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NASA's WISE Survey Finds Thousands of New Stars, but No 'Planet X'
Mar. 7, 2014 — After searching hundreds of millions of objects across our sky, NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no evidence of the hypothesized celestial body in our solar system ... full story -
Promising News for Producing Fuels Through Artificial Photosynthesis
Mar. 7, 2014 — There's promising news from the front on efforts to produce fuels through artificial photosynthesis. A new study shows that nearly 90 percent of the electrons generated by a hybrid material ... full story -
New Theory on Cause of Endometriosis
Mar. 7, 2014 — Changes to two previously unstudied genes are the centerpiece of a new theory regarding the cause and development of endometriosis, a chronic and painful disease affecting one in 10 women. The ... full story -
Majority of Latinas Are Unaware of Their Risk of Diabetes, Study Finds
Mar. 7, 2014 — The majority of Latinas are unaware of their risk of diabetes, a new study finds, which points to the urgent need for alternate sites of opportunity for diabetes screenings. There is also a need for ... full story -
That Sinking Feeling: NASA Radar Demonstrates Ability to Foresee Sinkholes
Mar. 7, 2014 — New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before it collapsed and forced evacuations near Bayou Corne, La., that year. The ... full story -
Mystery of Planet-Forming Disks Explained by Magnetism
Mar. 7, 2014 — Astronomers say that magnetic storms in the gas orbiting young stars may explain a mystery that has persisted since before 2006. Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope to study ... full story -
Volume of Notifiable Disease Reporting May Double With Required Electronic Lab Reporting
Mar. 7, 2014 — Public health departments nationwide are already feeling the strain from budget cuts. But their case report volumes are forecasted to double when federal requirements for automated electronic ... full story -
Cells Appearing Normal May Actually Be Harbingers of Lung Cancer
Mar. 7, 2014 — Airways near lung tumors provide clues to the genetics of cancer that suggest that seemingly healthy cells may in fact hide clues that lung cancer will later develop, according to a study. ... full story -
Emerging Multi-Drug Resistant Infections Lack Standard Definition, Treatment
Mar. 7, 2014 — Infection control practices for detecting and treating patients infected with emerging multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria vary significantly between hospitals. A study including a consortium ... full story -
Hospital Food Safety Measures Reduce Risk of Contaminated Hospital Food
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new study found more than 80 percent of raw chicken used in hospitals in food for patients and staff was contaminated with a form of antibiotic resistant bacteria called extended-spectrum ... full story -
Pre-Term Birth Leads to Increased Risk of Asthma, Wheezing Disorders
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have published findings strongly suggesting that preterm birth -- prior to 37 weeks gestation -- increases the risk of asthma and wheezing disorders during childhood, and that the risk of ... full story -
Smartphones Become 'Eye-Phones' With Low-Cost Devices
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have developed two inexpensive adapters that enable a smartphone to capture high-quality images of the front and back of the eye. The adapters make it easy for anyone with minimal ... full story -
Self-Acceptance Could Be the Key to a Happier Life, Yet It's the Happy Habit Many People Practice the Least
Mar. 7, 2014 — Happiness is more than just a feeling; it is something we can all practice on a daily basis. But people are better at some 'happy habits' than others. In fact, the one habit that ... full story -
Magnetically Stimulated Flow Patterns Offer Strategy for Heat Transfer Problems
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have discovered how to harness magnetic fields to create vigorous, organized fluid flows in particle ... full story -
Genome of Sesame Sheds New Light on Oil Biosynthesis
Mar. 7, 2014 — Researchers have successfully cracked the genome of high oil content crop sesame, providing new lights on the important stages of seed development and oil accumulation, and potential key genes for ... full story -
Expiration of Terrorism Risk Insurance Act Could Hurt U.S. National Security
Mar. 7, 2014 — Allowing the federal terrorism risk insurance act to expire could have negative consequences for US national security, according to a new ... full story -
Inherited Alzheimer's Damage Greater Decades Before Symptoms Appear
Mar. 7, 2014 — The progression of Alzheimer's may slow once symptoms appear and do significant damage, according to a study investigating an inherited form of the disease. Through an international study, ... full story -
Infants Using Known Verbs to Learn New Nouns: Before Infants Begin to Talk in Sentences, They Are Paying Careful Attention to Conversations
Mar. 7, 2014 — New research demonstrates that even before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to the way a new word is used in conversations, and they learn new words from this ... full story -
Epigenetic Changes Could Explain Type 2 Diabetes
Mar. 7, 2014 — People with type 2 diabetes have epigenetic changes on their DNA that healthy individuals do not have. This has been shown in a major study by researchers who also found epigenetic changes in a large ... full story -
Nasal Filter Looks Promising for Allergy Sufferers
Mar. 7, 2014 — A newly developed type of filter can help people with nasal symptoms from seasonal hay fever, clinical research suggests. The filter, which is not yet in production, works by being inserted in both ... full story -
People More Willing to Disclose Experience of Mental Health Problems, Survey Finds
Mar. 7, 2014 — A new survey has found that people are more willing than ever to disclose their experience of having a mental health problem and receiving treatment. This increase in willingness to disclose, the ... full story
- NASA's WISE survey finds thousands of new stars, but no 'Planet X'
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- New theory on cause of endometriosis
- Majority of Latinas are unaware of their risk of diabetes, study finds
- That sinking feeling: NASA radar demonstrates ability to foresee sinkholes
- Mystery of planet-forming disks explained by magnetism
