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Study links Facebook posts, drinking
A study published this week in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine reported a link between public Facebook habits and personal drinking problems.
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Study: Employers exhibit bias against gay job seekers
Men applying to jobs in the Midwest and the South who give evidence of being gay on their resumes are less likely to be called back for an interview than men perceived as displaying heterosexual qualities, according to a study published by a Harvard U. researcher this week.
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High cholesterol can cause bone density loss, study shows
New research shows that high cholesterol is a direct contributor to bone density loss in the body. Researchers at the Duke Medical Center found that placing mice on high cholesterol diets prevented the development of new bone cells and stimulated bone breakdown.
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End of royalty money has school headed for ‘patent cliff’
U. Minnesota’s research community will be out of a big chunk of spending money as patents on a blockbuster HIV drug expire. The school has made more than $350 million off a drug invented on campus in the 1980s, but as the patents expire, those royalties are dwindling toward zero.
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‘Sexting’ messages, images grows popular among college students
From Scarlett Johansson to Anthony Weiner, there are often high profile “sexting” incidents in the news. For celebrities, it can provide a much needed publicity boost. For politicians, it can ruin careers. But a recent U.
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Iowa State U. professor named Nobel Prize laureate
Iowa State U. professor Daniel Shechtman was named the winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for chemistry Wednesday, for his work in quasicrystals. "His story is really a wonderful story of perseverance," said Richard LeSar, department chair of materials science and engineering at ISU.
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U. California Berkeley physicist Saul Perlmutter awarded Nobel Prize
U. California Berkeley professor Saul Perlmutter and two other scientists won a Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking discovery that the universe is expanding at an accelerating speed, overturning the previously held belief that the universe was contracting.
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Young people more likely to retire in poverty, according to study
Approximately half of California workers will retire in or near poverty, according to a study published Monday by the U. California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. The study details the fiscal consequences of the decline in secure retirement plans offered by California employers.
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Study links marriage, economy
A report published Monday by the National Marriage Project, a research initiative at U. Virginia, found that marriage and the national economy affect each other.