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Gym class reduces probability of obesity, study finds for first time 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Little is known about the effect of physical education on child weight, but a new study from Cornell University finds that increasing the amount of time that elementary schoolchildren spent in gym cla...
UC Davis engineers create on-wetting fabric drains sweat 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at UC Davis.
Study suggests new source of kidneys for transplant 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Nearly 20 percent of kidneys that are recovered from deceased donors in the US are refused for transplant due to factors ranging from scarring in small blood vessels of the kidney's filtering units to...
IMRT may not be more effective than older radiation techniques after prostatectomy 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy has become the most commonly used type of radiation in prostate cancer, but research from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine suggests that the th...
Leading researchers report on the elusive search for biomarkers in Huntington's disease 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
The success of HD research depends upon the identification of reliable and sensitive biomarkers to track disease and evaluate therapies, and these biomarkers may eventually be used as outcome measures...
Practice makes perfect? Not so much 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Turns out, that old "practice makes perfect" adage may be overblown. New research led by Michigan State University's Zach Hambrick finds that a copious amount of practice is not enough to explain why ...
The mammoth's lament: UC research shows how cosmic impact sparked devastating climate change 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age. The ensuing climate change forced many species to adapt or...
Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, a new study concludes.Even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if th...
NASA builds unusual testbed for analyzing X-ray navigation technologies 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Pulsars have a number of unusual qualities. Like zombies, they shine even though they're technically dead, and they rotate rapidly, emitting powerful and regular beams of radiation that are seen as fl...
U of M researchers develop model for better testing, targeting of MPNST 20 May 2013 | 05:00 am
Researchers from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the University's Brain Tumor Program, have developed a new mouse model of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) that...
