Posts Tagged ‘Yale University’

After collision, ‘Amasia’ supercontinent is born

YALE (US) — A new forecast for the formation of supercontinents predicts a far-future collision between America and Eurasia. Continue…

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Health & Medicine - Feb 9, 2012 9:42 - 0 Comments

Gene variant linked to endometriosis

YALE (US) — Researchers may have identified a genetic basis of endometriosis, a condition that causes millions of women chronic pelvic pain and infertility. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Feb 7, 2012 16:02 - 0 Comments

Abuse sends 4,500 kids to hospital in a year

YALE (US) — More than 4,500 children in the United States were hospitalized due to abuse in one year alone. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Jan 27, 2012 14:51 - 0 Comments

Immune suppressants may curb diabetes

YALE (US) — A new study has uncovered how targeted suppression of the immune system may prevent type 1 diabetes or induce sustained remission. (more…)

Science & Technology - Jan 9, 2012 14:26 - 0 Comments

‘Extinct’ tortoise found in Galapagos

YALE (US) — Dozens of giant tortoises of a species believed extinct for 150 years may still be living at a remote location in the Galápagos Islands, according to a new genetic analysis. (more…)

Science & Technology - Dec 7, 2011 10:20 - 0 Comments

New black holes pop up in young galaxy

YALE (US) — Astronomers have discovered what appear to be three fast-growing, supermassive black holes in a relatively young, still-forming galaxy. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Dec 7, 2011 10:00 - 0 Comments

Carbon dioxide: The global heat dial?

PURDUE / YALE (US) — A drop in carbon dioxide appears to be the driving force that led to the Antarctic ice sheet’s formation, according to a recent study of molecules from ancient algae found in deep-sea core samples. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 12:43 - 0 Comments

Hospital transfers too slow for heart patients

YALE (US) — Most heart attack patients transferred between hospitals for angioplasty are not moved as quickly as they should be, according to the first national study of “door-in door-out” transfer time. (more…)

Health & Medicine - Nov 30, 2011 12:04 - 1 Comment

New anti-HIV agents more potent, less toxic

YALE (US) — Researchers have discovered chemical compounds that could lead to HIV treatments that are 10 to 2,000 times more potent than drugs now on the market. (more…)

People who meditate tune out daydreams

YALE (US) — People who are experienced meditators seem to switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming—and with psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. (more…)

Earth & Environment - Nov 23, 2011 12:40 - 0 Comments

Deforestation’s effects? Location, location

UC DAVIS (US) — The impact of deforestation on global warming varies with latitude, a finding that calls for revised climate-monitoring strategies, a new study shows. (more…)

True colors of moths 47 million years ago

YALE (US) — Scientists have for the first time determined the original colors of an ancient moth, based on nearly 50 million-year-old fossils from Germany. (more…)

Science & Technology - Nov 17, 2011 8:04 - 0 Comments

New evidence early primate lived in trees

JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — The first ankle and toe fossils from the earliest North American primate suggest our first forerunners on the continent may have lived or moved primarily in trees, like modern lemurs. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 21, 2011 10:49 - 0 Comments

How ‘blue stragglers’ stay forever young

NORTHWESTERN (US) — To maintain their youthful bright appearance, old stars called blue stragglers eat up the outer envelope of giant-star companions, stripping them down to their white dwarf core in a process called mass transfer. (more…)

Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2011 11:25 - 1 Comment

‘Hot hands’ keep athletes on win streak

YALE (US) — Athletes on a winning streak are likely to stay on one, according to new evidence that supports the “hot hand” phenomenon. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 27, 2011 11:04 - 0 Comments

‘Invasion’ moved mammals from egg to womb

YALE (US) — More than 100 million years ago, genetic parasites invaded the mammalian genome, changing the uterus in the ancestors of humans and other mammals from egg producers to a home for developing young. (more…)

Science & Technology - Sep 26, 2011 8:30 - 0 Comments

Online hunters detect possible exoplanets

YALE (US) — Amateur astronomers working with the online citizen science project Planet Hunters have discovered two potential exoplanets, according to new research. (more…)