Heart damage due to blocked arteries remains the leading cause of disease and death in the Western world, but a Florida State University College of Medicine researcher is helping to open new pathways toward treating the problem.
Some of the nation's leading economists have formed The Enterprise Initiative, based at the University of Chicago, to assemble data and develop models based on the role of enterprise in emerging economies. The models will be used to evaluate the impact of factors such as occupational choice, education and the availability of credit and insurance.
Maryland Day - the annual University of Maryland open house - is 10 years old! Last year, the event drew more than 77,000 visitors who came to find out what the university is all about. Open 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on April 26 in College Park. The first 50,000 visitors get a free cupcake to celebrate.
In a paper that will be published in Physical Review Letters, researchers at Michigan State University's National Superconducting Laboratory (NSCL) report the first ever discovery of a nuclear isomer by Penning trap mass spectrometry.
Astronomers have made the best ever determination of the power of a supernova explosion that was visible from Earth long ago using two methods together for the first time -- X-ray observations of a supernova remnant and optical observations of the expanding light echoes from the explosion. These results establish the validity of an important new method for studying supernovas.
Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have created a robot, designed to help users with limited mobility with everyday tasks, that moves autonomously to an item selected with a green laser pointer, picks up the item and then delivers it to the user, another person or a selected location such as a table. The new robotic communication method may help robots find their way into the home sooner.
Researchers from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry are tracking coyotes using GPS and sorting through coyote scat to determine what the animals eat and how they affect deer populations.
Tests on the influence that a stress-related hormone has on learning in ground squirrels could have an impact on understanding how it influences human learning. Researchers have found that when they perform normal survival tasks, ground squirrels learn more quickly if they have a modest amount of cortisol, a hormone produced in response to stress.
Along an isolated, rocky stretch of Greek shoreline, a Florida State University researcher and his students are unlocking the secrets of a partially submerged, "lost" harbor town believed to have been built by the ancient Mycenaeans nearly 3,500 years ago.
University of Maryland research that started with bacteria from the Chesapeake Bay has led to a process that may be able to convert large volumes of all kinds of plant products, from leftover brewer's mash to paper trash, into ethanol and other biofuel alternatives to gasoline.
A new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three dimensions. The researchers hope the technology, which NIST plans to patent, will lead to a better understanding of the dynamics of nanoparticles in fluids and, ultimately, process control techniques to optimize the assembly of nanotech devices.
"Mapping the Cosmos: Images from the Hubble Space Telescope," brings together over 20 Hubble images as part of the Walters Art Museum exhibit "Maps: Finding Our Place in the World."
New study reveals that high school cliques are racially divided by the 12th grade and that gossiping and spreading rumors boosts students' perceived popularity.
Georgia Tech researchers have designed a sensor necklace that records the date and time a specially designed pill is swallowed, which they hope will increase drug compliance and decrease unnecessary healthcare costs. The device could be used to ensure that the elderly and subjects in clinical drug trials take their medications as directed by a physician.
The theory that depression is caused by a chemical imbalance is often presented in the media as fact even though there is little scientific evidence to support it, according to a new study co-authored by a Florida State University visiting lecturer.
While spring break trips can be fun for families, they can also be stressful "” especially when there are unexpected health issues. To help, a U-M pediatrician encourages parents to prepare for health situations before they take off on their next family getaway, and offers tips for what to pack should your child get sick while traveling.
Video games like Wii Sports and Dance Dance Revolution can play an important role in getting kids off the couch and involved in physical activity. But U-M fitness experts say they are not a replacement for traditional exercise, and burn few calories.
The University of Maryland is going green like never before, as it races against time and 400+ other colleges and universities to see who can recycle the most.
With a four-year, $707,000 grant from the American Cancer Society, Yanchang Wang, assistant professor of biomedical sciences in the Florida State University College of Medicine, hopes to learn how a particular enzyme could possibly help put the brakes on the runaway cell division process that occurs in many forms of cancer.
Although it's too soon to sound the death knell for the "senior moment," it appears that memory loss and thinking problems are becoming less common among older Americans. A new nationally representative study shows a downward trend in the rate of cognitive impairment among people aged 70 and older.
Nanotechnology researchers are developing the perfect complement to the power tie: a "power shirt" able to generate electricity to power small electronic devices for soldiers in the field, hikers and others whose physical motion could be harnessed and converted to electrical energy.
Nearly 70 million Americans use discount generic prescription drug programs offered at major retail stores across the country. But the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds it's not just the millions of uninsured U.S. adults and children who are taking advantage of lower-price prescription generic drugs.
A new study from U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital finds that using risk factors "“ including a woman's sexual history - to target specific populations for HPV vaccination is not effective, and would exclude as many as 80 percent of women who could benefit the most from the vaccine.
Researchers have found that a particular gene is central to the brain cancer glioblastoma and will either fight the tumor or, conversely, help the tumor advance, depending on the tumor's genetic makeup.
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds certain neurology patients are at a high risk of accidental falls and should be regularly screened to help prevent the high number of fall-related injuries and deaths in the United States each year. The guideline is published in the February 5, 2008, issue of Neurology.
