New York University researchers have isolated neural activity that reflects basic mechanisms used by the brain to combine elementary pieces of language in order to construct complex ideas.
Feb 28, 2011
WASHINGTON, February 28, 2011) -- Results from a study published in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology reveal a close relationship…
Feb 28, 2011
About 1,200 criminal justice researchers as well as active and retired law-enforcement professionals from around the world are expected to attend the annual meeting of the international Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, to be held March 1-5 in Toronto.
Feb 28, 2011
Nearly 2/3 of the hospital in-patients who took part in a survey had experienced pain in the last 24 hours and 42% of those rated their pain as more than seven…
Feb 28, 2011
Indonesia has promised to become a world leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Feb 28, 2011
Lucrative incentives for executives at the nation’s top banks encouraged them to take excessive risks prior to the financial meltdown that the country still is…
Feb 28, 2011
Nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but those who are of black race seem to have a protective effect against this loss, according to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers.
Feb 27, 2011
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Gaining new insight into how efficiently the microbes in large bioreactors produce methane from brewery waste, Cornell scientists hope to use…
Feb 27, 2011
DALLAS -- Feb. 28, 2011 -- Children who are placed with a relative because of mistreatment at home fare better in some areas than those placed in foster care, but they may have a higher risk of substance use and teenage pregnancy.
Feb 27, 2011
Famed especially for the excellence of its peacekeepers and ice hockey players, Canada's water experts are now increasingly needed to help countries elsewhere brace for drought, flood and unsafe water problems looming on a 15 to 20 year horizon.
Feb 27, 2011
Using tiny spheres of radioactive liquid to guide surgeons as they remove potentially cancerous material in the lungs is safe and more effective than other…
Feb 25, 2011
February 25, 2011 -- Nearly one in eleven (8.6%) preschool children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with asthma and in some inner city neighborhoods, the figure is closer to one in seven.
Feb 25, 2011
Literature and films have left us with vivid images of the grasshopper plagues that devastated the Great Plains in the 1870s.
Feb 25, 2011
ARLINGTON, Va.-Successfully taking a small radio receiver intended for space applications and creating a full-featured radio frequency system, initially…
Feb 25, 2011
