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Financial Incentives Help Economically-Disadvantaged Pregnant Smokers Quit, Improve Fetal Growth
Apr. 21, 2014 — Smoking prevalence varies by socioeconomic status -- particularly in terms of educational attainment -- putting economically-disadvantaged women at greater risk for smoking during pregnancy and ... full story -
Quantum Turbulence: New Key to Unlocking the Mysteries of Physics?
Apr. 21, 2014 — The recent discovery of the Higgs boson has confirmed theories about the origin of mass and, with it, offered the potential to explain other scientific mysteries. But, scientists are continually ... full story -
People Selectively Remember Details of Atrocities That Absolve in-Group Members
Apr. 21, 2014 — Conversations about wartime atrocities often omit certain details. According to research, these omissions can lead people to have different memories for the event depending on social group ... full story -
New Material Coating Technology Mimics Nature's Lotus Effect
Apr. 21, 2014 — Ever stop to consider why lotus plant leaves always look clean? The hydrophobic -- water repelling -- characteristic of the leaf, termed the "Lotus effect," helps the plant survive in muddy ... full story -
Exoplanets Soon to Gleam in the Eye of NESSI
Apr. 21, 2014 — The New Mexico Exoplanet Spectroscopic Survey Instrument (NESSI) will soon get its first "taste" of exoplanets, helping astronomers decipher their chemical composition. Exoplanets are ... full story -
Codeine Often Prescribed to Children, Despite Available Alternatives
Apr. 21, 2014 — Despite its potentially harmful effects in children, codeine continues to be prescribed in U.S. emergency rooms, according to new research. "Despite strong evidence against the use of codeine in ... full story -
Low Tolerance for Pain? The Reason May Be in Your Genes
Apr. 20, 2014 — Researchers may have identified key genes linked to why some people have a higher tolerance for pain than others, according to a new study. Researchers found that nine percent of the participants had ... full story -
Climate Benefit of Biofuels from Corn Residue: Researchers Cast Doubt
Apr. 20, 2014 — Biofuels made from corn stover -- stalks, leaves and cobs that remain after harvest -- appear to emit more carbon dioxide over their life cycle than federal standards allow, according to new ... full story -
Source of Most Cases of Invasive Bladder Cancer Identified
Apr. 20, 2014 — A single type of cell in the lining of the bladder is responsible for most cases of invasive bladder cancer, according to researchers. The study, conducted in mice, is the first to pinpoint the ... full story -
Link Between Down Syndrome, Leukemia Uncovered
Apr. 20, 2014 — A connection between people with Down syndrome and having a heightened risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia during childhood has been uncovered by researchers. "For 80 years, it ... full story -
Bulletproof Nuclei? Stem Cells Exhibit Unusual Absorption Property
Apr. 20, 2014 — Stem cells -- the body's master cells -- demonstrate a bizarre property never before seen at a cellular level, according to a study. The property -- known as auxeticity -- is one which may have ... full story -
Study of Gut Microbes, Antibiotics Offers Clues to Improving Immunity in Premature Babies
Apr. 20, 2014 — Mothers give a newborn baby a gift of germs -— germs that help to kick-start the infant’s immune system. But antibiotics, used to fight bacterial infection, may paradoxically interrupt a ... full story -
Cancer Stem Cells Linked to Drug Resistance
Apr. 20, 2014 — Most drugs used to treat lung, breast and pancreatic cancers also promote drug-resistance and ultimately spur tumor growth. Researchers have discovered a biomarker called CD61 on the surface of ... full story -
'Chaperone' Compounds Offer New Approach to Alzheimer's Treatment
Apr. 20, 2014 — A wholly new approach to the treatment of Alzheimer's disease involving the so-called retromer protein complex has been devised by researchers. Retromer plays a vital role in neurons, steering ... full story -
NASA Completes LADEE Mission With Planned Impact on Moon's Surface
Apr. 19, 2014 — Ground controllers at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., have confirmed that NASA's Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft impacted the surface ... full story -
SpaceX-3 Launches Science Cargo to International Space Station
Apr. 18, 2014 — A SpaceX Dragon spacecraft full of NASA cargo, experiments and equipment blazed into orbit Friday, April 18, aboard the company's Falcon 9 rocket. The astronauts aboard the International Space ... full storyMore: -
Counterfeit Contraceptives Found in South America
Apr. 18, 2014 — A survey of emergency contraceptive pills in Peru found that 28 percent of the batches studied were either of substandard quality or falsified. Many pills released the active ingredient too slowly. ... full story -
Researchers Rethink 'Natural' Habitat for Wildlife
Apr. 18, 2014 — Protecting wildlife while feeding a world population predicted to reach nine billion by 2050 will require a holistic approach to conservation that considers human-altered landscapes such as farmland, ... full story -
MRI, on a Molecular Scale: System Could One Day Peer Into the Atomic Structure of Individual Molecules
Apr. 18, 2014 — A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that can produce nano-scale images, and may one day allow researchers to peer into the atomic structure of individual molecules, has been developed by ... full story -
Finding Turns Neuroanatomy on Its Head: Researchers Present New View of Myelin
Apr. 18, 2014 — Neuroscientists have made a discovery that turns 160 years of neuroanatomy on its head. Myelin, the electrical insulating material long known to be essential for the fast transmission of impulses ... full story
- Financial incentives help economically-disadvantaged pregnant smokers quit, improve fetal growth
- Quantum turbulence: New key to unlocking the mysteries of physics?
