Engineers at Ohio State University have developed a computer control system for hybrid electric vehicles that can make even fuel-hungry sport utility vehicles more environmentally-friendly -- and lower gas pump costs, too.
Nearly a quarter to a third of patients that underwent LASIK surgery reported problems seeing at night, a new study suggests. Even so, 97 percent of the subjects said they would recommend LASIK to a friend.
Participation in sports and exercise seems to be associated with both positive and negative psychological impacts in young women, a recent study suggests.
Nearly a quarter of the women who give birth each year in the United States receive an antibiotic during labor in order to protect their infants from developing a serious infection. But these women may be getting five times the necessary dose of medication.
Directing high-level doses of radiation at malignant tumors during surgery shows promise in treating certain childhood cancers, a new Ohio State study shows.
The negative psychological impact of caregiving for a spouse with Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia continues for years after the spouse dies, new research suggests.
In the first study of its kind, Ohio State University researchers believe they have found an important factor in recurring back injury: our natural tendency to avoid using hurt muscles.
Before confiding to others that they are HIV-positive, men infected with the virus tend to weigh the consequences of that disclosure, says a new study. This flies in the face of the theory that disease progression determines when a person discloses his or her disease.
Women who have had a major stressful event - death of a spouse, job loss, or a long-distance move - midway through their pregnancy may have a greater chance of having an autistic child than do their unstressed counterparts, according to a new study.
In a new study supported by the National Science Foundation, an Ohio State University sociologist is trying to discover how e-mail has changed - or hasn't changed - the way people interact around the world. Anyone who uses e-mail can participate in the online survey.
The best defense against serious lower respiratory infections in infants is a drug that can cost more than $2,000 a treatment. That cost may prove problematic for some parents, says a study that looked at the factors affecting compliance with the drug palivizumab.
The nation's appellate courts have overwhelmingly ruled against people suing under the employment provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to new research.
Oil may not be the only valuable commodity buried beneath the sands of Saudi Arabia. Geologists have located new areas of potential metal deposits, based on the analysis of more than 2,100 known occurrences of gold, silver, copper, and other metals.
Geologists at Ohio State University have found the largest-ever complete fossil of a cockroach, one that lived 55 million years before the first dinosaurs. The cockroach, along with hundreds of other fossil plants and animals from a coalmine in eastern Ohio, could help scientists better understand the diversity of ancient life and how the Earth's climate has changed throughout history.
In the coldest region of the planet, science has forged some of the warmest relationships between nations and provided humanity with a model for global harmony, according to an earth scientist at the Ohio State University.
Combining standard chemotherapy treatment with suramin -- a drug once used to treat parasitic infections -- may give new hope to patients with lung cancer.
Engaging in stressful tasks like trying to meet a deadline may strengthen the immune system while exposure to stress that must be endured passively - like watching violence on TV - may weaken it, according to a new study.
A cup of black raspberries a day may help keep esophageal cancer at bay. Researchers found evidence in rats that black raspberries may both prevent the onset of esophageal cancer as well as inhibit precancerous growth already underway.
Researchers at Ohio State have discovered how seasonal changes in the length of the day affect the immune system in mice. The results might have implications for people who use melatonin supplements for health reasons.
Stress may increase the chances that a skin wound will become infected, new research says. Researchers found that wounds on mice that were psychologically stressed were more than three times more likely to become infected than were wounds on non-stressed animals.
An international team of scientists reported that a rock core drilled from the seafloor off the coast of Antarctica is the first to show cyclic climate changes in polar regions that are linked to cores taken from the ocean bottom in both temperate and tropical zones.
As a result of a new study, researchers at Ohio State University believe that an overdose of iron in the nation's diet could be rendering thousands of otherwise healthy people prone to intestinal infection.
Researchers have developed a new statistical method that can help track the political and civil instability of countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and others around the world.
Researchers at Ohio State have shown that mice injected with fragments of DNA from anthrax bacteria can be immunized against the disease. This new approach represents a new -- and perhaps, safer -- way to produce vaccines against highly contagious diseases.
