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Microsoft Launches Next Generation Console 'Xbox One'
22 May 06:19 | SciTech
Microsoft claims a new vision for the future has come to life in its new gaming console 'Xbox One', which includes voice activated controls.read more »
Rice Expert Alert: Rice experts available to discuss Texas Legislature end-of-session developments
21 May 15:51 | SciTech
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21 May 15:50 | SciTech
About 12,800 years ago when the Earth was warming and emerging from the last ice age, a dramatic and anomalous event occurred that abruptly reversed climatic conditions back to near-glacial state. read more »
Human-like Opponents In Video Games Lead to More Aggression Players, Study Finds
21 May 12:13 | Entertainment
A new study has found video games that pit players against human-looking characters may be more likely to provoke violent thoughts and words than games where monstrous creatures are the enemy. read more »
Entrepreneurs Need To Balance Risk Of Persisting With Payoff Of Succeeding, Study Finds
21 May 10:38 | SciTech
In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, according to a new study.read more »
Hagglund Named Dean of MU’s School of Health Professions
20 May 16:44 | SciTech
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read more »Computer Model Predicts When Viruses Become Infectious
20 May 15:13 | SciTech
A new computer model could help scientists predict when a particular strain of avian influenza might become infectious from bird to human, according to a new report.read more »
Anabolic Steroids May Affect Future Mental Health
20 May 15:08 | SciTech
There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life, according to a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg.read more »
Psychologists Need Specific Education to Help Genetic Testing Patients, says MU Researcher
20 May 11:54 | SciTech
Psychologists can prepare by learning about the connections between genetics and disease.read more »
Heat-Related Deaths In Manhattan Projected To Rise
20 May 07:53 | SciTech
Researchers say deaths linked to warming climate in Manhattan may rise some 20 percent by the 2020s, and, in some worst-case scenarios, 90 percent or more by the 2080s. read more »
World's Biggest Ice Sheets Likely More Stable Than Previously Believed
17 May 13:42 | SciTech
A new groundbreaking study challenges the thinking that the collapse of the world's largest ice sheets could lead to a much higher high sea level.read more »
Study Finds Most Scientists Agree Humans Are Causing Global Climate Change
17 May 12:34 | SciTech
An extensive analysis of the abstracts or summaries of scientific papers published over the past 20 years has found most scientists agree that human activity is causing global climate change.read more »
U. of I. News: Carbon Dioxide Milestone
16 May 15:42 | SciTech
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NEWSread more »Rice News Release: Add boron for better batteries
16 May 14:28 | SciTech
SUMMARY: A graphene-boron compound is theoretically capable of storingread more »
MIT News Release: Nanotechnology could help fight diabetes
16 May 11:22 | SciTech
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read more »Groundwater Unaffected By Fracking In Arkansas, Say Scientists
15 May 15:42 | SciTech
A new study by scientists at Duke University and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) finds no evidence of groundwater contamination from shale gas production in Arkansas.read more »
U. of I. News: Exhaustive computer research project shows shift in English language
15 May 15:31 | SciTech
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Today's Newsread more »Fish Oil May Stall Effects Of Junk Food On Brain
15 May 11:06 | SciTech
Data from more than 180 research papers suggests fish oils could minimise the effects that junk food can have on the brain, a review by researchers at the University of Liverpool has shown.read more »
MIT News Release: Making frequency-hopping radios practical
15 May 09:41 | SciTech
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read more »Male Testosterone Levels Increase When Victorious in Competition Against Rivals, but Not Friends, MU Researchers Find
14 May 16:39 | SciTech
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Male Testosterone Levels Increase When Victorious in Competition Against Rivals, but Not Friends, MU Researchers Findread more »More Than 280,000 Complaints Of Online Criminal Activity Reported In 2012
14 May 15:27 | U.S. News
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says in 2012 it received and processed 289,874 complaints, averaging more than 24,000 complaints per month. read more »
Press Releases: U.S. Science Envoy Susan Hockfield to Travel to Turkey to Promote Public-Private partnerships
14 May 14:24 | US Politics and Govt
U.S. Science Envoy Susan Hockfield to Travel to Turkey to Promote Public-Private partnerships Media NoteOffice of the Spokesperson Washington, DC May 14, 2013 U.S. Science Envoy Susan Hockfield will travel to Turkey May 13-17. On her first trip as an envoy, Dr. Hockfield will visit Ankara and Istanbul. While there, she will meet senior-level government officials and repreread more »
Prehistoric Ear Bones Could Lead To Evolutionary Answers
14 May 12:18 | SciTech
The tiniest bones in the human body – the bones of the middle ear – could provide huge clues about our evolution and the development of modern-day humans, according to a study by a team of researchers.read more »
New Method of Finding Planets Scores its First Discovery
13 May 15:38 | SciTech
A team at Tel Aviv University and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) has just discovered an exoplanet using a new method that relies on Einstein's special theory of relativity.read more »
News Release: Rice has help for people with epilepsy
13 May 14:42 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Rice University students have created a belt that sends a wirelessread more »
