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Phys.org / Smarter spending, not bigger budgets, drives premier league success, study finds
Higher spending does not automatically lead to greater overall efficiency or consistent on-pitch success, according to new research that examined Premier League clubs over a 10-season period. The study, led by the University ...
Medical Xpress / Adolescents' knowledge of legal capacity to independently consent linked to higher STI/HIV testing
A study has found that adolescents who were aware of their state's minor consent laws were more likely to seek and receive testing for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, suggesting that teens' accurate knowledge ...
Phys.org / Toxic metals in Hudson River striped bass decreased over decades, study shows
Striped bass are a popular and often human-consumed commercial and recreational game fish. Trace elements or metals essential for life are in these fish and other eatable fish, as well as nonessential and toxic metals such ...
Medical Xpress / Primary care is seeing more children's mental health needs, led by a surge in anxiety
A new study led by researchers at the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, Boston University, Boston Medical Center, UMass Chan Medical School, and Brown University finds that children's mental health concerns are appearing ...
Medical Xpress / Open-access tool decodes DNA change patterns in breast cancer
A study led by Dr. Jason Pitt, Principal Investigator at the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore), has identified eight new "signatures" of DNA patterns (gains and/or losses) in breast cancer. By analyzing ...
Phys.org / Recreating dying stars reveals hydrogen's key role in cosmic dust formation
Silicon carbide (SiC) dust is one of the most important ingredients in cosmic dust, the tiny particles floating throughout the cosmos that eventually give rise to new planets and stars. This compound of silicon and carbon ...
Medical Xpress / What you need to know about the Ebola outbreak that has the WHO concerned
The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa a public health emergency of international concern.
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Prehistoric dentistry; sleep and aging; our photogenic sun
This week in science news: Are you a mosquito magnet? Here's why. Researchers using topological mathematics have uncovered a hidden rule in abstract art that corresponds to people's perceptions. And scientists developed a ...
Tech Xplore / Dark patterns on the web are designed to manipulate you. Why aren't they all illegal?
You open a free app to do one simple thing. Before you even start, a full-screen message asks whether you want to try the paid version. The "Start free trial" button is large, bright and hard to miss. The option to keep using ...
Phys.org / When we took 37 strangers into the urban bush, their loneliness began to ease
One in three Australians says they are lonely. To be lonely is to feel a lack of adequate social connection. Loneliness is about feeling disconnected from others or unable to form the kinds of relationships people need to ...
Medical Xpress / Ebola outbreaks in Africa trigger global health emergency, US travel warnings
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared an ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) an international public health emergency.
Phys.org / Mostly empty foam overturns assumptions of electron beam stopping
When physicists fire beams of fast electrons at materials, they often need to know exactly how much energy those electrons will lose as they travel through. Through new research published in Physical Review Letters, a team ...
