Science news articles about 'evanston'

  • Globular clusters: Not as old as thought?

    EVANSTON, Ill., May 1 (UPI) -- U.S. space agency astronomers say they've found some of the oldest objects in the universe might be younger in their development than previously thought.
  • Surprising discovery: Multicellular response is 'all for one'

    EVANSTON, Ill. --- Real or perceived threats can trigger the well-known “fight or flight response” in humans and other animals. Adrenaline flows, and the stressed individual’s heart pumps faster, the ...
  • ADHD: An advantage for Kenyan nomads?

    EVANSTON, Ill., June 10 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say a genetic variation linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder actually provides a health advantage to the nomads of Kenya.
  • Transistors tested for radiation damage

    EVANSTON, Ill., June 16 (UPI) -- Transistors based on a material created by U.S. scientists have been attached to the exterior of the International Space Station for radiation testing.
  • Men more likely to share work online

    EVANSTON, Ill., June 23 (UPI) -- A U.S. study finds men are more likely to share their creative work online than are women, despite both being engaged in creative activities at equal rates.
  • Engineering students create solar car

    EVANSTON, Ill., June 27 (UPI) -- A solar car created by engineering students is being road-tested in preparation for this summer's North American Solar Challenge.
  • Stretchable camera, with a layout based on the human eye

    ... of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Yonggang Huang of Northwestern University in Evanston, have developed a high-performance, hemispherical 'eye' camera using an array of single- ...
  • Dopamine pathways said to control conduct

    EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists say they've found some human behavior is controlled by balanced activation of two pathways in the brain using the neurotransmitter dopamine.
  • Olympic logo: 15,000 times in 3/10 inch

    EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 14 (UPI) -- A U.S. nanoscientist has created a printing technique capable of mass producing the 2008 Summer Olympics logo 15,000 times in just 1 square centimeter.
  • New cell fate determination process found

    EVANSTON, Ill., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have found a new mechanism for cell fate determination -- how one cell can differ from another despite having the same genetic material.
  • Real-world, virtual word behavior the same

    EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests computerized virtual world avatars respond to social cues and reveal racial biases in the same way people do in the real world.
  • Study offers new insights into teenagers and anxiety disorders

    ... Craske said. Participants in the study attended a Los Angeles school and a school in Evanston, Ill.; to preserve confidentiality, the researchers are not identifying the schools. The students are ...
  • Context alters response to products in ads

    EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists and researchers in Singapore say knowledgeable consumers evaluate a car seen in an ad more favorably after seeing ads for high-status products.
  • Black patients at higher risk for colon polyps

    ... editorial, Hemant K. Roy, M.D., and Laura K. Bianchi, M.D., of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Evanston, Ill., comment on the findings of Lieberman and colleagues. "… it is becoming clear that as ...
  • Study: Liberal, conservative differences

    EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 23 (UPI) -- A study by Illinois' Northwestern University suggests politically conservative Christians fear chaos while their liberal counterparts fear emptiness.

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