Elevated Cadmium Levels From Industrial Emissions And Smoking Linked To Disease
13 May 11:50 | SciTech
People with higher levels of cadmium in their urine — evidence of chronic exposure to the heavy metal found in industrial emissions and tobacco smoke — appear to be nearly 3.5 times more likely to die of liver disease than those with lower levels, according to a study by Johns Hopkins scientists.read more »
U. of I. News: To suppress or to explore? Emotional strategy may influence anxiety
13 May 11:16 | SciTech
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Today's Newsread more »Agent Orange Exposure Linked To Life-Threatening Prostate Cancer
13 May 08:14 | SciTech
A new analysis has found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and lethal forms of prostate cancer among US Veterans.read more »
Climate Change Will Cause Dramatic Loss Of Common Plants And Animals Say Scientists
12 May 15:34 | SciTech
More than half of common plants and one third of the animals could see a dramatic decline this century due to climate change, according to research from the University of East Anglia.read more »
Potential Flu Pandemic Lurks Say MIT Researchers
10 May 2013 | SciTech
A new study from MIT reveals there are many strains of H3N2 influenza virus circulating in birds and pigs that are genetically similar to the 1968 strain which killed an estimated 1 million people.read more »
Water On Moon And Earth Came From Same Primitive Meteorites: Scientists
10 May 2013 | SciTech
The water found on the moon, like that on Earth, came from small meteorites called carbonaceous chondrites in the first 100 million years or so after the solar system formed, researchers from Brown and Case Western Reserve universities and Carnegie Institution of Washington have found.read more »
Scientists Find Arctic Was Much Warmer Millions Of Years Ago
9 May 2013 | SciTech
The Arctic was very warm during a period roughly 3.5 to 2 million years ago - a time when research suggests that the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was roughly comparable to todays, accord to a new study.read more »
U. of I. News: Variety of photo opportunities for graduating U. of I. students announced
8 May 2013 | SciTech
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Today's Newsread more »Early Math and Reading Ability Linked To Job And Income In Adulthood
8 May 2013 | SciTech
Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in Psychological Science.read more »
MIT News Release: Study shows that people organize daily travel efficiently
8 May 2013 | SciTech
Contact: Sarah McDonnell, MIT News Office E: s_mcd@mit.edu, T: 617-253-8923
read more »Study Suggests Sunshine Can Prolong Your Life
8 May 2013 | SciTech
Exposing skin to sunlight may help to reduce blood pressure, cut the risk of heart attack and stroke – and even prolong life, a study suggests. read more »
Daytime Sleepiness May Be Linked To The Food You Eat
8 May 2013 | SciTech
A new study suggests that your level of sleepiness or alertness during the day may be related to the type of food that you eat.read more »
Nutritional Quality At Fast-Food Restaurants Still Needs Improvement: Study
7 May 2013 | SciTech
A new study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Healthy Eating Research program presents results from a 14-year study indicating that fast food restaurant menus have only modestly increased nutritious offerings, and much improvement is still needed.read more »
Rice News Release: Whether anger impacts negotiation outcomes depends on ethnicity of negotiator
7 May 2013 | SciTech
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read more »Your Internet Searches May Soon Conduct Themselves
6 May 2013 | SciTech
Where you are and what you're doing increasingly play key roles in how you search the Internet and researchers say in the near future your search may just conduct itself. read more »
Cyberbullying Rampant Among High School Students, Study Finds
6 May 2013 | SciTech
In a class of 30 high school students, five of them would have been victims of electronic bullying in the past year, according to a new study.read more »
5,292 Graduates to Receive Degrees During MU’s Spring Commencement Ceremonies
6 May 2013 | SciTech
Peter Hessler, award-winning author and Columbia native, to receive honorary degree from MUread more »
Nearly 20 Percent Of Suicidal Youths Have Guns In Their Home
6 May 2013 | SciTech
Nearly one in five children and teens found to be at risk for suicide report that there are guns in their homes, and 15 percent of those at risk for suicide with guns in the home know how to access both the guns and the bullets, according to a new study.read more »
News Release: Rice University lab finds possible keys to better nanofibers, films
3 May 2013 | SciTech
SUMMARY: Rice researchers turn carbon nanotubes into negatively chargedread more »
MU Researchers Develop App to Help Save Farmers’ Lives
2 May 2013 | SciTech
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read more »Dustless Chalk In Classrooms May Cause Allergy And Asthma Symptoms, Study Finds
2 May 2013 | SciTech
Dustless chalk may cause allergy and asthma symptoms in students that have a milk allergy, according to a new study.read more »
Send Your Name And Message To Mars
2 May 2013 | SciTech
NASA is inviting members of the public to submit their names and a personal message online for a DVD to be carried aboard a spacecraft that will study the Martian upper atmosphere.read more »
U. of I. News: Substances in honey increase detoxification gene expression, team finds
1 May 2013 | SciTech
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Today's Newsread more »Amusement Rides Injures Nearly 4,500 Kids A Year, Study Finds
1 May 2013 | SciTech
A new study has found about 4,500 children are treated in United States emergency departments for amusement ride-related injuries each year. read more »
NEWS RELEASE: New Rice University center is first to connect human sciences, energy, environmental research
30 Apr 2013 | SciTech
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