod Bay
PENN STATE (US) — To keep endangered whales from being hit and injured by boats in Cape Cod Bay, researchers are tracking the tiny crustaceans the whales feast on 18 hours a day. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 17, 2011 15:32 - 0 Comments
Impulsive neutrinos change their flavor
U. COLORADO-BOULDER (US) — Neutrinos can spontaneously change flavors, a finding that may help explain why the universe is made up mostly of matter. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 10, 2011 11:41 - 2 Comments
Super carbon denser than diamonds
STONY BROOK U. (US) — Three newly discovered structures of carbon may be three percent denser, more brilliant, and better able to handle pressure than diamonds. (more…)
Top Stories - May 12, 2011 11:30 - 2 Comments
400,000 women raped in 1 year
STONY BROOK U. (US) — In the Democratic Republic of Congo, more than 400,000 women ages 15 to 49 were raped in a 12-month period. That is 1,152 every day, 48 every hour, and four every five minutes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 4, 2011 13:24 - 0 Comments
Why Amazon is hopping with treefrogs
STONY BROOK U. (US) — The intermingling of different treefrogs that lasted for more than 60 million years was instrumental in the biodiversity of trees, birds, and insects in the Amazon Basin. (more…)
Earth & Environment - May 2, 2011 8:31 - 0 Comments
‘Zip codes’ keep track of sharks
STONY BROOK (US) — A taste in the Asian community for shark fin soup is claiming tens of millions of animals each year. Now scientists are using shark DNA to determine origins of fins turning up in markets around the world. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 5, 2011 13:41 - 0 Comments
Job loss raises risk of early death
MCGILL (CAN) / STONY BROOK (US) — Facing unemployment early in a career increases the chances of dying prematurely by as much as 63 percent. While the risk is true for both sexes, men most particularly are affected. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 18, 2011 10:06 - 0 Comments
Gene coupled to male infertility
STONY BROOK U. (US) — A new role for mitochondria may hold clues to some causes of male infertility and in turn could have potential in the future for use in a male contraceptive. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 18, 2011 11:59 - 0 Comments
Like us, early humans ran the gamut
STONY BROOK (US) — Although they did not act “modern,” new evidence suggests humans living in East Africa 200,000 years ago were as complex in their behavior as humans living today. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Feb 7, 2011 15:04 - 1 Comment
Cocaine ravaging rainforest diversity
STONY BROOK (US) — Cultivating coca bushes—the source of cocaine—is accelerating the destruction of Colombian rainforests and further threatening the region’s plant and animal diversity. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 4, 2010 10:48 - 1 Comment
Check breath for signs of sickness
STONY BROOK (US) — A new nanomedicine tool could make it possible to instantly detect and monitor disease by simply exhaling into a handheld device. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 20, 2010 11:07 - 0 Comments
Moon rocks of a different color
STONY BROOK (US)— Using data from the Diviner Lunar Radiometer, scientists have found previously unseen compositional differences in the crustal highlands of the Moon. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 10, 2010 15:20 - 2 Comments
How old is old? Aging metric outdated
STONY BROOK (US)—Chronological age is no longer the only factor when determining indicators of aging, according to a new study, which says advances in health and life expectancy also need to be taken into account. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 5, 2010 13:27 - 0 Comments
Was prehistoric crocodile a land lover?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—The toothy grin of a recently discovered prehistoric reptile looks more mammal-like than that of modern crocodiles, according to an international group of researchers. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 22, 2010 10:14 - 1 Comment
Might as well face it: We’re addicted to love
STONY BROOK (US)—Breaking up really is hard to do according to a new study that connects the anguish of rejection to areas of the brain concerned with addiction cravings, motivation, and reward. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 8, 2010 14:32 - 0 Comments
Global warming taking toll on rainforests, too
RICE (US)—Global warming may also be a threat to animal and plant life in biodiversity hot spots like Madagascar, once thought less likely to suffer from climate change. (more…)
