Having short-term household debt — credit cards and overdue bills — increases depressive symptoms, research…
Month: April 2015
Study questions quality of U.S. health data
Most U.S. clinical registries that collect data on patient outcomes are substandard and lack critical…
Walking an extra two minutes each hour may offset hazards of sitting too long
A new study suggests that engaging in low intensity activities such as standing may not…
Dwindling productivity in Congress linked to vanishing cooperation
As the number of bills passed by Congress declines, fewer and fewer Congressional representatives are…
California’s 4.8 million low-wage workers now earn less than in 1979
Over the past 35 years, California’s high-wage workers have seen steady increases in their paychecks….
MarkerMiner 1.0: An easy-to-use bioinformatics platform for DNA analysis in angiosperms
Researchers have developed MarkerMiner, a new software that simplifies analysis of next-generation sequencing data in…
Higher levels of inattention at age seven linked with lower final high school exam grades
New research has shown that children who display increasing levels of inattention at the age…
Internet as new frontier in collecting data on the mind
With Apple’s launch of new health tracking tools for the iPhone and medical researchers’ forays…
Engineering a better solar cell: Defects in popular perovskites pinpointed
A new study demonstrates that perovskite materials – superefficient crystal structures that have recently taken…
Metal contamination makes gasoline production inefficient
Scientists have identified key mechanisms of the aging process of catalyst particles that are used…