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Released: 13-Dec-2016 7:05 AM EST
Study: Running Actually Lowers Inflammation in Knee Joints
Brigham Young University

New research from BYU exercise science professors finds that pro-inflammatory molecules actually go down in the knee joint after running.

Released: 22-Nov-2016 6:00 AM EST
Computer Modeling Could Lead to New Method for Detecting, Managing Prostate Cancer
Brigham Young University

A new study coauthored by BYU researchers may lead to a more accurate system for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of prostate cancer. It’s a promising development given prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among men worldwide, responsible for 308,000 deaths in 2012 and estimated to take 26,120 lives in the U.S. alone in 2016.

Released: 11-Nov-2016 12:05 PM EST
Sunshine Matters a Lot to Mental Health; Temperature, Pollution, Rain Not So Much
Brigham Young University

Sunshine matters. A lot. The idea isn’t exactly new, but according to a recent study, when it comes to your mental and emotional health, the amount of time between sunrise and sunset is the weather variable that matters most.

   
Released: 25-Feb-2013 1:15 PM EST
Gender Gap Disappears in School Math Competitions
Brigham Young University

The idea that boys are better at math and in competitions has persisted for a long time - primarily because of the competition format. A new study shows that competitions that extend beyond a single round result in parity between the sexes.

Released: 31-Jan-2013 12:50 PM EST
No ID Needed to Form a Shell Company
Brigham Young University

Anonymous, untraceable shell companies are preferred vehicles for moving large sums of dirty money - bribes, money laundering and financing terrorism. And new research shows that it's quite easy to find corporate service firms willing to skirt the law and sell anonymously-owned shell companies.

Released: 18-Dec-2012 11:35 AM EST
Psychologists: Scrooge’s Transformation Parallels Real Life-Changing Experiences
Brigham Young University

Psychologists studied 14 people who had sudden life-changing experiences. They say Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation fits right in. George Bailey from "It's a Wonderful Life" is another realistic movie character who embodies sudden change.

Released: 28-Nov-2012 2:00 PM EST
Like Bieber and Oprah, College Students More Eager for Marriage Than Their Parents
Brigham Young University

A national study found that college students think 25 years old is the “right age” to get married, while a majority of parents feel 25 is still a little too soon. So it's no coincidence that when Justin Bieber said he'd like to wed by 25, Oprah Winfrey urged him to wait longer.

Released: 18-Sep-2012 11:40 AM EDT
Women Speak Less When They're Outnumbered
Brigham Young University

Scholars examined whether women speak less than men when a group collaborates to solve a problem. In most groups that they studied, the time that women spoke was significantly less than their proportional representation – amounting to less than 75 percent of the time that men spoke. The disparity vanished when groups followed a unanimous voting rule.

13-Jun-2012 2:00 PM EDT
Persistence Is Learned From Fathers
Brigham Young University

A longitudinal study found that adolescents learn persistence through fathers who follow good parenting practices. As a result, these adolescents saw higher engagement in school and lower rates of delinquency.

15-May-2012 4:40 PM EDT
Foul-Mouthed Characters in Teen Books Have It All
Brigham Young University

Analysis of best-selling teen novels shows that readers come across seven instances of profanity per hour spent reading, and the characters who cuss are usually rich, beautiful and popular.

Released: 12-Mar-2012 4:15 PM EDT
Pi Day Rap Music Video of College Mathletes
Brigham Young University

What if star students were treated like star athletes? Three academic stars at BYU got their taste of fame in a rap music video that shows what happens when Pi Day and March Madness collide: http://youtu.be/0AGT4M3Z1OM

Released: 1-Mar-2012 12:45 PM EST
Autodesk Acquires BYU Prof’s Design Technology "T-Splines"
Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University’s Tom Sederberg and his team solved a problem that’s troubled the computer-aided design industry since 1980, and they've sold the technology to software giant Autodesk.

Released: 21-Apr-2011 10:30 AM EDT
Christianity in Lord of the Rings: Would Easter Fly on Middle Earth?
Brigham Young University

BYU historian Paul Kerry's new book debates whether Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series is rooted in Christianity or is simply fantasy.

Released: 20-Dec-2010 2:25 PM EST
Orange in Your Stocking: Squeezing Out Maximum Health Benefits
Brigham Young University

In time for Christmas, nutritionists are squeezing all the healthy compounds out of oranges to find just the right mixture responsible for their age-old health benefits.

Released: 16-Nov-2010 8:00 AM EST
Most of Value-Added Impact from Teachers Fades After One Year
Brigham Young University

A new study shows whether teachers rated as high “value-added” put students on a better trajectory long-term. Here’s the main findings: 1) In reading, 87 percent of the benefit faded after one yea; 2) In math, 73 percent of the benefit faded after one year; 3) The harm from low value-added teachers also faded fast.

Released: 14-Jul-2010 9:00 AM EDT
Consumers Under-Predict Learning Curve Following Initial Experience With Product
Brigham Young University

Consumers often quit using products that would be beneficial for them in the long run because they experience a short period of pessimism during their initial encounter with skill-based products as varied as knitting needles and mobile devices.

