No ‘narcissism epidemic’ among college students, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Today's college students are slightly less narcissistic than their counterparts were in the 1990s, researchers report...
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Healthy diet may reduce risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women
ATLANTA — A healthy diet may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women, according to data presented at the Eighth American Association for...
Picking teams and picking music in P.E.
Credit: BYU Photo Maybe you remember the laps you were forced to run or when a dodgeball hit you in the face. Maybe you remember...
Identification of genes controlling mouthpart development key to…
Credit: Hiroki Gotoh Nagoya, Japan – Insects are a biological success story with their high abundance, dominating biodiversity, and almost worldwide distribution. Their evolutionary prowess...
McMaster Engineering grads receive James Dyson Award for cancer detection
Credit: Provided What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning to egg freezing to promote...
Researchers explore how Zika infection causes microcephaly
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Zhang BETHESDA, MD – Infection with Zika virus disrupts fetal brain development by interfering with the proliferation of human neural progenitor cells...
CNIC researchers discover a new target for the treatment of fatty liver disease
IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation of fat in the liver,...
New neuron-like cells allow investigation into synthesis of vital cellular components
Credit: Colleen Mangold, Penn State Neuron-like cells created from a readily available cell line have allowed researchers to investigate how the human brain makes a...
Study reveals genetic explanation for cancer’s higher incidence in males than…
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON — In a new study, a group of Boston scientists, including researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, offer a genetic explanation...
Fighting cancer with the power of immunity
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA — Harnessing the body's own immune system to destroy tumors is a tantalizing prospect that has yet to...
Environmental policy center to convene Great Lakes mayors
Credit: UIC The Freshwater Lab, a University of Illinois at Chicago-based environmental research and policy center, has been awarded two grants to support its work...
Lifelong physical activity increases bone density in men
IMAGE: Pam Hinton found that exercise-associated bone loading during adolescence and young adulthood benefited bone density in adulthood. Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. –...
Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape
Credit: David Katz and Tim Weaver, UC Davis The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant effect on the shape of...
Illinois-Mayo Clinic team develop method to identify seizure-causing regions in the brain
Credit: Mayo Clinic Epilepsy–a condition that affects an estimated 65 million people worldwide–can be a difficult condition to treat. A team at the University of...
