Health
The Diet of Pyramid Builders: What Did They Eat?
Who built them—slaves, or well-compensated workers? How were they built? What are they made of?
Aug 23, 2013
Technology
Physicists pinpoint solid-state triple point where material both conducts and insulates
It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of water – ice, liquid and vapor – can exist stably together only at a particular temperature and pressure, called the triple point.
Aug 21, 2013
Brain & Behavior
Researchers granted patent for system that fuses human and computer intelligence
In complex crisis situations involving military situation awareness, homeland security and other time-sensitive scenarios, teams of experts must often make difficult decisions within a narrow time frame.
Aug 21, 2013
Health
New survey of young adults: 7.8 million gained new or better coverage through Affordable Care Act
An estimated 7.8 million of the 15 million young adults who were enrolled in a parent's health plan last year likely would not have been eligible for this…
Aug 21, 2013
Earth & Environment
New drilling technique helps reveal the 'plumbing' beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists' understanding of how Greenland Ice Sheet melt water travels in passages along the bedrock below fails to account for some key processes.
Aug 19, 2013
Brain & Behavior
New MR analysis technique reveals brain tumor response to anti-angiogenesis therapy
A new way of analyzing data acquired in MR imaging appears to be able to identify whether or not tumors are responding to anti-angiogenesis therapy…
Aug 19, 2013
Health
Chemo before radiotherapy for testicular cancer could reduce long-term side-effects
Giving men with testicular cancer a single dose of chemotherapy alongside radiotherapy could improve the effectiveness of treatment and reduce the risk of long-term side-effects, a new study reports.
Aug 16, 2013
Health
Making medical decisions for a cognitively impaired family member is complicated
Decision-making by a surrogate for a family member who is unable to make medical decisions is more complicated than decision-making by patients themselves…
Aug 15, 2013
Health
Four beers that make up 2.4% of overall consumption accounted for 46% of consumption prior to E.R. visits
Five beer brands – Budweiser, Steel Reserve, Colt 45, Bud Ice and Bud Light – were consumed in the highest quantities by emergency room patients, according to…
Aug 15, 2013
Health
Toxicologist says NAS panel 'misled the world' when adopting radiation exposure guidelines
In two recently published peer-reviewed articles, toxicologist Edward Calabrese of the University of Massachusetts Amherst describes how regulators came to…
Aug 14, 2013
Health
DHA-enriched formula in infancy linked to positive cognitive outcomes in childhood
University of Kansas scientists have found that infants who were fed formula enriched with long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA) from birth to 12…
Aug 12, 2013
Physics
Physicists Discover Theoretical Possibility of Large, Hollow Magnetic Cage Molecules
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered, in theory, the possibility of creating large, hollow magnetic cage molecules that could one day…
Aug 12, 2013
Technology
Sherlock Holmes would be pleased: New forensic technique for analysing lipstick traces
A study by forensic scientists at the University of Kent has established a new way of identifying which brand of lipstick someone was wearing at a crime scene without removing the evidence from its bag, thereby avoiding possible contamination.
Aug 8, 2013
Technology
The world can be powered by alternative energy in 20-40 years, Stanford researcher says
If someone told you there was a way you could save 2.5 million to 3 million lives a year and simultaneously halt global warming, reduce air and water pollution…
Aug 7, 2013