Health & Medicine - Nov 12, 2010 16:33 - 0 Comments

Playing pertussis blame game

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Strategies for preventing the spread of whooping cough should take into account how often people in different age groups interact. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 8, 2010 14:52 - 1 Comment

Do neutrinos come in four flavors?

U. MICHIGAN (US) — A Fermilab physics experiment suggests the existence of a new elementary particle, adding a possible new “flavor” to the three known flavors of neutrinos. (more…)

Society & Culture - Nov 4, 2010 14:31 - 1 Comment

Friends with cognitive benefits

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Chatting with others in a friendly—rather than competitive—tone boosts the part of the brain that helps us solve everyday problems. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 28, 2010 12:03 - 0 Comments

Equation could advance OLED displays

U. MICHIGAN (US) — A new equation could do for organic semiconductors what the Shockley ideal diode equation did for inorganic semiconductors: help to enable their wider adoption. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Oct 27, 2010 12:45 - 0 Comments

A planet with no backbone?

U. MICHIGAN (US) — One-fifth of the world’s vertebrate species are threatened with extinction, but the situation would be worse if not for current global conservation efforts, according to an international study in Science Express. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 25, 2010 14:41 - 0 Comments

Bloodthirsty monster or mangy coyote?

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Tales of the fearsome chupacabras, also known as the goatsuckers, surface around Halloween each year, but scientists say the dreaded monsters actually are coyotes with extreme cases of mange. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 25, 2010 11:04 - 0 Comments

Nanotubes get loopy in 3-D

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Twisting spires, concentric rings, and bending petals are a few of the new 3-D shapes engineers can make from carbon nanotubes using a new manufacturing process. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 22, 2010 9:47 - 1 Comment

Low vitamin D may raise cancer risk

U. ROCHESTER (US) — Two new vitamin D studies suggest intriguing ties between a deficiency of D and breast and colon cancer, particularly among African Americans. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 20, 2010 11:50 - 0 Comments

Hotspots map psoriasis treatment

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Four new DNA “hotspots” may help guide new treatments for psoriasis, one of the most common autoimmune diseases in the U.S. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 19, 2010 11:42 - 0 Comments

Keeping bone marrow transplants safe

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Researchers have discovered a new method to prevent the immune-system attacks that often occur following bone marrow transplants. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2010 10:46 - 0 Comments

Monarchs use plants to medicate

EMORY (US) — Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, according to findings published Oct. 6 in the journal Ecology Letters. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Oct 8, 2010 12:16 - 7 Comments

How niacin fights high cholesterol

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Niacin not only works to lower blood triglycerides, new research finds it also influences lipid metabolism beyond its action in fat tissues. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 4, 2010 10:52 - 0 Comments

Why human height’s messy business

UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — It turns out there isn’t a simple “tall” gene or “short” gene. Instead hundreds of genes determine a person’s height, new research shows. (more…)

Society & Culture - Sep 29, 2010 14:59 - 2 Comments

Cleaning up ‘dirty’ parts after lying

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Apparently mom had it right when she threatened to wash your mouth out with soap—lying really does create a desire to clean the “dirty” body parts. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Sep 24, 2010 10:52 - 0 Comments

Genes analyzed in a flash

U. MICHIGAN (US) — Using a new method that quickly analyzes genes, researchers have identified a gene responsible in some families for a devastating inherited kidney disorder. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Sep 6, 2010 23:42 - 0 Comments

Pest control à la nature on coffee farm

U. MICHIGAN (US)—A 10-year study of an organic coffee farm in Mexico has uncovered a web of intricate interactions that buffers the farm against extreme outbreaks of pests and diseases. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 1, 2010 13:59 - 1 Comment

Front row seat to ultrafast chemical reaction

U. MICHIGAN (US)—To best observe chemical transformations in solution, molecular spectators have to be close to the action. (more…)

Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2010 20:19 - 1 Comment

Wasps punish peers for posing

U. MICHIGAN (US)—Falsely advertising fighting ability is a no-no in paper wasp societies. Such deception is discouraged through punishment, according to new research published in the journal Current Biology. (more…)

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