Cassava is an important food source in tropical countries, but the roots and leaves of poorly processed cassava plants can lead to cyanide poisoning. But now researchers have created a cassava plant that will not produce cyanide.
Ask Jeffrey McKee whether the planet would be a better place without humans and he"šll qualify his answer: "It certainly would be better with fewer humans."
Poorly controlled diabetes seems to cause cognitive problems in the elderly, a new study reports. Researchers determined that the main reason why diabetic people over age 60 scored low on a cognitive function test was because of improper management of their disease.
Government policies that promote marriage as a way to boost disadvantaged women out of poverty and off welfare are likely to have mixed results at best, according to a new national study.
Researchers have found that a common pain relief medication seems to increase the effectiveness of a drug used to treat skin cancer.
Financial advisors and researchers have long argued that it is nearly impossible for individual investors to earn more than the overall stock market. But a recent study suggests that a small number of investors do indeed beat the market.
Researchers studying a cancer-causing retrovirus have found a protein produced by the virus that has an uncanny resemblance to a key cell protein found in certain immune cells that helps control calcium signaling.
About half of restaurant employees surveyed recently expressed low levels of satisfaction with their jobs, according to a new study.
The lack of a special protein crucial to cell growth and development may help cancer cells proliferate, new research suggests. Cells without this protein -- E2F3 -- are usually rendered genetically unstable. But sometimes these cells thrive, creating tumors.
Ohio State University engineers have examined in unprecedented detail a key manufacturing step that could improve one of the world"šs most popular data storage materials: magnetic tape.
Are the news media politically biased against people with "your" beliefs? If you're a Republican, your answer depends on who you talk to, and how often.
Chaos theory, which helps scientists understand complex systems such as weather patterns and the stock market, may also help shed light on the dynamics of alcohol abuse, a new study suggests.
Women doctors, teachers and other professionals may have a tougher time adjusting to retirement than do women who hold jobs customarily considered nonprofessional, such as clerical positions and cafeteria help, according to a new study.
A new study strongly indicates that the primary cause of nearsightedness is heredity. The study also suggests that the amount of time a child spends studying or reading plays a minor role in the development of myopia, or nearsightedness.
Anxiety is often poorly managed in patients recovering from a heart attack. While records revealed that nearly 75 percent of patients in a recent study had received treatment for anxiety, symptoms of anxiety were documented on less than half of the patients' charts.
A single tablet of aspirin a day may be one of the best ways to prevent colorectal polyps from recurring in patients who have already had colon cancer, a new study has shown.
Mathematical models have given physicists a new look at DNA's chemical counterpart, RNA. The models -- showing that RNA behaves differently depending on the temperature of its environment -- may help biologists better understand how life evolved on Earth.
Scientists have discovered that the genetic mutation that causes the childhood cancer retinoblastoma routinely triggers fetal death and miscarriage in laboratory animals by disrupting the normal functions of the placenta.
Researchers have discovered something new about a 50-year-old type of fiberglass: it may be more than one and a half times stronger than previously thought. That conclusion could help expand applications for glass fibers.
The same in-road detectors that control traffic lights and monitor traffic could soon respond quicker to traffic jams, thanks to software developed by an Ohio State University engineer.
African Americans who are stopped for traffic violations are less likely than whites to believe the police had a legitimate reason to stop them, and more likely to believe they were mistreated, according to a new national study.
Hospitals may be able to significantly cut the time it takes to deliver medications to patients and complete X-rays and lab tests by having doctors fill out orders via computer rather than by hand, a new study suggests.
Parents who own their own home may be helping to boost their children's educational achievements and even reduce behavioral problems, according to a new nationwide study.
People who chronically doubt their judgments lead psychologically impoverished lives in a variety of ways, a new study suggests. Such individuals often feel anxious, are prone to sadness and mood swings, and are likely to procrastinate.
Supplementing the diet with a certain fatty acid may lead to better weight control and disease management in diabetics, a new study suggests.
A new study suggests that brief exposures to pure oxygen not only help chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds heal completely, such exposures also help wounds heal faster.
Teenagers who say their parents restrict their television viewing of certain programs are likely to watch the restricted shows at friends' houses, a study suggests.
Research suggests that cell biologists may be exposing the cell cultures they study to too much oxygen. This finding could have broad implications for cellular biology research, which receives billions of dollars of funding nationally.
An experiment scheduled for the Feb. 16 space shuttle Columbia mission may provide clues about just how plant growth is guided by gravity.
A study at Ohio State University has uncovered more evidence that black holes form before the galaxies that contain them. The finding could help resolve a long-standing debate in astronomy, according to a researcher here.
Researchers have found that a new computer system that uses bar codes to safeguard patients' medications will work successfully, but not without creating new, serious problems for nurses charged with patient care.
A recent study of divorced fathers revealed that conflict with their ex-wives can have a profound effect on reducing fathers' involvement in their children's lives.
A new study suggests that the way abusive men try to manage stress in their relationships and other parts of their lives may be associated with their violent outbursts.
Researchers at Ohio State University have identified three genes that are involved in the seasonal clock that determines when hamsters reproduce.
People most often see fractals in the familiar, irregular branching shapes of nature, such as a snowflake. Now a study suggests that magnetic fields can take the form of fractals, too -- if a magnet is made of plastic molecules that are stacked in parallel chains.
Researchers believe that listening to music helped people with severe respiratory disease increase their fitness levels, based on the results of a new study.
Grape-seed extract may help skin wounds heal faster and with less scarring, a new study suggests. The extract seemed to help the body make more of a compound used to regenerate damaged blood vessels, and it also increased the amount of free radicals in the wound site.
In an airplane hangar in Columbus, OH, some 80 tons of steel, electronics, and cryogenic equipment are about to come together -- all to deposit one ounce of aluminum as a near-perfect, whisper-thin coating on a giant telescope mirror.
A terrorist attack or other disaster that destroyed key telecommunications equipment in major cities would disrupt the Internet much like severe storms at airline hubs ties up the nation's air traffic, a new study suggests.
A new study suggests children of divorced parents can benefit when they split time between their parents' homes -- but the positive impact can be offset by ongoing conflict between the parents.
The nature of preteen friendships can play a key role in determining whether or not a child will engage in sexual activity early in adolescence, a new study suggests.
The health of indigenous people in the Western Hemisphere was on a downward trajectory long before Columbus set foot in the Americas, new research suggests.
A major research project which found that methamphetamine greatly speeds a virus' ability to infect neural cells will continue at Ohio State University. Researchers hope the ongoing work will identify the factors responsible for enhancing the viruses' infection of the nervous system.
Faced with a shortage of judges, U.S. Courts of Appeals for years have enlisted District Court judges on a temporary basis to help decide cases. But new research suggests the use of district justices may affect how these courts operate.
Children who grow up in poverty and in single-parent homes are less likely to volunteer as adolescents, a new study suggests.
Aluminum -- one of nature's best conductors of electricity -- may behave like a ceramic or a semiconductor in certain situations, according to an Ohio State University scientist and his colleagues.
Researchers have developed a new way to use a decade-old imaging method to directly compare the brains of monkeys with those of humans. Their report appeared in the journal Science.
An analysis of six cores retrieved from the rapidly shrinking ice fields atop Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro shows that those glaciers formed about 11,700 years ago. The analysis supports predictions that these bodies of ice will disappear in the next two decades.
Researchers may have discovered the mechanism behind how prions - pieces of protein molecules- can kill nerve cells in the brain and lead to some serious degenerative diseases.
A process developed at Ohio State University for shaping metal parts using magnetism has reached a new milestone -- one that may cut manufacturing costs and help preserve the environment.
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