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Genome of sesame sheds new lights on oil biosynthesis
Researchers have successfully cracked the genome of high oil content crop sesame, providing new lights on the important stages of seed development and oil accumulation, and potential key genes for sesamin production.

Expiration of terrorism risk insurance act could hurt U.S. national security
Allowing the federal terrorism risk insurance act to expire could have negative consequences for US national security, according to a new study.

Inherited Alzheimer's damage greater decades before symptoms appear
The progression of Alzheimer's may slow once symptoms appear and do significant damage, according to a study investigating an inherited form of the disease. Through an international study, researchers have found rapid neuronal damage begins 10 to 20 years before symptoms appear. The next part of the...

Infants using known verbs to learn new nouns: Before infants begin to talk in...
New research demonstrates that even before infants begin to talk in sentences, they are paying careful attention to the way a new word is used in conversations, and they learn new words from this information in sentences.

People more willing to disclose experience of mental health problems, survey ...
A new survey has found that people are more willing than ever to disclose their experience of having a mental health problem and receiving treatment. This increase in willingness to disclose, the authors suggest, is most likely due to changing attitudes towards and greater awareness of mental health...

Teen elephant mothers die younger but have bigger families
Asian elephants that give birth as teenagers die younger than older mothers but raise bigger families during their lifetime, according to new research.

Europe's largest badger study finds rare long-distance movements
European badgers can make journeys of more than 20km -- distances longer than previously thought ?- researchers have found. The study could help design more effective interventions to reduce the spread of bovine tuberculosis between badger populations, something that is essential if transmission to ...

Urbanization exposes French cities to greater seismic risk
French researchers have looked into data mining to develop a method for extracting information on the vulnerability of cities in regions of moderate risk, creating a proxy for assessing the probable resilience of buildings and infrastructure despite incomplete seismic inventories of buildings. The r...

Activity more than location affects perception of earthquakes
A person's activity at the time of an earthquake influences their perception of shaking more than their location.

New surgical hypertension treatment not as good as standard drug treatment
A simple surgical procedure on the kidneys touted as a revolutionary treatment for high blood pressure turns out to be not so revolutionary after all. In a first its kind, a Norwegian clinical trial shows that established, standard drug treatment works better than the new surgical procedure.

Areas of the brain process read and heard language differently
The brain processes read and heard language differently. Researchers have been able to determine the affected areas of the brain using speech processing tests with the aid of functional magnetic resonance tomography (fMRT).

Talking-therapy treatments to manage osteoarthritis pain
Abnormalities in the way the brain experiences pain may be to blame for the chronic pain suffered by osteoarthritis patients, scientists have shown for the first time. As a results, the researchers suggest that new therapies should target brain mechanisms to enable the brain to cope more effectively...

New approach to prostate cancer screening needed in UK, experts say
The UK needs to invest in testing for those men most at risk of prostate cancer rather than follow a cast-the-net-wide approach targeting the whole population, a leading scientist argues. Men in the UK are currently entitled to PSA blood test for prostate cancer once they reach the age of 50 and wil...

Mothers leave work because they don't want to behave like working men, study ...
Middle-class working mothers are leaving work because they are unwilling to behave like men, according to a new research article. Many of the interviewed women found it hard to combine work and motherhood because of the dominant culture of presenteeism -- the notion that they should be at their desk...

Interactive simulator for vehicle drivers
Maximize mileage, safety, or operating life? Driving behavior behind the wheel has a big influence on the vehicle. Researchers have developed a driving simulator designed to make the 'human factor' more calculable for vehicle engineers.

Squeezing light into metals: engineers control conductivity with inkjet printer
Using an inexpensive inkjet printer, electrical engineers produced microscopic structures that use light in metals to carry information. This new technique, which controls electrical conductivity within such microstructures, could be used to rapidly fabricate superfast components in electronic devic...

Prescriptions for benzodiazepines rising and risky when combined with opioids...
Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely unreported, according to researchers.

Postsurgical pain control linked to patient satisfaction with hospital experi...
Postsurgical pain scores were highly correlated with reports of overall patient satisfaction during hospital stays, in a new finding that was true for some types of surgery more than others. The researchers stressed the importance of improving patient care in the peri-operative setting in alignment ...

Ultrasound guided pudendal nerve block: A cadaveric study
The spread of close to 80% of injectate to surrounding soft tissues following a nerve block to treat chronic pelvic pain suggests a need to reduce the quantity injected, according to a new study.

Heating safety from mri radiofrequency energy demonstrated in variety of simu...
Determining MRI RF heating safety is a complex process that requires complete understanding of the potential interactions between the MRI system, lead behavior, and individual patient characteristics. A comprehensive analysis was performed to evaluate a new MR-compatible SCS lead.