Depression doesn't solely explain the relationship between panic disorder and suicide, new research suggests.
Combining medication with behavior modification therapy may not be the best way to help a patient overcome a psychological disorder, according to the author of a new book on combination treatments for mental disorders.
Political talk shows in which guests yell, scream and interrupt each other may attract more viewers - but a new study suggests it may be bad for our political system.
Researchers at Ohio State have determined that hypnosis and related relaxation techniques can actually prevent the weakening of the immune response that often follows periods of acute stress.
A new kind of artificial protein-like molecule created at Ohio State University could one day lead to new drugs, new medical treatments -- and even faster computer chips.
Engineers at Ohio State University have mastered a critical step for manufacturing tiny medical devices. This new technique for sealing plastic casings could bring medical nanotechnology closer to reality.
Despite America's legacy as a melting pot of cultures, immigrants coming to the U.S. in recent decades are not becoming part of American society as rapidly as European immigrants did a century ago, according to a study.
Researchers are working on a natural way to kill slugs that is just as effective as poison, but safer to use around plants and animals. The method involves tiny parasitic worms, native to Europe and parts of South America, that feed on snails and slugs.
While the federal government may focus on military reactions to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, the best response may be more akin to police work, according to a national security expert at Ohio State University.
A new study suggests that hypnosis doesn't help people recall events more accurately - but it does tend to make people more confident of their inaccurate memories.
New research sheds light on the cruel fate that awaited official scribes for Maya kings who had been conquered by rivals. These scribes - the rough equivalent of today's public relations writers - would have their fingers broken and then be executed.
The number of prisoners nationwide increases more under Republican presidents than it does when a Democrat leads the country, according to a new study that looked at 52 years of data.
Mail and telephone reminders to encourage patients to take their prescription medication may be ineffective. One of five patients who were frequently reminded did not take their medication as prescribed - about the same proportion as those who were not reminded.
A new nationwide study confirms the popular notion that people who own guns are more likely than others to have little confidence in the federal government.
Electric utilities will have to change the way they market themselves to keep pace with deregulation, according to a study by an Ohio State University professor.
Genetic traits passed from crops to their weedy relatives can persist for at least six generations, and probably much longer, according to a new study conducted with radishes.
Many of the problems seen in adolescents of divorced parents are evident before the divorce is final, according to a new nationwide study.
Advocates of mobile commerce (or m-commerce) are falling into the same traps that led to the demise of many e-commerce companies, says the author of the new book "Customers Rule! Why the E-Commerce Honeymoon is Over."
A team of Ohio State University genetics researchers have produced a third map of the human genome, this one containing twice the number of genes proposed by two earlier maps and providing annotations that explain the function of all 66,000 genes.
Traditional screening methods for prostate cancer might overlook the disease in one in seven cases, according to a new study. Researchers at Ohio State have found a method for detecting these cancers that other screeing methods miss.
Victims of violence who suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBI) do just as well at rehabilitation as do other TBI victims -- unless they are substance abusers, according to an Ohio State study.
The most critical factor affecting ozone concentrations in U.S. cities is beyond the control of local regulators: It is the amount of ozone that drifts into a city from outside its boundaries, a new nationwide study at Ohio State confirms.
Saving the Gulf of Mexico from polluted runoff is possible, but it means creating or restoring at least 5 to 13 million acres of wetlands in the Midwest and the lower Mississippi River basin, according to a new report by environmental researchers.
Have you ever been in a bad mood that you couldn't explain and wondered what put you in a funk? A researcher at Ohio State University found that such negative "mystery moods" can occur when people fail at a goal that they didn't even know they had.
Global warming is a natural geological process that could begin to reverse itself within 10 to 20 years, predicts an Ohio State University researcher.
When the sun is shining on Wall Street, it does more than put the brokers in a good mood - it also gives a lift to the stock market. A study has found that sunshine at the sites of 26 stock exchanges around the world is linked to positive market returns that day.
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