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If you are a white girl, a black girl or a black boy, exposure to today's electronic media in the long run tends to make you feel worse about yourself. If you're a white boy, you'll feel better, according to a new study led by an Indiana University ...

In this special issue, IEEE Spectrum analyzes the most sweeping changes to money since the invention of paper bills.

Peng T. Khaw, MD, PhD, FARVO is the new president of the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology . He succeeds Jeffrey Boatright, PhD, FARVO , whose one-year term ended in May.

Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine students, staff and faculty and the Maywood Environmental Beautification Commission are joining forces to bring new health resources to the Maywood community. In addition to the array of farmers ...

A Sandia National Laboratories technology has been used to remove radioactive material from more than 43 million gallons of contaminated wastewater at Japan's damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Sandia researchers had worked around the ...

UNC's internationally renowned allergy expert to lead effort to develop new treatments and discover a cure for life-threatening food allergies.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center saw perhaps its busiest weekend ever this Memorial Day holiday, with more than triple the volume of patients treated during a typical weekend.

Malignant Hyperthermia is an inherited muscle disorder most often triggered by certain anesthetic drugs leading to a life-threatening crisis that requires prompt, specific treatment. In rare cases, MH may also be triggered by heat and exercise. ...

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has been honored with a 2012 Environmental Excellence award for its commitment to environmentally responsible operations in areas such as waste reduction, source reduction programs and mercury elimination.

Bernard T. 'Bernie' Ferrari, an accomplished corporate strategist and management consultant to Fortune 50 companies, has been named the next dean of The Johns Hopkins University's Carey Business School.

A study led by researchers from McGill University provides new insights into the structure of muscle tissue in the heart â€

A growing concern with fraud and misconduct in published drug studies has led researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Center for Pharmacoeconomic Research to investigate the extent and reasons for retractions in the research.

The assumption that employees who regularly telecommute will feel less attached to the organization they work for due to feeling isolated and disconnected is a myth, according to a study led by a communication researcher at the University of ...

A chance discovery of 80-year-old photo plates in a Danish basement is providing new insight into how Greenland glaciers are melting today.

A novel technique using stable hydrogen isotopesâ€

Malignant Hyperthermia is an inherited muscle disorder most often triggered by certain anesthetic drugs leading to a life-threatening crisis that requires prompt, specific treatment. In rare cases, MH may also be triggered by heat and exercise. ...

Scientists at the Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center have developed an anti-cancer peptide that overcomes the stubborn resistance to chemotherapy and radiation often encountered in relapsed and refractory blood cancers.

An international team of mathematicians has devised an amplifier that can boost light, sound or other waves while hiding them inside an invisible container.

When a child is born with an orofacial cleft, a family may face medical, financial, and cultural trials. Knowing how parents perceive their ability to access needed care for a child born with birth defects can help formulate solutions. A survey of ...