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Friends Know How Long You'll Live, Study Finds
Jan. 24, 2015 Young lovers walking down the aisle may dream of long and healthy lives together, but close friends in the wedding party may have a better sense of whether those wishes will come true, suggests new ... full story -
Relationship Between Religion and Educational Attainment
Jan. 23, 2015 Researchers have long studied and documented the influence religion has on social groups; however, few have examined the role it plays in education. A new research article examines the relationship ... full story -
The Latest Fashion: Graphene Edges Can Be Tailor-Made
Jan. 23, 2015 Theorists show it may be possible to tune graphene edges by varying heat and force as graphene is fractured. Edge configurations affect graphene's electronic and mechanical properties, which are ... full story -
Scientists Slow Down the Speed of Light Travelling in Free Space
Jan. 23, 2015 Scientists have managed to slow photons in free space for the first time. They have demonstrated that applying a mask to an optical beam to give photons a spatial structure can reduce their ... full story -
Lucid Dreams and Metacognition: Awareness of Thinking; Awareness of Dreaming
Jan. 23, 2015 To control one's dreams and to live 'out there' what is impossible in real life -- a truly tempting idea. Some persons -- so-called lucid dreamers -- can do this. Researchers have ... full story -
Why All-Nighters Don't Work: How Sleep, Memory Go Hand-in-Hand
Jan. 23, 2015 Scientists have long known that sleep, memory and learning are deeply connected but how has remained a mystery. The question is, does the mechanism that promotes sleep also consolidate memory, or do ... full story -
Boston's Leaky Pipes Release High Levels of Heat-Trapping Methane
Jan. 23, 2015 A research team estimates that each year about 15 billion cubic feet of natural gas, worth some $90 million, escapes the Boston region's delivery system. The findings have implications for other ... full story -
Silver Nanowires Demonstrate Unexpected Self-Healing Mechanism: Potential for Flexible Electronics
Jan. 23, 2015 Researchers found that silver nanowires can withstand strong cyclic loads, which is a key attribute needed for flexible ... full story -
Calculating the Future of Solar-Fuel Refineries
Jan. 23, 2015 A team of engineers has developed a new tool to help engineers better gauge the overall yield, efficiency and costs associated with scaling solar-fuel production processes up into large-scale ... full story -
New Technique Helps Probe Performance of Organic Solar Cell Materials
Jan. 23, 2015 Researchers have developed a technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells, which are candidates for low-cost, next generation solar ... full story -
New Technique for Producing Cheaper Solar Energy Suggested by Research
Jan. 23, 2015 Pioneering new research could pave the way for solar energy to be converted into household electricity more cheaply than ever before. The global PV market has experienced rapid growth in recent years ... full story -
Unusually Elastic Protein Found by Researchers; May Have Originated in Cnidarian Elastomer
Jan. 23, 2015 An unusually elastic protein has been discovered in one of the most ancient groups of animals, the over 600-million-year-old cnidarians. The protein is a part of the "weapons system" that ... full story -
Stalking Versus Cyberstalking: Effects on Victims, Their Responses Compared
Jan. 23, 2015 The devastating effects of stalking and cyberstalking – harassing or threatening communication via the Internet – are explored in a new study. Key among the findings is that victims of ... full story -
Alamo Impact Crater: New Study Could Double Its Size
Jan. 23, 2015 Carbonate rock deposits found within the mountain ranges of south-central Nevada, USA, record evidence of a catastrophic impact event known as the Alamo impact. This event occurred roughly 382 ... full story -
Telomere Extension Turns Back Aging Clock in Cultured Human Cells, Study Finds
Jan. 23, 2015 A new procedure can quickly and efficiently increase the length of human telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are linked to aging and disease, according to ... full story -
Climate Affects Development of Human Speech
Jan. 23, 2015 A correlation between climate and the evolution of language has been uncovered by researchers. To find a relationship between the climate and the evolution of language, one needs to discover an ... full story -
Live Broadcast from Inside the Nerve Cell
Jan. 23, 2015 Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's are caused by defect and aggregated proteins accumulating in brain nerve cells that are thereby paralyzed or even killed. In ... full story -
How Does the Universe Creates Reason, Morality?
Jan. 23, 2015 Recent developments in science are beginning to suggest that the universe naturally produces complexity. The emergence of life in general and perhaps even rational life, with its associated ... full story -
Yes, Black Holes Exist in Gravitational Theories With Unbounded Speeds of Propagation
Jan. 23, 2015 Gravitational theories with broken Lorentz invariance have attracted a great deal of interest as they provide a test-bed of LI and offer a mechanism to improve their ultraviolet behavior, so that the ... full story -
Warming Seas Decrease Sea Turtle Basking
Jan. 23, 2015 Green sea turtles may stop basking on beaches around the world within a century due to rising sea temperatures, a new study suggests. Basking helps the turtles regulate body temperature and may aid ... full story
- Relationship between religion and educational attainment
- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Scientists slow down the speed of light travelling in free space
- Lucid dreams and metacognition: Awareness of thinking; awareness of dreaming
- Why all-nighters don't work: How sleep, memory go hand-in-hand
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Silver nanowires demonstrate unexpected self-healing mechanism: Potential for flexible electronics
- Calculating the future of solar-fuel refineries
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
- New technique for producing cheaper solar energy suggested by research
- Unusually elastic protein found by researchers; may have originated in cnidarian elastomer
- Stalking versus cyberstalking: Effects on victims, their responses compared
- Alamo impact crater: New study could double its size
- Telomere extension turns back aging clock in cultured human cells, study finds
- Climate affects development of human speech
- Live broadcast from inside the nerve cell
- How does the universe creates reason, morality?
