UTA urban researcher shows impact of urban sprawl on life expectancy, innovation hubs
Credit: UT Arlington A recently published study by a University of Texas at Arlington urban researcher shows a correlation between urban sprawl and a decreased...
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Breakthrough synthesis strategy could mean wave of new medicinal compounds
Credit: Benjamin Moten TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In pharmacology, not all molecular structures are created equal. Some frameworks are overrepresented in nature, making them especially attractive...
Neuroscientists uncover secret to intelligence in parrots
University of Alberta neuroscientists have identified the neural circuit that may underlay intelligence in birds, according to a new study. The discovery is an example...
Pelvic exams do not help diagnose STDs in adolescent girls, study says
WASHINGTON, DC -- A pelvic exam does not improve a physician's ability to diagnose certain sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in adolescent female patients. That is...
Study: Small talk not as bad as previously thought
People who engage in more substantive conversations tend to be happier, a new study confirms. Researchers also found that idle small talk is not necessarily...
ICD placements not meeting medicare coverage decline after investigation
Following the announcement of a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into potential overuse of primary prevention implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) that did not meet...
Testosterone increases men’s preference for status goods
Fontainebleau (France), Singapore, Abu Dhabi, 3 July, 2018: A recent study conducted by a research team around Hilke Plassmann, the INSEAD Chaired Professor of Decision...
Building trees: The protein controlling neuron branch growth
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS A protein called "MetastasisMetastasis-suppressor 1" (MTSS1) activates one pathway and inhibits another competing pathway, thus playing a dual role that determines...
Researchers discover new vulnerability in deadly form of lung cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 28, 2018 - Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered a new...
How our brains learn to control and remember walking
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Movement neuroscientist Julia Choi at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $616,057 grant from the National...
Large population study fails to find causal link between assisted reproduction and ovarian cancer
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: Following concerns over many years that hormonal stimulation of the ovaries necessary for IVF may increase the risk of ovarian cancer,...
Tattoos: Body decoration with risks
"Colour pigments from tattoos do not remain locally restricted to the skin, they migrate in the body," explains BfR President, Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel....
Expecting a stressful day may lower cognitive abilities throughout the day
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- There may be some truth to the saying "getting up on the wrong side of the bed," according to Penn State...
Survey shows Australian GPs cautiously supportive of medicinal cannabis access
Credit: University of Sydney A majority of Australian GPs support medicinal cannabis being available on prescription, with their preferred "access model" involving trained GPs prescribing...
Commonly used preventive therapy for recurrent miscarriage proved ineffective in large trial
Barcelona, 3 July 2018: An immune response to pregnancy (in which the uterus rejects the embryo or foetus) is said to explain a large number...
