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Study develops prediction model for lung cancer risk in never smokers
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new personalized assessment tool that could better predict lung cancer risk...
Individuals’ Well-Being Linked With When and How They Manage Emotions
Reframing how we think about a situation is a common strategy for managing our emotions, but a new study suggests that using this reappraisal...
Trimming the spare tire: Canola oil may cut belly fat
Including canola oil in a healthy diet may help reduce abdominal fat in as little as four weeks, according to health researchers.
“Visceral, or abdominal,...
Supercomputers capture the crush in biological cells
Credit: Michigan State University
Using the largest computer in Japan - one of the most powerful in the world - research led by an MSU...
Nearly every American will know a victim of gun violence
Nearly all Americans are likely to know a victim of gun violence within their social networks during their lifetime. Credit: Flickr/diversey
Nearly all Americans are...
Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?
A review of brain imaging studies challenges the idea that a wandering mind is an unhappy mind.Image Credit: Flickr/devilkaty
During downtime, some of us daydream...
Quantum processing: Coherence vs. Control
Members of the John Martinis quantum computing group (l to r) : Charles Neill, Pedram Roushan, Anthony Megrant and John Martinis.Credit: Matt Perko
If you're...
Flexible solar panel goes where silicon can’t
Post-doctoral researcher Congcong Wu, who is working in the lab of Shashank Priya, the Robert E. Hord Jr. Professor of Mechanical Engineering, holds up...
New theory debunks consensus that math abilities are innate
A new theory regarding how the brain first learns basic math could alter approaches to identifying and teaching students with math learning disabilities.Credit: Flickr/timypenburg
A...
Researchers confirm a structural similarity found in both human cells and neutron stars
Similar shapes — structures consisting of stacked sheets connected by helical ramps — have been found in cell cytoplasm (left) and neutron stars (right)....
3D-printed permanent magnets outperform conventional versions, conserve rare materials
This isotropic, neodymium-iron-boron bonded permanent magnet was 3-D-printed at DOE's Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Researchers at...
