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Study anticipates high Medicaid costs
Policy makers should anticipate potential shortcomings and unexpectedly high costs associated with the expansion of Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act of 2010, according to a study released Wednesday by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Using microscopic algae to solve big fuel problems
Heike Winter-Sederoff has an eye for recognizing the potential in some of the smallest and mostly commonly overlooked things. This summer Sederoff, assistant professor of plant biology at North Carolina State U., sent experiments on a common garden weed to the International Space Station.
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Blood test detects Down syndrome
The U. Virginia Health System and 27 other participating universities published a study last week about a new, noninvasive prenatal blood test which can detect Down syndrome in a fetus.
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New clues into mass dinosaur extinction
To test an alternative theory explaining the 65-million-year-old mass extinction that led to the demise of the dinosaurs, Princeton U. researchers developed a model that more accurately accounts for the Earth’s heterogeneities and offers different interpretations from previous models.
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Global temperature up by 1 degree Celsius since 1950s, according to study
Amidst allegations of bias, the Berkeley Earth group has concluded that global warming is happening, according to the results of its study on temperature data released Thursday. Over the course of about one year, the team, led by U.
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Study may link bacteria to cancer
High levels of Fusobacterium cells have been discovered in the tumor tissues of several colorectal cancer patients, raising the possibility that these bacteria may be linked to the cancer, according to a recently released study headed by Harvard Medical School Graduate Student Aleksandar D.
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Political scientists use experimental methods, reveal importance of name recognition
Short, flimsy, and gaudy, the political yard sign is a fixture of any American election, loudly proclaiming the political affiliation of a homeowner. But are these tiny signs serving another purpose? Are they actually getting inside our subconscious and changing the outcome of our elections?
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Researchers’ modification of switchgrass may pave way to more efficient biofuel energy
Research centered around a small, fast-growing type of grass may be leading the way to a more efficient and high-yield source of energy. In a report published Oct. 10 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, U.
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Study looks into benefits of reflective roofs
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are investigating how reflective roofs can save on electric bills and send solar radiation back into space.