Researchers have developed a new tool for detecting and measuring the polarization of light based…
Month: June 2016
Should first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math take college-level quantitative courses instead?
Policies placing first-year college students assessed as needing remedial math directly into college-level quantitative courses,…
Aggressiveness of acute myeloid leukemia elucidated
Scientists have discovered why acute leukemias with the same genetic abnormality vary in their aggressiveness…
New treatment approaches to improve peritoneal dialysis
One of the main functions of the kidneys is to filter metabolic products out of…
Hidden values of open ocean
A team of scientists has for the first time attached a dollar value to several…
Analysis of media reporting reveals new information about snakebites and how and when they occur
A new study analyzed media reports of snakebites in the United States. Investigators found that…
Analysis of genetic repeats suggests role for DNA instability in schizophrenia
An international research team has revealed extensive genetic variation in patients with schizophrenia. Significantly more…
New cancer immunotherapy drugs linked to arthritis in some patients
Case reports on 13 cancer patients suggest that a small number of cancer patients taking…
Should I stay or should I go?
Researchers have been studying evacuation data and have published two new papers that may help…
How well do facial recognition algorithms cope with a million strangers?
Computer scientists and engineers have launched the ‘MegaFace Challenge,’ the world’s first competition aimed at…