Released: 20-May-2010 11:25 AM EDT
Meaner than Fiction: Reality TV High on Aggression
Brigham Young University

Researchers looked at five reality shows and five non-reality shows and found 52 acts of aggression per hour on reality TV compared to 33 per hour for the non-reality programs.

Released: 19-Apr-2010 1:25 PM EDT
College Material: BYU Student Prepped Local Latinos for Higher Ed
Brigham Young University

On Thursday Dayan Bernal will become the first in her family to complete a college degree. Her BYU honor's thesis helped 17 struggling 10th graders at Provo High also make the jump to college.

8-Feb-2010 12:40 PM EST
Racial Discrimination in Union Army Pensions Detailed by New Study
Brigham Young University

An analysis of Union Army pension applications shows that 20 years after the Civil War ended, an expanding Pension Bureau left most black veterans behind. The shift away from the Bureau's color-blind roots was driven by black veterans' receiving less trust for medical claims that were not easily verified.

Released: 11-Jan-2010 1:00 AM EST
Top Innovators Practice 5 Skills the Rest of Us Don't
Brigham Young University

The most innovative CEOs spend 50 percent more time practicing five specific innovation skills than do their less creative counterparts, according to a six-year study by three prominent business scholars.

Released: 23-Oct-2009 5:00 PM EDT
Clean Smells Unconsciously Promote Good Behavior
Brigham Young University

People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, a new study shows. It found a dramatic improvement in ethical behavior with just a few spritzes of citrus-scented Windex.

Released: 15-Sep-2009 12:20 PM EDT
Analyzing “The Office”: Study Merges Scranton and Shakespeare
Brigham Young University

Just in time for the season premiere of NBC’s “The Office,” new research shows how your favorite character from the show is likely based on a centuries-old formula for comedic greatness.

29-Jun-2009 5:00 PM EDT
Mexican Wives' Mental Health Dives When Husbands Work in U.S.
Brigham Young University

A new study finds that Mexican wives who stay home when their husbands immigrate to the United States for work have poorer mental health than a comparison group.

18-Jun-2009 2:15 PM EDT
Bankruptcy Rates Reflect Policy, Not People
Brigham Young University

Analysis of personal bankruptcy rates across the 50 states shows why some states routinely have far higher filing rates: Wage garnishing laws and a preference for filing under Chapter 13 (repayment plan) as opposed to Chapter 7 (wiping out debt altogether).

Released: 15-Jun-2009 4:25 PM EDT
Self-taught Fathers: Absent a Role Model, These Dads Just Try Not to Fail
Brigham Young University

A group of self-taught, low-income dads share what fatherhood means to them and how they approach parenting in the absence of a spouse and a role model father.

Released: 28-May-2009 12:35 PM EDT
Dirty Words in Teen Flicks Getting Flushed
Brigham Young University

What the heck? Swearing in teen movies is on the decline. Three BYU professors looked at the top teen movies from the last three decades and found that the instances of profanity has been cut in half since the 1980s.

Released: 12-May-2009 8:40 PM EDT
Political Blogs More Credible than Newspapers, Say Those Who Read Both
Brigham Young University

People who closely follow political blogs and regular news media put more faith in the accuracy of blogs. Research also shows journalists tend to follow the liberal blogosphere more closely despite equal awareness of conservative blogs.

Released: 27-Mar-2009 3:15 PM EDT
Embrace the "˜Dwight Schrutes' in Your Office for Better Performance
Brigham Young University

Nobody wants to share a cubicle with a new hire like Dwight Schrute, the beet-farming volunteer sheriff's deputy/paper salesman on NBC's "The Office." But new research found that better decisions come from teams that include a "socially distinct newcomer." That's psychology-speak for someone who is different enough to bump other team members out of their comfort zones.

   
20-Jan-2009 4:10 PM EST
Video Games Linked to Poor Relationships with Friends, Family
Brigham Young University

New research of young adults connects video games to poorer relationships with peers and parents - measured by things like time, trust, support and affection.

16-Jan-2009 2:15 PM EST
Americans Owe Five Months of Their Lives to Cleaner Air
Brigham Young University

A new study shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air.

30-Dec-2008 12:00 PM EST
Trying to Eat Less Becomes More Important to Fend Off Middle-Age Weight Gain
Brigham Young University

A study of women in middle-age found those that did not practice more restraint over time had more than twice the risk of substantial weight gain.

Released: 17-Dec-2008 4:30 PM EST
Physical Disability Brings Marital Happiness
Brigham Young University

Study shows the onset of physical disability brings more happiness to marriages.

Released: 15-Dec-2008 12:10 PM EST
Salt Water Irrigation: Study Shows It Works
Brigham Young University

Take an arid field riddled with salty soil. Irrigate it with salty water. Plant a salt-tolerant grass along with a salt-sucking companion plant and what do you get? If you're a Brigham Young University research team, you raise a crop that successfully replaces corn as cattle feed.

Released: 4-Dec-2008 3:00 PM EST
Drug and Alcohol Abuse Double Risk of ICU Admission
Brigham Young University

Analysis of intensive care unit admissions shows drug and alcohol dependence make a patient twice as likely to be admitted to intensive care.

