An international research team has discovered a new material, superdense aluminum, which has never before…
Month: August 2011
Uninsured trauma patients are more likely to use the emergency department for follow-up care
Providing access to an outpatient clinic isn’t enough to keep some trauma patients who have…
What determines a company’s performance? Shape of the CEO’s face!
Believe it or not, one thing that predicts how well a CEO’s company performs is…
New Jersey researchers have an eye on the science of Hurricane Irene
While residents along the New Jersey and New York coasts rush to the store for…
School-based mental health screening for teens results in connection to care
A new study involving nearly 2,500 high school students demonstrates the value of routine mental…
Irrigation’s impacts on global carbon uptake
Globally, irrigation increases agricultural productivity by an amount roughly equivalent to the entire agricultural output…
Temporary emergency room staff poses increased safety risk to patients
Temporary staff members working in a hospital’s fast-paced emergency department are twice as likely as…
Claims of drought-driven declines in plant productivity, global food security refuted: Modeling errors produced exaggerated claims
A new, comprehensive study refutes earlier claims that drought has induced a decline in global…
Breakthrough in genetics of fibroids
Uterine leiomyomas, also called fibroids, cause a very significant burden to women’s health. Researchers have…
Earth-bound asteroids come from stony asteroids, new studies confirm
Researchers got their first up-close look at dust from the surface of a small, stony…