Google
Submit your scientific PR or story here
Latest Culture News

Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side

It is the concentration of a few signaling molecules that determines the fate of individual cells during the early development of organisms. In the renowned journal Current Biology, a team of molecular biologists led by Pia Aanstad of the University of Innsbruck reports that a variety of molecular mechanisms accounts for the interpretation of the [...]

The biochemical buzz on career changes in bees

Scientists are reporting differences in the brains of nurse...


Recent Culture News :

To avoid unwanted or unnecessary purchases, keep your hands off the goods. That’s the conclusion of a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Authors Joann Peck (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Suzanne B. Shu (UCLA) cite a 2003 warning from the Illinois state attorney general’s office that warned holiday shoppers to be cautious of retailers [...]

Read Full Post »

Consumers often make decisions by predicting how they’ll feel after an event or purchase. But different approaches to predicting lead to different conclusions, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Authors Jane E. J. Ebert (University of Minnesota), Daniel T. Gilbert (Harvard University), and Timothy D. Wilson (University of Virginia) examined the [...]

Read Full Post »

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Using cell phones and playing video games may not be as harmful to children’s academic performance as previously believed, according to new research by a team of Michigan State University scholars.
In fact, cell phones had no effect on academic performance among a group of 12-year-olds, the researchers found in a three-year [...]

Read Full Post »

Of the six billion people sharing our planet, almost half live under the poverty line of $US2 per day. Though growth predictions vary it is likely that, by 2020, the population will increase by approximately another 1.2 billion, of which some 95% will live in developing countries. Such figures highlight the need to [...]

Read Full Post »

WASHINGTON – Romance does not have to fizzle out in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love, a new study has found. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to happier, healthier relationships.
“Many believe that romantic love is the same as passionate love,” said lead researcher Bianca P. Acevedo, PhD, then at [...]

Read Full Post »

When a marriage that has included violence ends, is co-parenting possible? It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved, says a new University of Illinois study published in Family Relations.
“There’s a tendency to treat all violence as if it’s the same, but different types of violence require different interventions,” said Jennifer Hardesty, [...]

Read Full Post »

Dangling a lucrative financial carrot at the end of a professional sport season can cause certain players to exert the effort necessary to put together a string of successful performances, sometimes known in sporting circles as a “hot hand” or “hot streak.”
That’s the result of a forthcoming study by North Carolina State University economists to [...]

Read Full Post »

New Rochelle, NY, March 17, 2009—While the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme led to the collapse of the Picower Foundation, a major benefactor for life science research, many bioindustry observers view the fallout from the scandal as a minor consequence in the larger economic picture, reports Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN). They look at the [...]

Read Full Post »

Next »