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• Lung Cancer
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  New Lung Cancer Study Takes Page from Google's Playbook

  March 25, 2013 — A new study shows that the same sort of mathematical model that Google uses to predict which websites people want to visit may help researchers predict how lung cancer spreads through the human ... > full story
• Weather
  Global Warming
  Climate
  Severe Weather
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policy
   

  Climate Models Are Not Good Enough, Researcher Argues

  March 25, 2013 — Only a few climate models were able to reproduce the observed changes in extreme precipitation in China over the last 50 ... > full story
• Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Genetics
  Developmental Biology
  Biology
  Biotechnology
   
  

  Computer Simulations Yield Clues to How Cells Interact With Surroundings

  March 22, 2013 — Scientists have developed a computer model of a protein that helps cells interact with their surroundings. Like its biological counterpart, the virtual integrin snippet is about twenty nanometers ... > full story
• Educational Policy
  Educational Psychology
  Mathematics
  Child Psychology
  Computer Modeling
  Child Development
   

  Prescription for Double-Dose Algebra Proves Effective

  March 21, 2013 — Ninth-graders in Chicago Public Schools have significantly benefited from double-dose algebra (attending two consecutive periods of the subject) in ways that were not easily observable in the ... > full story
• Biochemistry
  Organic Chemistry
  Mathematics
  Nanotechnology
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  Materials Science
   
  

  Molecular Geometry, New Field in the Making

  March 21, 2013 — Scientists are working towards creating a new field called Molecular Geometry which provides geometrical solutions within the study of ... > full story
• Earthquakes
  Ancient Civilizations
  Natural Disasters
  Tsunamis
  Archaeology
  Floods
   

  Roman Mausoleum Tested for Ancient Earthquake Damage

  March 20, 2013 — A Roman mausoleum was knocked off-kilter, and the likely cause was an earthquake, according to a new detailed ... > full story
• Economics
  Consumer Behavior
  Social Psychology
  Psychology
  Mathematical Modeling
  Relationships
   
  

  'Networked Minds' Require Fundamentally New Kind of Economics

  March 20, 2013 — In their computer simulations of human evolution, scientists have discovered the emergence of the “homo socialis” with “other-regarding” preferences. The results explain some ... > full story
• Mathematics
  Gender Difference
  Intelligence
  Educational Policy
  Math Puzzles
  Mathematical Modeling
   

  More Career Options May Explain Why Fewer Women Pursue Jobs in Science and Math

  March 19, 2013 — Women may be less likely to pursue careers in science and math because they have more career choices, not because they have less ability, according to a new ... > full story
• Biochemistry Research
  Biotechnology
  Evolutionary Biology
  Organic Chemistry
  Biology
  Genetics
   

  How Proteins Read Meta DNA Code

  March 19, 2013 — Scientists have accurately calculated the sliding mechanism for deciphering the second genetic code written within the DNA base pair ... > full story
• HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  STD
  Sexual Health
  Public Health
  Chronic Illness
   

  Widespread 'Test-and-Treat' HIV Policies Could Increase Dangerous Drug Resistance

  March 18, 2013 — One of the most widely advocated strategies for dealing with HIV/AIDS could double the number of multi-drug-resistant HIV cases in the population of men who have sex with men in LA County over the ... > full story

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