BOSS, the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey, is mapping a huge volume of space to measure…
Month: November 2012
New studies shed light on what it cost to vaccinate girls against HPV in low income countries
Two new studies examined the cost of delivering the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to primary…
The aftermath of calculator use in college classrooms
Math instructors promoting calculator usage in college classrooms may want to rethink their teaching strategies,…
Divorce costs thousands of American women health insurance coverage
About 115,000 American women lose private health insurance every year in the wake of divorce,…
Smoking parents often expose children to tobacco smoke in their cars
A new study suggests that parents may not recognize the dangers of smoking in their…
How elderly go from being perceived as capable consumer to ‘old person’
Many baby boomers want to improve the way people view aging, but a researcher has…
Saving lives could start at shift change: A simple way to improve hospital handoff conversations
At hospital shift changes, doctors and nurses exchange crucial information about the patients they’re handing…
Jellyfish-inspired device that captures cancer cells from blood samples could enable better patient monitoring
Tumor cells circulating in a patient’s bloodstream can yield a great deal of information on…
Catch and release of rare cancer cells inspired by jellyfish
A research team has developed a novel device that may one day have broad therapeutic…
Fasting time prior to blood lipid tests appears to have limited association with lipid levels
Fasting prior to blood lipid tests appears to have limited association with lipid subclass levels,…