Science news articles about 'northwestern researchers'

  • Surprising discovery: Multicellular response is 'all for one'

    ... University reports otherwise. The Northwestern researchers demonstrated something very unexpected in their studies of the worm ... and Cell Biology in Northwestern’s Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He led the research team ...
  • Men share their creative work online more than women

    ... University. Hargittai co-authored the study with Northwestern researcher Gina Walejko. Overall, almost ... of creative content -- whether online or offline -- the Northwestern researchers found that on average two out of three men ...
  • New computer simulations show how special the solar system is

    ... space. Using large-scale computer simulations, the Northwestern researchers are the first to model the formation of planetary ... , a theoretical astrophysicist and professor of physics and astronomy in Northwestern's Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. He ...
  • New evidence on the robustness of metabolic networks

    ... . Now, in a study of cell metabolism, a Northwestern University research team has found new evidence that evolution ... of these "cascade" events in simulated metabolic networks, the Northwestern researchers were able to develop a quantitative measure ...
  • The pepperoni pizza hypothesis

    ... that irritated the bladder. A surprising new discovery from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine reveals ... issue of Nature Clinical Practice Urology. The Northwestern researchers discovered the colon's central role ...
  • What's the difference between a liberal and conservative?

    ... that challenge the status quo. What McAdams and Northwestern researcher Albaugh also find is an underlying, but different ... conservatives and liberals," says McAdams. After all, all of the adults he and Northwestern researcher Albaugh studied were members of churches ...
  • The pepperoni pizza hypothesis

    ... chemicals in the urine that irritated the bladder. However, researchers from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine ... issue of Nature Clinical Practice Urology. The Northwestern researchers believe the colon's central role ...
  • Baffling chronic pain linked to rewiring of brain

    ... and the temperature of their skin. The new finding by scientists at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, begins ... 's white matter. Several years ago, Northwestern researchers discovered chronic pain caused ...
  • Researchers discover new way men can transmit HIV to women

    ... couldn't penetrate the tissue. But new research from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine ... viruses with photo-activated fluorescent tags, Northwestern researchers were able to view the virus as it penetrated ...
  • Blocking the spread of antibiotic resistance in bacteria

    ... simple as A, T, G, C. Northwestern University scientists have exploited the Watson-Crick base ... calls antibiotic resistance one of its top concerns. The Northwestern researchers have discovered that a special DNA sequence ...
  • Financial risk taking: Blame it on the genes

    ... , negative emotion and addiction behaviors suggested to the Northwestern researchers that those particular brain mechanisms could play ... from each participant, and DNA was isolated and genotyped. The Northwestern researchers were able to take advantage of advances ...
  • Musicians have biological advantage in identifying emotion in sound

    ... issue of European Journal of Neuroscience, an interdisciplinary Northwestern research team for the first time provides ... things depending on the acoustic properties of the sound. The Northwestern researchers measured brainstem processing of three ...
  • Whiter laundry and a surprising new treatment for kids' eczema

    ... from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine ... the number of bacteria on the skin, which is one of the drivers of flares." Northwestern researchers launched the study to confirm their hunch ...
  • Researchers find snippet of RNA that helps make individuals remarkably alike

    ... in genetics as well as environmental conditions. Northwestern University researchers now have identified a type of molecule ... , which do not act in controllable, uniform ways. The Northwestern research builds on an idea that originated in the 1940 ...
  • Babies brainier than many imagine

    ... all the time." Hespos, an assistant professor of psychology at Northwestern, is lead author of the study, which will appear in the May 2009 ... through or remain on top of the liquid or solid, the Northwestern researchers noted. "Together these experiments provide ...

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