Dogs labeled as ‘pit bulls’ may wait three times as long to be adopted from…
Month: March 2016
Seizure drug Gabapentin lowers postoperative nausea and vomiting risk
The anticonvulsant medication gabapentin—already a useful part of strategies to control pain after surgery—also effectively…
Teen dating violence prevention programs fall short
While teen dating violence prevention programs increased knowledge and changed student attitudes to be less…
Study examines where, why New York City retailers sell organic foods
A store’s decision to sell organic food depends on its neighborhood demographics, and the range…
Tracing star formation rates in distant galaxies
Researchers have observed 17 bright distant galaxies with the MOSFIRE high-resolution near-infrared spectrometer at the…
Workplace status matters, but not in the way you think
Are employees more likely to help co-workers above them or beneath them in the corporate…
People with rage disorder twice as likely to have latent toxoplasmosis parasite infection
Individuals with a psychiatric disorder involving recurrent bouts of extreme, impulsive anger — road rage,…
Academic superheroes? A critical analysis of academic job descriptions
Traditionally, a PhD was seen as a prestigious qualification where individuals, working on their own…
Record-speed data transmission could make big data more accessible
With record-breaking speeds for fiber-optic data transmission, engineers have paved a fast lane on the…
DNA molecules directly interact with each other based on sequence, study finds
Proteins play a large role in DNA regulation, but a new study finds that DNA…