Month August 2015

IMAGE: Tahira Reid, at left, and Amy Marconnet, both assistant professors of mechanical engineering at Purdue University, work with graduate student Jaesik Hahn in using an infrared microscope to study how… view more Credit: (Purdue University image/Mark Simons) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind.…

IMAGE: These are cataracts in the eyes of a child with Congenital Rubella Syndrome. view more Credit: CDC CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — It might not be possible to convince someone who believes that vaccines cause autism that they don’t. Telling skeptics that…

From an early age, human infants are able to produce vocalisations in a wide range of emotional states and situations – an ability felt to be one of the factors required for the development of language. Researchers have found that…

IMAGE: This is an image of wild bonobos. view more Credit: Zanna Clay/Lui Kotale Bonobo Project Researchers at the University of Birmingham, UK and the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland, have found that wild bonobos, our closest living relatives in the primate…

Mondays With Marlo I thought I knew a lot about female sexuality, but after having sex expert Emily Nagoski come by the show, I realized how much more there was to it! Emily has been writing and educating about sex…

If you’re a living, breathing human and you’ve ever laid eyes on Instagram, you probably already know about banana ice cream. At its core, this trendy dessert isn’t really ice cream at all, but rather a creamy dairy-free dessert made of nothing…

Hair loss is a deeply personal and sensitive subject, and one London-based photographer has focused his camera lens on individuals with alopecia to give viewers an intimate look at some of the people who live with it every day.  The Alopecia…

IMAGE: Women and black patients lost more years of their expected life after a heart attack when compared to white men, according to a study publishing today in the Journal… view more Credit: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Women…

Washington, DC– Climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions will alter the way that Americans heat and cool their homes. By the end of this century, the number of days each year that heating and air conditioning are used will…

Mondays With Marlo I thought I knew a lot about the female orgasm, but after having sex expert Emily Nagoski come by the show, I realized how much more there was to it! Emily has been writing and educating about…

In this study, we sought to test whether ibuprofen demonstrates any GSM activity in plasma and CSF in nonhuman primates and humans following acute dosing. Contrary to previous in vitro studies, a single high dose of ibuprofen did not modulate…

i Final inspection of frozen blueberries at the Atlantic Blueberry Company. Dan Charles/NPR hide caption itoggle caption Dan Charles/NPR Final inspection of frozen blueberries at the Atlantic Blueberry Company. Dan Charles/NPR Nearly every plant that we now depend on for…

In the fourth episode of our “Road to Next Fitness Star” series, the finalists have wrapped up their makeovers and photo shoots and are preparing to say goodbye to their fellow contestants and fit partners in crime. Go behind the scenes,…

The roughly nine million Americans who rely on prescription sleeping pills to treat chronic insomnia may be able to get relief from as little as half of the drugs, and may even be helped by taking placebos in the treatment…

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Trauma may cause distinct and long-lasting effects even in people who do not develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), according to research by scientists working at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry. It is already known that stress affects brain…

Treating maternal psychiatric disorder with commonly used antidepressants is associated with a lower risk of certain pregnancy complications including preterm birth and delivery by Caesarean section, according to researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical…

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3, 2015 — Strawberries are sweet, juicy and delightful. Unfortunately, an expiring federal pesticide exemption could mean 2016 will be the end of strawberries in the U.S. How can we protect our strawberries from pests and comply with…

By Linda Sieg FUKUSHIMA CITY, Japan (Reuters) – When Atsushi Hoshino set out to revive a group representing atomic bomb survivors in the rural northeast Japanese prefecture of Fukushima 30 years ago, one topic was taboo – criticizing the nuclear…

By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – Drug industry productivity is continuing to improve, with a bumper haul of new products being launched and companies proving more successful in the final stages of clinical testing, according to a new analysis. Data…

Greenhouse-gas emissions from human activities do not only cause rapid warming of the seas, but also ocean acidification at an unprecedented rate. Artificial carbon dioxide removal (CDR) from the atmosphere has been proposed to reduce both risks to marine life.…

