Risk of marijuana's 'gateway effect' overblown, new UNH research shows
New research from the University of New Hampshire shows that the "gateway effect" of marijuana – that teenagers who use marijuana are more likely to move on to harder illicit...
Biomedical research policy needed for therapies, economic growth, education and security
Bold and coordinated leadership at the federal level is essential to create secure, long-term, sustainable biomedical research funding policies based on strategic priorities, say the authors of a commentary about...
Listening to ancient colors
A team of McGill chemists have discovered that a technique known as photoacoustic infrared spectroscopy could be used to identify the composition of pigments used in art work that is...
Connection between light at night (LAN) and cancer revealed in additional study
A new study from the Center for Interdisciplinary Chronobiological Research at the University of Haifa has found an additional link between Light At Night (LAN) and cancer. This research joins...
Head start for migraine sufferers
For severe migraine sufferers, psychological treatments build on the benefits of drug therapy, according to a new study1 by Elizabeth Seng and Dr. Kenneth Holroyd from Ohio University in the...
New guidelines to ease sleepless nights
Insomnia and other sleep disorders are very common, yet are not generally well understood by doctors and other health care professionals. Now the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has released...
Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists
Roberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35m with a...
Hormel Institute study reveals capsaicin can act as cocarcinogen
The September cover story of the nation's leading cancer journal, "Cancer Research," features a new study from The Hormel Institute, University of Minnesota, that links capsaicin, a component of chili...
Chronic Lyme disease: How often is it diagnosed and treated?
The existence of chronic Lyme disease is an issue of sharp debate within the medical community. Some health care workers who call themselves "Lyme literate" insist that chronic Lyme...
NASA and NOAA's newest GOES satellite ready for action
NASA and NOAA's latest Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite, GOES-15, has successfully completed five months of
on-orbit testing and has been accepted into service. The satellite
has demonstrated operational readiness of...
Recipe for water: Just add starlight
ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that
ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in
space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is...
Scientists find organic farms have higher quality fruit, better soil, lower environmental impact
Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more genetically diverse.
Safety cultures in EMS agencies vary widely, Pitt study finds
A survey of emergency medical services (EMS) agencies from across the country found wide variation in perceptions of workplace safety culture—providing a tool that might point to potential patient safety...
Human unconscious is transferred to virtual characters
Virtual characters can behave according to actions carried out
unconsciously by humans. Researchers at the University of Barcelona
have created a system which measures human physiological
parameters, such as respiration...
Bochum's researchers discover proton diode
Biophysicists in Bochum have discovered a diode for protons: just
like the electronic component determines the direction of flow of
electric current, the "proton diode" ensures that protons can only...
Caltech mineral physicists find new scenery at Earth's core-mantle boundary
Using a diamond-anvil cell to recreate the high pressures deep within the earth, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have found unusual properties in an iron-rich magnesium- and...
Infrared NASA image shows strong convection in new Atlantic Depression 9
The Atlantic Ocean is in overdrive this week, and NASA satellite
imagery captured the birth of the ninth tropical depression in the
central Atlantic Ocean today, trailing to the east...
Researchers create new class of piezoelectric logic devices using zinc oxide nanowires
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a
new class of electronic logic device in which current is switched
by an electric field generated by the application of...
Brain exercises may slow cognitive decline initially, but speed up dementia later
New research shows that mentally stimulating activities such as crossword puzzles, reading and listening to the radio may, at first, slow the decline of thinking skills but speed up dementia...
Lupus Research Institute-funded study points to increased risk for lupus in men
Lupus Research Institute-funded researcher Betty Tsao, PhD, at the University of California Los Angeles has discovered that humans—males in particular—with a variant form of the immune receptor gene "Toll Like...
Diverse diet of veggies may decrease lung cancer risk
Adding a variety of vegetables to one's diet may help decrease the
chance of getting lung cancer, and adding a variety of fruits and
vegetables may decrease the risk of...
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