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A professor is part of a team that developed a new protocol that the U.S. Navy now uses to detect biowarfare agents, such as anthrax, aboard its ships.

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A psychological effect known as "hindsight bias" might cause people to misinterpret the conclusions of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, according to a researcher who helped the board during its probe.

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Combining vitamin E and a drug used to treat mild to moderate dementia may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a new study reports.

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While some analysts are already blaming an outdated energy infrastructure for causing Thursday's massive blackout in the Northeast, an expert said it is too early to blame the power failure on an aging electrical grid.

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The ordering of candidates' names on ballots in the upcoming California recall election will likely affect the outcome. In the 2000 presidential race, George W. Bush received 9 percent more votes among Californians when he was listed first on the ballot than when he was listed later.

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Ethnicity appears to be associated with vision problems "“ such as near- and farsightedness "“ in children, new research suggests.

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Researchers found that endostatin has a dual effect on head and neck cancer cells "“ the compound prevented the cells from developing new blood vessels and also hindered the mechanism cancer cells use to migrate throughout the body and invade other tissues.

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People change the rate at which they speak or play music to more closely match speakers or musicians they have just heard, new research suggests.

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New research suggests that the anti-tumor compound endostatin delivers a one-two punch to Kaposi's sarcoma "“ the most common AIDS-related cancer.

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Students at Ohio State University who took a psychology-based study skills program had higher grade point averages and were more likely to return for their next year of college than a group of similar students who didn't take the class, according to a new study.

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According to a new study, more than one-third of children with mild inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) also suffered from psychological problems, such as symptoms of anxiety and depression.

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While eating disorders among athletes are often seen as a problem mainly for women, some male athletes may also have their own issues regarding body image, new research suggests. But the eating and body image problems for men may be different than they are for women.

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A new study provides confirmation that some young autistic children can make remarkable progress when they participate in a specially designed intensive behavioral intervention program.

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Our earliest ancestors probably behaved in a much more "human" way than most scientists have previously thought, according to a recent study that looked at early hominid fossils from Ethiopia.

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The search for life on other planets could soon extend to solar systems that are very different from our own, according to a new study by an astronomer and his colleagues.

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In a new study of African-American youths at risk of dropping out of school, nearly one out of five students reported that they had carried a gun at some point during their high school years "“ one in six did so only occasionally, while one in 20 carried a gun regularly.

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For the world's airlines to survive their current financial crisis, they should take a cue from the banking and retail industries, according to a new book by an Ohio State University analyst.

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New research suggests that regular ibuprofen use may cut a woman's risk of developing breast cancer in half.

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A team of 14 institutions and foundations is beginning a new national effort to make access to developments in biotechnology easier. The new initiative is a roadmap of sorts, one that will help guide scientists at public research institutions in managing and sharing their intellectual property.

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When you nod your head to signal approval or shake your head to show disapproval, it's not just sending a message to others "“ you may also be influencing yourself. A new study showed that these simple movements influenced people's agreement with an editorial they heard while nodding or shaking their head.

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A new study suggests that an all-volunteer army can attract enough officers, even during wartime, to maintain troop strength without a draft.

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Results of a new study suggest that nearly one in four college students who drink alcohol heavily on a regular basis quit doing so before graduation.

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Women who take oral contraceptive pills may get an inaccurate and higher rate of false positive results if their physicians use a specific kind of Pap test.

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A new study suggests that men and women might not be as far apart in sexual behaviors as previous research has shown. The reason: women don't always answer sex-related surveys honestly, but give answers they believe are expected of them.

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The race of homicide victims doesn't affect whether police will solve the victim's murder or not, according to a study of one city's police department.

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The human brain combines motion and shape information to recognize faces and facial expressions, a new study suggests. This finding is part of an engineer's quest to design computers that "see" faces the way humans do.

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Researchers have found a critical chemical pathway through which the human immune system is weakened by chronic stress. The study reinforces earlier work that showed long-term caregivers suffer from impaired immunity.

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Scientists and computer gamers alike could benefit from a new method for creating soft, realistic shadows in computer-generated images. Engineers have created computer algorithms that result in shadows that begin to approach the realism of Hollywood animation.

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Only one-fifth of the 13,000 or so prescription medications sold in the United States are formulated for use in children. That's why an Ohio State pharmacist co-authored a manual on how to make infant- and child-suitable formulations of prescription-only drugs.

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A new study ranked weather forecasting models to see which ones did best at forecasts in Antarctica. The results suggest that the refinement of one model might support longer Antarctic field seasons and make rescues from that distant part of the world much safer.

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Physicists may have explained some strange behavior of the ultra-cold material known as Bose-Einstein condensate. The new analysis shows that scientists are closer than ever to harnessing BEC to perform useful functions such as quantum computing.

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If the world's human population continues to rise at its current rate, the planet will increase the numbers of threatened species at least 7 percent worldwide in the next 20 years and twice that many by the year 2050, according to a new study.

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For lactose intolerant adults, drinking fermented milk either eliminated or reduced symptoms related to lactose intolerance. Researchers think microbes in this fermented milk -- called kefir -- possess the enzyme that is necessary to digest lactose.

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Devices implanted in the heart that combine the benefits of a pacemaker and defibrillator improve the quality of life and physical stamina capacity in patients with advanced congestive heart failure and life-threatening arrhythmias, according to a new national study.

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New findings from the Women's Health Initiative suggest that older women taking the most common form of hormone replacement therapy are at increased risk of developing dementia, including Alzheimer's disease.

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Healthy older women who take estrogen and progestin combined, the most common form of hormone replacement therapy, have a higher risk of suffering a stroke, according to new findings from the Women's Health Initiative.

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New research suggests that whey, a liquid byproduct from cheese production, may play a role in helping prevent prostate cancer.

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For an adult, a picture might be worth a thousand words, but to an infant or young child, that may not always be the case. A new study found that young children preferred and paid more attention to sounds than to visual images when they were presented simultaneously.

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One reason married couples argue about money may be because they don't even agree on how much of it they have. The typical husband says the couple earns 5 percent more income and has 10 percent more total wealth than the wife reports, according to a nationwide study.

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While locations in the Northeast and Midwest continue to be most accessible to the largest concentrations of people in the United States, research shows that areas in the South and West are making inroads.

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A consortium led by Ohio State University of more than 50 major universities and a host of smaller institutions has created a clearinghouse to collect, store and disseminate information on homeland security and terrorism issues.

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Musicians who hear the music they are performing while learning a new piece have a better memory for the music later, a new study suggests. But after they learn a song, actually hearing the music as they play does not improve the accuracy of their performance.

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People have one more reason to stay healthy as they grow older: holding onto their retirement savings. A new study is the first to contrast how health affects the wealth of elderly married couples versus single or widowed seniors.

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Web-based college classes are more than a technological novelty for students learning global education. Courses taught on the web allow Americans to interact with people from around the world and to learn perspectives that they can't experience in a typical classroom.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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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.

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Researchers have found that a common pain relief medication seems to increase the effectiveness of a drug used to treat skin cancer.

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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.