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Farmers' markets harvest new business

November 4, 2009

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN -- Something fresh is growing in Indiana. The number of farmers' markets in the state has increased at double the rate of other U.S.

Study gives clearer picture of how land-use changes affect US climate

November 3, 2009

Researchers say regional surface temperatures can be affected by land use, suggesting that local and regional strategies, such as creating green spaces and buffer zones in and around urban areas, coul

Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity

November 3, 2009

A painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope with redundancie

High-throughput genotyping, protein purification featured in Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

November 2, 2009

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y. (Mon., Nov. 2, 2009) -- The introduction of high-throughput laboratory methods has greatly increased the pace of research into the genetics of complex diseases.

Health information exchange conquers new frontier: Emergency medical services

October 20, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS - Emergency medical responders typically know very little about the patients they treat at mass disasters, accident scenes, or other sites where an ambulance is dispatched for rapid response. That's true everyplace in the United States except Indianapolis, the capital of the most health-wired state in the nation.

Study: Teachers' unions don't provide more pay

October 20, 2009

Teachers' unions have little impact on a school district's allocation of money, including teacher pay and spending per student, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Labor Economics.

Institute for Aging Research study says dementia is a terminal illness

October 14, 2009

(Boston) -- The clinical course of advanced dementia, including uncomfortable symptoms such as pain and high mortality, is similar to that experienced by patients of other terminal conditions, according to scientists at the Institute for Aging Research of Hebrew SeniorLife, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School.

Dying from dementia

October 14, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- A growing number of older adults are dying from dementia.

Like humans, monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'

October 13, 2009

Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too.

Recent 'momentum' influences choices of baby names, NYU, Indiana psychology professors find

October 12, 2009

How do people choose a name for their child? Researchers have long noted that the overall popularity of a name exerts a strong influence on people's preferences -- more popular names, such as Robert or Susan, are more frequent and, by their sheer ubiquity, drive more parents to adopt a similar choice.

Discovery of genetic defect may lead to better treatments for common gut diseases

October 8, 2009

INDIANAPOLIS -- New findings related to an uncommon genetic disorder may impact the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the most common chronic gastrointestinal illness in children and teens. Two million Americans have IBD which involves inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract.

New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

October 7, 2009

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants and could be manufactured on the moon, Mars and other water-bearing bodies.

Researchers find demand for cosmetic and surgical procedures in dermatologic surgery rising rapidly

October 5, 2009

(Boston) -- Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Laser and Skin Cancer Center of Indiana, (Carmel, Indiana), found that there has been a dramatic increase in the number of procedures performed and patient demand for dermatologic health care since 2000.



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