From the American Sociological Association media release: Skin color is a significant factor in the probability of employment for male immigrants to the United States, according to a new study by two University of Kansas (KU)…
From the UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA media release: The rapid spread of a common and deadly brain tumor has been slowed down significantly in a mouse model by cutting off the way some cancer cells communicate, according…
From the Northwestern University media release: Some stressful experiences — such as chronic childhood abuse — are so overwhelming and traumatic, the memories hide like a shadow in the brain. At first, hidden memories that can’t…
From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign media release: In the summer of 2012, Olga Kotelko, a 93-year-old Canadian track-and-field athlete with more than 30 world records in her age group, visited the Beckman Institute for…
From the Springer media release: Yes, a good cry indeed might go a long way to make you feel better, says Asmir Gracanin of the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands, lead author of a…
From the Concordia University media release: There are fewer smokers in the current generation of adolescents. Current figures show about 25 per cent of teens smoke, down dramatically from 40 per cent in 1987. But…
From the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) media release: With mounting concerns about postoperative seizures, doctors at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia placed 161 neonates who had undergone cardiac surgery on continuous EEG monitoring. They…
From the VIB – Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology media release: Genetic analysis of human patients has shown that mutations in genes involved in synaptic communication can drive neuropsychiatric and neurological diseases such as autism spectrum…
From the SAGE Publications media release: The study, by scientists at the University of St Andrews, shows that simple increases in a man’s height and age automatically makes them appear more dominant. The research, published by…
From the University of Kansas media release: Compulsory schooling laws instituted in the late 1800s and early 1900s caused more people in Northern states to marry people at their same education level and race, possibly contributing…