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Study evaluates the impacts of different hybrid-electric vehicles
With the introduction of vehicles such as the Chevrolet Volt, Nissan Leaf, and Toyota Prius, you now have a handful of choices of hybrid-electric vehicles. If the motivation for these vehicles is reducing our dependence on oil, how do they compare to one another?
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Researchers investigate biomarkers in fight against cancer
The Florida State U. Chemistry department recently released new cancer research focusing on biomarkers, which may lead to earlier detection of cancer in breast and prostate cancer patients.
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Filling in the gaps of the periodic table: Vanderbilt professors help discover element 117
Vanderbilt physics professors Dr. Joseph Hamilton and Dr. A.V. Ramayya were a critical part of a team of American and Russian scientists that discovered an element that fills in the last remaining blank on the periodic table.
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Moderate drinkers may toast research finding they live longer
Sipping two or three glasses of wine, beer or cocktails per day helped older adults live longer than teetotalers in a study that confirmed the health benefits of moderate drinking.
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Study: Farmers may develop arthritis earlier
Ohio State U. researchers have found that farmers are more likely to develop arthritis at a younger age than the general population. "With the nature of farming, how strenuous it is, how physical it is, it's not surprising that people would develop arthritis," said Dr.
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Lice help pinpoint when humans first got dressed
Until 170,000 years ago, humans hung around Africa in their birthday suits. Then, they put on some clothes and got itchy.
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New study examines ways to grade teachers
By considering students’ opinions about their teachers, researchers may be able to pinpoint the qualities that define effective teaching practices, according to an ongoing study by Dartmouth economics professor Douglas Staiger and researchers from the RAND Corporation, a policy research and ...
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Column: Playing God with DNA is risky
As we all try and mosey on back to our routine for Spring semester, most of us would like to improve our academic performances. I sure would. Imagine, instead of just those nifty A’s, being able to look like Hercules or Barbarella while having an I.Q. equivalent of Doogie Howser. If Jonathan M.
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Genes and social habits can determine political ideology
Researchers have discovered a gene that, when combined with teenage social activity, predisposes individuals to be politically liberal. In a study released in October 2010, researchers from U. California-San Diego and Harvard U.