- People selectively remember details of atrocities that absolve in-group members
- New material coating technology mimics nature's lotus effect
- Exoplanets soon to gleam in the eye of NESSI
- Codeine often prescribed to children, despite available alternatives
- Low tolerance for pain? The reason may be in your genes
- Climate benefit of biofuels from corn residue: Researchers cast doubt
- Source of most cases of invasive bladder cancer identified
- Link between Down syndrome, leukemia uncovered
- Bulletproof nuclei? Stem cells exhibit unusual absorption property
- Study of gut microbes, antibiotics offers clues to improving immunity in premature babies
- Cancer stem cells linked to drug resistance
- 'Chaperone' compounds offer new approach to Alzheimer's treatment
- SpaceX-3 launches science cargo to International Space Station
- Counterfeit contraceptives found in South America
- Researchers rethink 'natural' habitat for wildlife
- MRI, on a molecular scale: System could one day peer into the atomic structure of individual molecules
- Finding turns neuroanatomy on its head: Researchers present new view of myelin
- Proteins conspire to make breast cancer cells resistant to drug treatment
- Future heat waves pose risk for population of Greater London
- ADHD: Scientists discover brain's anti-distraction system
- 'Dressed' laser aimed at clouds may be key to inducing rain, lightning
- Plants with dormant seeds give rise to more species
- Better way to deal with bad memories suggested
- 'Exotic' material is like a switch when super thin
- Gecko-like adhesives now useful for real world surfaces
- Impact glass from asteroids and comets stores biodata for millions of years
- Under some LED bulbs whites aren't 'whiter than white'
- Innovative strategy to facilitate organ repair
- Impurity size affects performance of emerging superconductive material
- Chronic inflammation linked to 'high-grade' prostate cancer
- Boomers' dark secret: Booze; What their caregivers don’t know or don't ask could end up hurting aging patients
- Impact of childhood bullying still evident after 40 years
- Multitarget TB drug could treat other diseases, evade resistance
- Better thermal-imaging lens from waste sulfur
- Bright points in sun's atmosphere mark patterns deep in its interior
- Vitamin B3 might have been made in space, delivered to Earth by meteorites
- Target for treating dengue fever discovered
- Five anthropogenic factors that will radically alter northern forests in 50 years
- How the immune system protects children from malaria
- Malaria pathogen's cellular skeleton under super-microscope
- Gene variant raises risk for aortic tear, rupture
- Novel stapled peptide nanoparticle combination prevents RSV infection, study finds
- Tracking flu levels with Wikipedia
- New pain relief targets discovered by researchers
- First genetic link discovered to difficult-to-diagnose breast cancer sub-type
- Our brains are hardwired for language
- Deadly human pathogen Cryptococcus fully sequenced
- Proteomics discovers link between muscle damage and cerebral malaria
- Gene variant increases risk of colorectal cancer from eating processed meat
- Progressive neurodegenerative disorder linked to R-loop formation
- Sporting latest tech toy can make you seem more like a leader
- Prenatal risk factors may put children at risk of developing kidney disease
- Live cell imaging reveals distinct alterations of subcellular glutathione potentials
- Building 'smart' cell-based therapies
- Weight gain in children occurs after tonsil removal, not linked to obesity
- Findings shed light on seagrass needs
- Mutant enzyme RECQ4 connected to cancer's 'Warburg effect'
- Inhibited children become anxious adults: Examining the causes and effects of early shyness
- New perspective on sepsis published
- More, bigger wildfires burning western US over last 30 years
- Is Parkinson's an autoimmune disease?
- Loud talking, horseplay in car results in more serious incidents for teen drivers
- Fish consumption advisories for expecting mothers fail to cover all types of contaminants
- First potentially habitable Earth-sized planet confirmed by Gemini and Keck observatories
- Thinnest membrane feasible has been produced
- Alternative identification methods for threatened species urged
- Connecting sleep deficits among young fruit flies to disruption in mating later in life
- Fewer sources for self-cleaning air: Study overturns existing knowledge on nitrous acid, HONO
- Boosting depression-causing mechanisms in brain increases resilience, surprisingly
- There's something ancient in the icebox: Three-million-year-old landscape beneath Greenland Ice Sheet
- Anti-seizure drug may reduce alcohol consumption, study shows
- Trisomy 21: How an extra little chromosome throws entire genome off balance
- New cause of brain bleeding immediately after stroke identified
- New orchid: 'Lophiaris silverarum' is known to grow only in central Panama
- Proper stem cell function requires hydrogen sulfide
- Food shortages could be most critical world issue by mid-century
- How vision makes sure that little fish do not get carried away
- Surprising material could play huge role in saving energy: Tin selenide is best at converting waste heat to electricity
- East African honeybees safe from invasive pests ... for now
- Wireless power transfer achieved at 5-meter distance
- Fear of the cuckoo mafia: In fear of retaliation, birds accept and raise brood parasites' young
- Adrenaline does little to increase patient's survival after cardiac arrest, study finds
- Refining language for chromosomes
- A cross-section of the universe
- Discovery could lead to novel therapies for Fragile X syndrome
- Neurons in brain tune into different frequencies for different spatial memory tasks
- For resetting circadian rhythms, neural cooperation is key
- Recommendations on climate change mitigation
- Patented research remotely detects nitrogen-rich explosives
- Pocket-sized anthrax detector created
- Atom probe assisted dating of oldest piece of Earth
- Dual role: Key cell division proteins also power up mitochondria
- Surprise: Lost stem cells naturally replaced by non-stem cells, fly research suggests
- Fighting malaria drug resistance: Scientists find new way
- Some immune cells defend only one organ
- Biologists help solve fungal mysteries, inform studies on climate change
- Radiation therapy for cervical cancer increases risk for colorectal cancer
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