Campus police officers' role in sex assault cases
2014-01-30
HUNTSVILLE, TX (1/30/14) -- With high rates of sexual assault at colleges and universities, campus law enforcement officers are important facets of a campus' response to this crime. The Crime Victims' Institute at ...
Storage system for 'big data' dramatically speeds access to information
2014-01-30
As computers enter ever more areas of our daily lives, the amount ...
CU-Boulder researchers sequence world's first butterfly bacteria, find surprises
2014-01-30
For the first time ever, a team led by the University of Colorado Boulder has sequenced the internal bacterial makeup of the three major life stages of a butterfly ...
Signs point to sharp rise in drugged driving fatalities
2014-01-30
The prevalence of non-alcohol drugs detected in fatally injured ...
Dartmouth researchers develop new tool to identify genetic risk factors
2014-01-30
(Lebanon, NH, 1/30/14) —Dartmouth researchers developed a new biological pathway-based computational model, called the Pathway-based Human Phenotype Network (PHPN), ...
Study finds brachytherapy offers lower rate of breast preservation compared to standard radiation for older women with breast cancer
2014-01-30
HOUSTON — When comparing treatments designed to enable long-term breast preservation for older ...
NASA gets 2 views of Tropical Cyclone Dylan making landfall in Australia
2014-01-30
NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Dylan and captured both visible and infrared imagery of the storm as it began landfalling. The visible image showed the extent of the storm, ...
Women with mental health disability may face 4-fold risk of abusive relationship: Study
2014-01-30
TORONTO, ON, January 30, 2014 – Women with a severe mental health-related disability are nearly four times more likely to have been a victim of intimate partner violence ...
Researchers reverse some lung diseases in mice by coaxing production of healthy cells
2014-01-30
BOSTON, January 30, 2014—It may be possible one day to treat several lung diseases by introducing proteins that direct lung stem cells to grow the specific cell types ...
Zebra fish fins help Oregon researchers gain insight into bone regeneration
2014-01-30
EUGENE, Ore. -- University of Oregon biologists say they have opened the window on the natural ...
NIST cell membrane model studied as future diagnostic tool
2014-01-30
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and in Lithuania have used a NIST-developed laboratory model of a simplified cell membrane ...
New prognostic tool accurately predicts mortality risk in pediatric septic shock
2014-01-30
CINCINNATI - Researchers have developed a tool that allows caregivers to quickly and accurately predict the risk of death in children with septic shock – a systemic ...
UFO cross-section gives snakes a lift
2014-01-30
If you're afraid of snakes, you're really not going to like the next bit: some snakes can fly. It sounds like a frightful nightmare, but for Jake Socha, the discovery was the start of a fascinating odyssey to learn ...
Kindergarten weight strong indicator of childhood obesity
2014-01-30
A recent study by researchers from Emory's Rollins School of Public Health suggests that development of new childhood obesity cases, or incidence, is largely established by kindergarten. The study ...
Deaths attributed directly to climate change cast pall over penguins
2014-01-30
Climate change is killing penguin chicks from the world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins, not just indirectly – by depriving them of food, as has been repeatedly documented for these and other ...
Disappearing snow increases risk of collapsing ice shelves in Antarctica
2014-01-30
A number of floating ice shelves in Antarctica are at risk of disappearing entirely in the next 200 years, as global warming reduces their snow cover. Their ...
ADHD medication saves lives on the road
2014-01-30
New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that medication used to treat ADHD in adult men can save lives on the road. According to a large registry study, which is now being published in the scientific journal JAMA ...
TCGA bladder cancer study reveals potential drug targets, similarities to several cancers
2014-01-30
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, ...
Slow reaction time linked with early death
2014-01-30
Having a slow reaction time in midlife increases risk of having died 15 years later, according to new research published in the journal PLOS ONE.
Researchers from UCL and the University of Edinburgh looked at data ...
First weather map of brown dwarf
2014-01-30
ESO's Very Large Telescope has been used to create the first ever map of the weather on the surface of the nearest brown dwarf to Earth. An international team has made a chart of the ...
Less than half of children treated for anxiety achieve long-term relief
2014-01-30
Fewer than one in two children and young adults treated for anxiety achieve long-term relief from symptoms, according to the findings of a study by investigators from the Johns Hopkins Children's ...
Neanderthals' genetic legacy
2014-01-30
Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis and smoking behavior. They also concentrate in genes that influence skin and hair characteristics. ...
Connectedness, human use of buildings shape indoor bacterial communities
2014-01-30
The location, connectedness, and human use patterns in a building may influence the types of bacteria they house, according to a study ...
Penguin future uncertain in the face of climate change
2014-01-30
Changes in average climatic conditions combined with the increasing frequency of unpredictable, extreme weather events may disrupt scientific predictions of ...
Oregon researchers show how building design impacts indoor bacteria
2014-01-30
EUGENE, Ore. -- The Lillis Business Complex set the bar for sustainable buildings 10 years ago when ...
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