Tag Archives: Research
Why Women Trail Men In Science And Engineering
Understanding the gender gap between men in women in the fields of engineering and science is a topic of hot debate. In the US, half of the doctorates earned in engineering and science went to women. However, only a small fraction of those women hold positions as professors in those fields. The initial conclusion is that these women forsake their … [ Read more ]
The Length of DNA Can Indicate Life Span
New research shows that the length of strands of DNA can predict life expectancy in humans. The study examined 3,500 patients with heart disease. Researchers found that they could accurately predict a person’s life span based on the length of their DNA and the length of the caps, or telomeres, on the end of chromosomes. Chromosomes get shorter with age … [ Read more ]
Smoking Risks Unique To Women Discovered
A new study published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine, one of the most detailed investigations into the long-term effects of smoking, has found that women are more likely to die of smoking-related lung cancer than ever before, a result the researchers believe is a reflection of changes in women’s smoking patterns going back to the 1960s. Women are … [ Read more ]
The Prettier, The Guiltier
Past research has linked physical attractiveness to success in a variety of fields, but a new study from the University of Granada (Spain) shows that beauty can be a handicap when it comes to culpability in domestic violence crimes. The research looked specifically at domestic violence crimes in which the woman kills her abuser. The authors found that one of … [ Read more ]
Glass Shape Influences Alcohol Intake
New research found that participants who drank beer from a curved glass almost twice as fast as from a straight sided glass, but the shape of the glass made no difference when the drinks were non-alcoholic, say scientists. At one session they were asked to drink either lager or a non-alcoholic soft drink from either a straight-sided glass or a … [ Read more ]
Scientists Figure Out How To Restore Sense Of Smell
Scientists have recently figured out how to restore the sense of smell in mice through a process of gene therapy. Many people are born with anosmia, the inability to smell, and some manage to lose this sense because of disease, aging, head injury or chronic nasal problems. In this study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, scientists developed a … [ Read more ]
Shoes Reveal Important Personality Traits Of Strangers
A research study at the University of Kansas found that people are able to determine a stranger’s personality traits solely based on their shoes. Judging the shoes by their cost, color, style and condition, participants were able to accurately guess the wearer’s degree of emotional stability, social status, degree of openness and even political views! While some clues were quite … [ Read more ]
Recent Groundbreaking Research Highlights the Numerous Advantages of Using CFL Light Bulbs Says BulbAmerica
Brooklyn, NY May 10, 2012 Around 40% of adults in America are afflicted with nearsightedness or myopia that is often responsible for blindness. Breakthrough research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham revealed that in tree shrews (close relatives of primates), introducing tiny increments in the daily dose of artificial light that they were exposed to, slowed the development of … [ Read more ]