Released: 17-Nov-2008 4:40 PM EST
Health Insurance Premiums Rise Up to 33 Percent with State Pricing Rule
Brigham Young University

Researchers find that state rules to ensure equitable pricing lead to a $100 per month increase in monthly premiums for a typical family. States that force insurers to work with any willing provider see a 10 percent jump in monthly premiums.

17-Oct-2008 6:00 PM EDT
Study Shows How Breastfeeding Transfers Immunity to Babies
Brigham Young University

A BYU-Harvard-Stanford research team has identified a molecule that is key to mothers' ability to pass along immunity to intestinal infections to their babies through breast milk.

Released: 14-Oct-2008 12:00 PM EDT
National Study Finds Religiosity Curbs Teen Marijuana Use by Half
Brigham Young University

Religious teens' faith makes them half as likely to use marijuana. Religiosity also buffers peer pressure for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking.

Released: 8-Oct-2008 3:30 PM EDT
Babies and Beethoven: Infants Can Tell Happy Songs from Sad
Brigham Young University

Experiments with classical music show babies make sense of songs before they learn to talk.

Released: 5-Sep-2008 1:25 PM EDT
First Book on Doonesbury Chronicles Trudeau’s ‘Obama-New Yorker-Cover’ Moments
Brigham Young University

The first scholarly book to examine Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury comic strip notes that for all its cultural significance and political influence, the cartoon has been at times as misunderstood as another artist's New Yorker cover satirically depicting the Obamas as terrorists.

20-Aug-2008 9:05 AM EDT
DNA Barcoding in Danger of ’Ringing Up’ Wrong Species
Brigham Young University

DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food inspection, improved border security, and better defenses against disease-causing insects. But the approach as currently practiced churns out some results as inaccurately as a supermarket checker scanning an apple and ringing it up as an orange.

Released: 19-Aug-2008 12:10 PM EDT
Study Reveals How Diet, Antioxidants Prevent Blindness in Aging Population
Brigham Young University

New study reveals how a diet rich in antioxidants can prevent the leading cause of age-related blindness in developed countries. Age-related macular degeneration affects more than 1.75 million people in the United States and is predicted to affect 3 million by 2020.

Released: 25-Jul-2008 11:50 AM EDT
Researchers Quantify Potential Benefits of Utah’s 4-Day Work Week
Brigham Young University

The Utah state government's Aug. 4 implementation of a four-day work week could result in higher job satisfaction and lower levels of work-family conflict, according to a newly published study. Those benefits translate into higher productivity, researchers say.

30-Jun-2008 3:50 PM EDT
Elections Study: Voters Like Fresh Faces at Polling Places
Brigham Young University

Researchers found Ohio voters noticed improvements in their voting experience from a program that recruited young and fresh faces to staff polling places.

Released: 13-May-2008 5:15 PM EDT
Researchers Get Inside a Long-suspected HIV Hideout in Humans
Brigham Young University

A new study shows infectious HIV hides out during drug treatments in a third type of reservoir cell. Called FDCs, these cells act as bank vaults storing material necessary to maintain the immune system's armies of antibodies. This advance will help the medical community figure out how to attack virus hidden by the reservoir cells.

Released: 5-May-2008 4:30 PM EDT
Dinosaur Bones Reveal Ancient Bug Bites
Brigham Young University

New research shows that ancient beetles munched on dinosaur bones, helping to explain why some fossils have missing pieces.

Released: 25-Mar-2008 4:45 PM EDT
Bear Pepper Spray a Viable Alternative to Guns for Deterring Bears
Brigham Young University

Concerned about hikers' and campers' persistent doubts that a small can of liquid pepper spray could stop half a ton of bear, BYU's Thomas S. Smith analyzed 20 years of bear spray incidents and found that the spray effectively halted aggressive bear behavior in 92 percent of the cases.

17-Mar-2008 5:30 PM EDT
Happily Marrieds Have Lower Blood Pressure than Social Singles
Brigham Young University

Happily married adults have lower blood pressure than singles with supportive social networks. Both men and women in happy marriages scored four points lower on 24-hour blood pressure than single adults. Having supportive friends did not translate into improved blood pressure for singles or unhappily marrieds.

Released: 13-Feb-2008 6:00 PM EST
Birth Order Study: It's About Time
Brigham Young University

Older children are known to make more money, get more education and score higher on IQ tests, and new research provides a possible explanation why. First-born children get more parental attention - 3,000 hours more - than siblings at the same ages.

Released: 8-Feb-2008 5:00 PM EST
Black Family Vacations in the 1950s: an Untold Story
Brigham Young University

New historical research about African-american family vacations in the 1950s shows the emergence of a second tourism industry designed to spare a rising black middle class from humiliation as they traveled around the country. The stories of family struggle became a bridge between elected officials and civil rights advocates.

Released: 8-Feb-2008 5:00 PM EST
Parents Still Influence College Kids' Risky Behavior
Brigham Young University

Parents remain a positive influence with their children at college by staying close and knowing details of their lives. Parental knowledge and closeness was associated with lower risk of children in engaging in risky behaviors including drugs, alcohol and risky sexual activity.


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