Although the nation is spending more on welfare than ever before, most of that money…
Month: May 2014
Tool for uncovering bot-controlled Twitter accounts: Research designed to counter misinformation campaigns
Complex networks researchers have developed a tool that helps anyone determine whether a Twitter account…
Looking ‘inside the box’ for sustainable solution for intestinal parasites
Finding sustainable solutions for controlling soil-transmitted helminths infections has been challenging to date. According to…
International team maps nearly 200,000 global glaciers in quest for sea rise answers
Glaciologists have mapped virtually all of the world’s glaciers — including their locations and sizes…
Mechanisms that link brain alertness, increased heart rate discovered
The way that your heart rate increases in response to alertness in the brain has…
Magnetic fingerprint of our galaxy revealed
Astrophysicists have released an unprecedented map of the entire sky that charts the magnetic field…
As kids age, snacking quality appears to decline
While snacks uniformly contribute to energy intake in both children and adolescents, the effect of…
New expert guidelines aim to focus hospitals’ infectious diarrhea prevention efforts
With rates of Clostridium difficile now rivaling drug-resistant Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as the most common…
Expert guidance strengthens strategies to prevent most common and costly infection
Surgical site infections are the most common and costly healthcare-associated infection in the United States….
Adults at higher risk of suicide attempt if parent abused alcohol, research finds
People who grew up with a parent who abused alcohol may be 85 percent more…