Racial discrimination may adversely impact cognition in African Americans
Experiences of racism are associated with lower subjective cognitive function (SCF) among African-American women.
Social Sciences
Jul 21, 2020
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Boston University School of Medicine
'Gun culture 3.0' is missing link to understand US gun culture
Leading firearm violence prevention researchers are first to use data to show differences in gun culture across the country, identifying gun cultures around recreation, self-defense, and politics.
Social Sciences
Jul 10, 2020
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Researchers design artificial genes to sense cellular responses to drugs
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have developed and implemented a new way to better understand how human cells communicate with each other, how this communication is disrupted in human diseases ...
Biotechnology
Jul 6, 2020
0
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Heat may kill more people in US than previously reported: study
Death records point to hundreds of U.S. deaths from heat each year, but even moderately hot weather may actually be killing thousands. This summer, COVID-19 may make it harder to stay cool.
Environment
Jun 19, 2020
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Zero-emissions Boston could save 288 lives and $2.4 billion annually
Air pollution from just the City of Boston contributes to nearly as many deaths across the wider region as car crashes do, as well as non-fatal cardiovascular and respiratory disease and days of missed work.
Environment
Apr 23, 2020
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Teaming basic scientists with clinicians may improve medical education retention
There is a trend in modern medical school curriculum design to integrate the basic sciences and clinical sciences. Integrating basic science education with its clinical application from the initial stages of learning is thought ...
Education
Mar 4, 2020
0
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Researchers uncover genetic mystery of infertility in fruit flies
Researchers have discovered a novel parasitic gene in fruit flies that is responsible for destroying the eggs in the ovaries of their daughters.
Plants & Animals
Dec 17, 2019
0
3
Potentially harmful air contamination near New Bedford Harbor
A new Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) study indicates that the contaminated water of New Bedford Harbor may pose an airborne health hazard for residents living nearby in Acushnet, Dartmouth, Fairhaven, and ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2019
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Advancement made in the visualization of large, complex datasets
An improvement to the premier data visualization tool t-distributed Stochastic Neighborhood Embedding (t-SNE), called optimized-t-SNE (opt-SNE), shines new light on researchers' ability to view exactly what is in their datasets.
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 2, 2019
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Skull features among Asian and Asian-derived groups differ significantly
Forensic anthropologists have now discovered that several skull features in Asian and Asian-derived groups differ significantly with regard to shape, such that they can be distinguished using statistical analyses. These findings ...
Other
Nov 7, 2019
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