- Volume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic lab reporting
- Cells appearing normal may actually be harbingers of lung cancer
- Emerging multi-drug resistant infections lack standard definition, treatment
- Hospital food safety measures reduce risk of contaminated hospital food
- Pre-term birth leads to increased risk of asthma, wheezing disorders
- Smartphones become 'eye-phones' with low-cost devices
- Self-acceptance could be the key to a happier life, yet it's the happy habit many people practice the least
- Magnetically stimulated flow patterns offer strategy for heat transfer problems
- Genome of sesame sheds new light on oil biosynthesis
- Expiration of terrorism risk insurance act could hurt U.S. national security
- Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
- Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to conversations
- Epigenetic changes could explain type 2 diabetes
- Nasal filter looks promising for allergy sufferers
- People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey finds
- After years of improving, rates of youth suicide-related behaviors stopped declining, Canadian study finds
- Lifesaving sensor for full bladders under development
- UV light accelerates cancer cells that creep along outside of blood vessels
- Bone turnover markers predict prostate cancer outcomes
- Teen elephant mothers die younger but have bigger families
- Europe's largest badger study finds rare long-distance movements
- Urbanization exposes French cities to greater seismic risk
- Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
- Software analyzes apps for malicious behavior
- New surgical hypertension treatment not as good as standard drug treatment
- Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
- Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
- New approach to prostate cancer screening needed in UK, experts say
- Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study suggests
- Interactive simulator for vehicle drivers
- Effective thermal insulation with wood foam
- Quicker and cheaper toxicity checking of mussels
- Urgent need to study impacts of biomass burning and haze on marine ecosystems in Southeast Asia
- Public could virtually 'travel' to space for $90 through new project
- Traffic-related air pollution associated with changes in right ventricular structure, function
- Squeezing light into metals: Engineers control conductivity with inkjet printer
- Molecular subtyping of breast cancer can better identify women at high risk of disease recurrence
- Prescriptions for benzodiazepines rising and risky when combined with opioids, researchers warn
- Postsurgical pain control linked to patient satisfaction with hospital experience
- Ultrasound guided pudendal nerve block: A cadaveric study
- Heating safety from mri radiofrequency energy demonstrated in variety of simulated spinal cord stimulation scenarios
- Transforaminal vs. Interlaminar epidural steroid injections: Both offered similar pain relief, function for radiating low-back pain
- Long-lasting improvements for discogenic low-back pain treated with minimally invasive intradiscal biacuplasty
- Reducing wait times could improve spinal cord stimulator success for chronic pain
- Preschoolers can outsmart college students at figuring out gizmos
- How seeing the same GP helps your health
- Europe may experience higher warming than global average
- Birds display lateralization bias when selecting flight paths
- Drug protects mice against malaria brain damage, raises levels of BDNF in humans
- Fertilizer in small doses yields higher returns for less money
- Deer feeding puts birds at risk, research shows
- Fighting for survival in the gut: Unravelling the hidden variation in bacteria
- For older drivers one drink may be one too many, study finds
- Kawasaki disease and pregnant women
- Early detection helps manage chronic graft-vs-host disease complication
- Simple urine test detects common causes of kidney dysfunction after transplantation
- BPA linked to breast cancer tumor growth
- Vitamin D increases breast cancer patient survival, study shows
- Colored diamonds are a superconductor's best friend
- Returning vets face 'warring identities' distress
- Marijuana's anxiety relief effects: Receptors found in emotional hub of brain
- How river networks move across a landscape
- Plasma plumes help shield Earth from damaging solar storms
- Crystals ripple in response to light: First propagating surface phonon polaritons in a van der Waals crystal
- Future electronics with super-efficient hard drives: Electricity controls magnetism
- Biofuel-to-hydrocarbon conversion technology licensed
- Icy wreckage discovered in nearby planetary system
- Detailed picture created of membrane protein linked to learning, memory, anxiety, pain and brain disorders
- Warmer temperatures push malaria to higher elevations
- Access to social workers could keep veterans out of criminal justice system, researchers find
- 'Current test' for water pollution
- Combatting hospital-acquired infections with protein metal complex
- Smart nanofibers to treat kidney failure
- Recent advances in the controlled synthesis and functional applications of luminescent metal nanoclusters
- Group A streptococcus in pregnancy: Expert contributes to research
- Physician bias does not affect hypertension treatment for minority patients, study suggests
- Common mutation is culprit in acute leukemia relapse
- Obese adolescents not getting enough sleep?
- 'Seeing' bodies with sound (no sight required)
- Some people really just don't like music
- Reelin protein rescues cognitive deficits in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease
- Warming temperatures are pushing two chickadee species -- and their hybrids -- northward
- Birds of all feathers and global flu diversity
- The rise of spring allergies: Fact or fiction?
- Are you smarter than a 5-year-old? Preschoolers can do algebra
- Gene important to breast development, breast cancer identified
- Storing extra rocket fuel in space for future missions?
- Complications following surgery predict costly readmissions
- Computers used to 'see' neurons to better understand brain function
- Earth's mantle plasticity explained: Missing mechanism for deforming olivine-rich rocks
- Critical link between obesity, diabetes identified
- E-cigarettes: Gateway to nicotine addiction for U.S. teens
- Misplaced protein causes heart failure
- Higher levels of omega-3 in diet are associated with better sleep, study shows
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