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- A better way to detect underground water leaks
- Conspiracy beliefs could increase fringe political engagement
- Progress in developing an accurate, noninvasive urine test for prostate cancer
- Kids eat more calories in post-game snacks than they burn during the game
- Genetic Unmarking
- Carbon-free transportation subject of new report
- Using light to put a twist on electrons
- Sugary drinks a sour choice for adults trying to maintain normal cholesterol levels
| A better way to detect underground water leaks
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:29 AM PST  You can delay irrigating the lawn or washing the car all you want, but to really make a big dent in water savings we need to stop water waste long before the precious resource ever reaches our taps. An estimated 20 to 50 percent of water is lost to leaks in North America’s supply system […] |
| Conspiracy beliefs could increase fringe political engagement
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:26 AM PST  Conspiracies abound in society and can have real world impacts when it leads some people to act, whether that means becoming more engaged politically, or less engaged. Previous research linking conspiracy beliefs and political actions provide mixed results. Some studies show people with a conspiracy worldview are more likely to disengage politically, while others show […] |
| Progress in developing an accurate, noninvasive urine test for prostate cancer
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:23 AM PST  Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have made significant progress toward development of a simple, noninvasive liquid biopsy test that detects prostate cancer from RNA and other specific metabolic chemicals in the urine. A description of their findings appears in the Feb. 28 issue of the journal Scientific Reports. The investigators emphasize that this is a […] |
| Kids eat more calories in post-game snacks than they burn during the game
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:19 AM PST  Almost every parent knows the drill: When it’s your turn, you bring Capri Suns and Rice Krispies Treats to your child’s soccer game as a post-game snack. Whether you’re a parent that loves the tradition or despises it, new research shows just how detrimental post-game treats are to a child’s health. A new study from […] |
| Genetic Unmarking
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:19 AM PST  Beneath empty plaques and unmarked plots, the misplaced dead lie resting. The blankness of their generic monuments a simple sleight of hand: these fragmented piles are lost, but not forgotten. Combing through ancestral records of digital lives, vibrant patterns emerge: one daughter, arriving premature atop a secluded knoll; two lovers, wed beneath a harvest […] |
| Carbon-free transportation subject of new report
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:19 AM PST  Transportation is the largest source of global warming pollution in the U.S., making it climate enemy number one. Globally, America’s transportation system is responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than the entire economies of France and the United Kingdom combined. But a new report from Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group describes […] |
| Using light to put a twist on electrons
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:12 AM PST  Some molecules, including most of the ones in living organisms, have shapes that can exist in two different mirror-image versions. The right- and left-handed versions can sometimes have different properties, such that only one of them carries out the molecule’s functions. Now, a team of physicists has found that a similarly asymmetrical pattern can be […] |
| Sugary drinks a sour choice for adults trying to maintain normal cholesterol levels
Posted: 28 Feb 2020 06:10 AM PST  Middle-aged and older adults who drank sugary beverages daily were at greater risk of developing abnormal cholesterol and triglyceride levels compared to those who rarely drank those beverages, according to a new epidemiological study published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The study, led by scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition […] |
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