Posts Tagged ‘University of Pennsylvania’
Thanks to copper, sulfur’s stink repels us
DUKE (US) — Copper ions may be the cause of our sensitivity to sulfurous odors, like skunks, volcanic gases, and armpits. Continue…
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 16:11 - 0 Comments
Health & Medicine - Dec 7, 2011 12:15 - 1 Comment
Support helps sleep apnea sufferers get zzzs
PENN STATE (US) — People with obstructive sleep apnea are more likely to stick to prescribed treatment if they have the involved support of a parent or partner, a new study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 15, 2011 12:39 - 0 Comments
Sensor brings epileptic brain into focus
NYU / U. ILLINOIS / U. PENN (US) — A flexible sensor is expected to offer unprecedented views of brain activity during epileptic seizures—as much as 400 times current levels—with minimal wiring. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 21, 2011 11:11 - 6 Comments
Sleep paralysis more common in students
PENN STATE (US) — Students and psychiatric patients are more likely than others to experience sleep paralysis, a rare condition that can include hallucinations about alien abductions and demons. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2011 14:36 - 1 Comment
Physicists undo the ‘coffee ring effect’
U. PENN (US) — By changing the shape of particles, physicists are able to disrupt a common phenomenon known as the “coffee ring effect“— the ring-shaped stain left after coffee drops evaporate. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 25, 2011 16:12 - 0 Comments
Gargantuan, farthest water mass found
CALTECH/U. COLORADO (US) — A mass of water vapor in a quasar that is 30 billion trillion miles away is at least 140 trillion times that of all the water in the world’s oceans combined, and 100,000 times more massive than the sun. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 5, 2011 13:25 - 0 Comments
120 million-year-old bird gets an X-ray
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Trace metals in fossils are offering clues about the pigmentations of creatures dead for more than a hundred million years. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 15, 2011 16:53 - 0 Comments
Superthin graphene transforms optics
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — By controlling the conductivity of sheets of graphene, engineers say they can create two-dimensional, one-atom thick metamaterials. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 7, 2011 12:17 - 0 Comments
Nano pickle: Pick the perfect proteins
U. PENN (US) — A new algorithm helps engineers tackle the seemingly impossible task of selecting the right raw materials for nanoscale construction. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 26, 2011 17:09 - 2 Comments
How babies (really) learn first words
U. PENN (US) — The leading theory on how children learn their first words may need revision, according to new research. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 5, 2011 16:13 - 0 Comments
How stressed out cells remain stable
U. PENNSYLVANIA (US) — Studying how proteins respond to physical stress is helping scientists understand how normal and mutated red blood cells remain stable. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 21, 2011 14:44 - 3 Comments
After brain injury, add antidepressants
U. ROCHESTER (US) — Antidepressants may help spur the creation and survival of new brain cells after brain injury, according to a new study. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 28, 2010 9:55 - 0 Comments
Drug may block muscular dystrophy’s blow
BROWN (US) — A new therapy headed to human trials slows muscle damage in mice with the genetic mutation that causes muscular dystrophy. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 1, 2010 9:47 - 2 Comments
Men’s hip fractures linked to thyroid
UC DAVIS (US) — Screening and treatment for thyroid dysfunction in older men could reduce the incidence of hip fractures. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 30, 2010 11:11 - 1 Comment
Sodium MRI gives arthritis an early look
NYU (US)—An innovative way to look at the development of osteoarthritis in the knee joint relies on the examination of sodium ions in cartilage. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 27, 2010 10:32 - 0 Comments
Genomes of ultra-social ants sequenced
NYU (US)—Scientists have at last sequenced the entire genome of two very different species of ant. The insights gleaned from the genetic blueprints are already yielding clues to their fascinating social behavior. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2010 14:11 - 0 Comments
Gene linked to Lou Gehrig’s disease
U. PENN (US)—Researchers have found evidence that mutations in a specific gene are a risk factor for Lou Gehrig’s disease, a condition also known as ALS or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (more…)
Society & Culture - Aug 10, 2010 15:41 - 4 Comments
Smart job seekers skip Mad Men martinis
U. MICHIGAN/U. PENNSYLVANIA (US)—Drinking alcohol during a lunch or dinner job interview—even when the boss does—could lower the likelihood of getting hired, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 10, 2010 13:17 - 0 Comments
Fish-gut clue to human immunity
U. PENN (US)—Researchers have identified the function of one of the earliest antibodies in the animal kingdom, an ancient immunoglobulin that helps explain the evolution of human intestinal immune responses. (more…)