- Yes, black holes exist in gravitational theories with unbounded speeds of propagation
- Warming seas decrease sea turtle basking
- H.E.S.S. finds three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources
- Lucky charms: When are superstitions used most?
- Mothers don't speak so clearly to their babies
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- New breast exam nearly quadruples detection of invasive breast cancers in women with dense breast tissue
- What to do in a flu epidemic? Stay at home and watch TV
- New brain pathway offers hope for treating hypogylcemia
- Effect of thyroid disorders on reproductive health
- Bad reputation of crows demystified
- Hidden infection shortens life in birds
- Massive chip design savings to be realized
- Arctic ice cap slides into the ocean
- The language of T lymphocytes deciphered, the 'Rosetta Stone' of the immune system
- The brain's electrical alphabet: Timing, rate underlie neural information, study shows
- Sexually-transmitted diseases: Do multiple partners mean more immunity?
- Sisters act together: Cichlid sisters swim together in order to reach the goal
- Scientists map brains of the blind to solve mysteries of human brain specialization
- New 'systems genetics' study identifies possible target for epilepsy treatment
- Brazil's soy moratorium still needed to preserve Amazon
- Parents' belief that a child will attend college plays big role in early academic success
- Gene may open door for improved keloid, scar treatment
- Improvements in transistors will make flexible plastic computers a reality
- Revolutionary device found to lower blood pressure
- Celiac disease rate among young children has almost tripled in past 20 years
- Checklist devised to spot elderly patients most at risk of death
- Falls in blood pressure, cholesterol have saved 20,000+ lives in England
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- Scientists set quantum speed limit
- Treatment restores sociability in autism mouse model
- Many of the smallest babies in California not referred for follow-up care, study finds
- Early human ancestors used their hands like modern humans
- Risk of HIV infection in studies of African women using hormonal contraceptives
- Rosetta data reveals more surprises about comet 67P
- Rosetta data give closest-ever look at a comet
- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- First major analysis of Human Protein Atlas is published
- Rosetta Comet 'pouring' more water into space
- Watching the birth of a comet magnetosphere
- Gas variations are suggestive of seasons on comet Chury
- Going with the flow: Is river basin management misguided?
- When it comes to variations in crop yield, climate has a big say
- Infants can learn to communicate from videos, study shows
- Reducing Myc gene activity extends healthy lifespan in mice
- Providing better data on the Ebola virus
- Using less fish to test chemicals safety
- Rare neurological disease shines light on health of essential nerve cells
- California's policies can significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions through 2030
- Strong association between menopausal symptoms, bone health
- Parents' reliance on welfare leads to more welfare use by their children, study finds
- New research could give alternatives for children's eye exams
- Blame it on your brain: Salt and hypertension
- Trust your gut: E. coli may hold one of the keys to treating Parkinson's
- Viruses may play unexpected role in inflammatory bowel diseases
- Enzymes believed to promote cancer actually suppress tumors
- Research probes molecular basis of rare genetic disorder
- Empowering family caregivers assures successful acute care transitions
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Black hole on a diet creates a 'changing look' quasar
- Head and neck cancers in young adults are more likely to be a result of inherited factors
- Dislocating a hip after total hip replacement can be a traumatic experience
- Patient older age not an issue in revision cochlear implantation
- How are student loans affecting the well-being of young adults?
- American liberals and conservatives think as if from different cultures
- Major breakthrough in reading ancient scrolls
- New treatments haven't lowered anesthesia risks for children with pulmonary hypertension
- New assessment tool to combat oral-systemic disease across the lifespan
- Profitable phishing schemes slyly tinker with our heads, then rip us off
- Antibiotics, bacteria, resistance genes found in dust from feedlots
- Wild west physics: Bridging the gap between the study of 'outer space' and 'inner space'
- Concern over skin whitener marketing
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
- Transoral fundoplication is an effective treatment for patients with GERD
- Study projects unprecedented loss of corals in Great Barrier Reef due to warming
- How charter school foes are failing
- New animal models faithfully reproduce human tumors
- Small drop in sea level had big impact on southern Great Barrier Reef
- Noisy data facilitates researcher's investigation of breast cancer gene expression
- Snack attack: Bears munch on ants and help plants grow
- Why protein mutations lead to familial form of Parkinson's disease
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