IMAGE: Left: The EDNRB gene may play a role in Ethiopians’ adaptation to life at high altitudes. Right: EDNRB coordinates a network of genes involved in heart function. view more Credit: UC San Diego Health Ethiopians have lived at high altitudes…

IMAGE: This is Raghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D. view more Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Adults who are worried or terrified sometimes curl up into a fetal position. Likewise, adult cells that are injured, including genetic injury leading to cancer, initiate a…

The biodiversity of two Northern Pacific salmon species may be at risk due to changes in ocean conditions at the equator, reports a study by the University of California, Davis. In the study published in the journal Proceedings of the…

NEW YORK, NY (August 3, 2015) – Scientists at The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute successfully designed a revolutionary, high-throughput, robotic platform that automates and standardizes the process of transforming patient samples into stem cells. This unique…

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (AUGUST 4, 2015). Researchers at the University of Virginia (UVa) examined the number and severity of subconcussive head impacts sustained by college football players over an entire season during practices and games. The researchers found that the number…

If you are admitted to a hospital on the weekend, you have a higher chance of dying than if you are admitted during the week. This is known as the “weekend effect”. Evidence from the United Kingdom suggests an 11-16%…

IMAGE: This image shows Srinivas Sridhar, left, the Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of Physics and director of Northeastern’s Electronic Materials Research Institute, and Swastik Kar, an assistant professor of physics… view more Credit: Northeastern University Serendipity has as much a…

IMAGE: This is a view of the remains of the Iron Age city wall of Philistine Gath. view more Credit: Prof. Aren Maeir, Director, Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath The Ackerman Family Bar-Ilan University Expedition to Gath, headed by…

IMAGE: Using a computer model to explore how water molecules connect and nucleate into ice crystals, the researchers found that two types of ice compete for dominance during nucleation: cubic ice… view more Credit: Images courtesy of Amir Haji-Akbari, Princeton University.…

WASHINGTON (Aug. 3, 2015)–A new analysis of early hominin body size evolution led by a George Washington University professor suggests that the earliest members of the Homo genus (which includes our species, Homo sapiens) may not have been larger than…

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Coaches and trainers strive to keep their players healthy so they can perform at their maximum potentials. Injury restrictions, or limits on athletes’ physical activity due to illnesses or injuries, can keep athletes on the bench for…

NEW YORK— An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has now taken the lives of seven people in New York City, officials said Monday. The total number of deaths has risen from four since Friday, CBS New York reports. The additional deaths…

LONDON (AP) — An experimental Ebola vaccine tested on thousands of people in Guinea seems to work and might help shut down the waning epidemic in West Africa, according to interim results from a study published Friday. There is currently…

Warren Buffett is in the house — advocating for women in a critical but little-talked-about way. A recent report in Bloomberg Business titled “Warren Buffett’s Family Secretly Funded a Birth Control Revolution,” reveals that the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation donated huge sums to…

If you have celiac disease, you may have friends, family, or a significant other who is hesitant about eating gluten-containing foods in front of you. You might also have friends, family, or a significant other whom you think would benefit…

Ah, summer vacations. We look forward to them all year. And yet, if we’re unhappy about our eating or our weight, vacations can be so stressful! There are new people who we don’t usually see, who might criticize our appearance.…

Have you ever wondered why people who do yoga often look a lot younger than their age? A new study on yoga might have some answers. A study in the July 2015 Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine found that…

Washington (AFP) – Researchers have identified a gene that helps people tolerate low-oxygen conditions, according to a study published Monday, opening the way for new treatments for heart failure and related conditions. “This is the first demonstration that a gene…

Many studies have been conducted on the dangers of endocrine disrupting chemicals that mimic or block estrogen, the primary female hormone. Now new research shows that similar harm can be done by chemicals that affect male hormones, or androgens. Natural…