Millions of kids today may face heart disease in the future, especially if heart disease runs in the family. But University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center experts say parents can act now to change their children's diet and exercise regime to put them on a better path to a healthy heart.
What you eat can have huge impact on your heart health. That's why it's important to read labels before putting food in your grocery cart. To help, a University of Michigan nutrition expert offer tips on what to look for on food packages to ensure you're buying heart-healthy items.
"The ruling to kill the Americans and their allies -- civilians and military -- is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it in any country in which it is possible to do it . . . ."
If politics were like high school, Republicans would be the football stars and Democrats would be chess club captains. Those stereotypes are the easiest way to summarize part of the conclusions made by a marketing professor at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
A multi-center research project to investigate severe asthma has found a key physiological difference between severe and non-severe forms of the disease, a finding that could help explain why those with severe asthma do not respond well to treatment.
The University of Maryland is home to a unique collection of materials from Post World War II Japan. Famed author and beloved Professor Gordon W. Prange saved the four year collection of books, magazine, newspapers, children's works and more from sure destruction. After many years, the Collection now has a new, modern home in Maryland's Hornbake Library.
A new report by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds parents with adolescents want doctors to do more than just check blood pressure during routine check-ups. Parents also want health care providers to talk with their kids about sex, diet, drug abuse and tobacco use.
Scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado, have found one possible way to solve the problem of "blinking" quantum dots. The advance could make quantum dots more sensitive in biomedical tests and steadier sources of single photons for "unbreakable" quantum encryption.
A report released today by the U-M C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health finds flu vaccination rates among young children and high-risk adults are much lower than expected across the country, leaving millions of Americans unprotected should a major flu outbreak occur.
Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells. The theorists analyzed two years of biocomputation and simulation to uncover a surprisingly simple mechanism describing how this protein fragment penetrates the cell membrane.
About 5,000 people around the world die from tuberculosis every day, but no effective new drugs have been developed to combat it in 40 years. Researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University hope to change that through research made possible by a $2-million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
The Kentucky African American Encyclopedia Project invites student researchers, scholars and the public to take part in the creation of a one-of-a-kind encyclopedia, thought to be the first state encyclopedia project of its kind in the nation.
Florida State University's College of Business today announced a $2-million grant from the Bank of America Charitable Foundation to establish the Gene Taylor/Bank of America Center for Banking and Financial Studies. Housed in the college's Department of Finance, the center will be used to encourage excellence in education, and fund research and service activities related to banking and finance.
Georgia Tech and Emory University researchers have developed a device that may allow patients to take a brief, inexpensive test that could be administered as part of a routine yearly checkup at a doctor's office to detect mild cognitive impairment "” often the earliest stage of Alzheimer's.
World-renowned Shakespeare scholar Gary Taylor, a professor at Florida State University, has co-edited the first complete collection of plays, poems and manuscripts by Thomas Middleton, a provocative, once-popular 17th-century playwright whose work was later banned or burned and overshadowed for centuries by the more famous English bard.
At a ceremony today at the National Federation of the Blind, NASA unveiled a new book that brings majestic images taken by its Great Observatories to the fingertips of the blind. "Touch the Invisible Sky" is a 60-page book with color images of nebulae, stars, galaxies and some of the telescopes that captured the original pictures. Braille and large-print descriptions accompany each of the book's 28 photographs, making the book's design accessible to readers of all visual abilities.
Ancient Romans knew all about love - and weren't afraid to talk about it. University of Maryland Classics Professor Judith Hallett offers her research on ancient Roman "love talk" and a Latin translation of something more modern that even seasoned journalists can use to woo their loved ones.
Research shows that being in love or in a happy relationship is associated with a much lower risk of coronary disease, and married people who do suffer from heart disease, such as heart failure, have better outcomes.
A landmark trial is underway to test whether an implant can stimulate the brain to lower blood pressure when medicine has failed. Early indications are very encouraging.
World leaders from Africa and the Middle East will gather at Florida State University for a first-of-its-kind intercultural dialogue designed to support a United Nations initiative, the Alliance of Civilizations.
Tinnitus can result when touch-sensing neurons on the head and neck fill a void in the brain after hearing damage, a study in animals shows. The results suggest acupuncture and trigger point therapy may be effective treatments.
A number of industrial workers who exhibited symptoms of parkinsonism, a group of nervous disorders with symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease, had experienced long-term exposure to TCE, a degreasing agent widely used in industry.
Hubble Space Telescope's powerful vision has resolved strange objects nicknamed "blue blobs" and found them to be brilliant blue clusters of stars born in the swirls and eddies of a galactic smashup 200 million years ago. Such "blue blobs"--weighing tens of thousands of solar masses--have never been seen in detail before in such sparse locations.
Transplantation of insulin-producing islet cells from human donors or cadavers, an investigational approach to long-term diabetes treatment, is fraught with difficulties. San Diego-based MicroIslet, Inc. believes that transplantation of encapsulated islets from pigs may be the answer.
As 2008 begins, millions of Americans are facing higher insurance co-pays for drugs and doctor appointments. But a new study finds that instead of going up, co-pays should go down "“ at least for some people taking some drugs. For people with chronic diseases, a few dollars can make all the difference when deciding to buy key preventive medicines.
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