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Researchers fight cholera with computer forecasting
September 21, 2011
By Pam Frost Gorder, Research Communications
Just as the rainy season is driving a new surge of cholera cases in Haiti, a new computational model could forecast where outbreaks are likely to occur.
Researchers at Ohio State University are working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the project, in the hopes of targeting anti-cholera efforts where they are most needed in the earthquake-ravaged country.
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Rise in risk inequality helps explain polarized US voters
August 10, 2011
By Jeff Grabmeier, Research Communications
A new study of political polarization in the United States suggests that changes in the labor market since the 1970s have helped create more Republican and Democratic partisans and fewer independents.
The growth in partisanship has to do with people’s current income and — importantly — their expectations of job security, said Philipp Rehm, author of the study and assistant professor of political science at Ohio State. Continue reading ‘Rise in risk inequality helps explain polarized US voters’
Astronomers reach for the stars for new cancer therapy
July 13, 2011
By Pam Frost Gorder, Research Communications
Astronomers’ research on celestial bodies may have an impact on the human body.
Ohio State astronomers are working with medical physicists and radiation oncologists to develop a potential new radiation treatment — one that is intended to be tougher on tumors but gentler on healthy tissue.
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Common drug makes liver cancer cells commit suicide
June 15, 2011
By Emily Caldwell, Research Communications
The anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib, known by the brand name Celebrex, triggers liver cancer cell death by reacting with a protein in a way that makes those cells commit suicide, according to a new study.
Researchers also found that the combination of celecoxib with each of two chemotherapy drugs killed more liver cancer cells in culture, making those combinations more effective than either drug on its own.
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Croplands give insight into early Hawaiian society
June 2, 2011
By Earle Holland, Research Communications
A pattern of earthen berms, spread across a northern peninsula of the big island of Hawaii, is providing archeologists with clues to exactly how residents farmed in paradise long before Europeans arrived at the islands.
The findings suggest that simple, practical decisions made by individual households were eventually adopted by the ruling class as a means to improve agricultural productivity.
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Sometimes, it’s better not to know everything
May 18, 2011
More knowledge not always helpful for women dealing with heart disease
By Emily Caldwell, Research Communications
Women with congestive heart failure who repress their emotions, especially anger, are more likely than emotionally expressive women to experience symptoms of depression associated with knowledge about their disease, according to new research.
Coping styles of women in the study influenced how depressed or anxious they felt. The less they talked about or expressed their emotions, the more likely they were to have symptoms of depression and anxiety.
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TV ‘breakups’ cause viewers distress, more media use
May 4, 2011
By Jeff Grabmeier, Research Communications
Even temporary “breakups” can be distressing for some people — at least when it comes to their favorite television programs.
A new study examined how college-aged television viewers reacted when their favorite shows went off the air or were replaced with reruns as a result of the television writers’ strike of 2007-08.
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Study: Breast cancer patients’ persistent fatigue is real
April 20, 2011
And the condition may actually speed up aging
By Earle Holland, Research Communications
The persistent fatigue that plagues one out of every three breast cancer survivors may be caused by one part of the autonomic nervous system running in overdrive, while the other part fails to slow it down.
That imbalance of a natural system in the body appears linked to the tiredness and exhaustion that can burden cancer patients as much as a decade after their successful treatment.
Continue reading ‘Study: Breast cancer patients’ persistent fatigue is real’
Stereo vision: Engineers invent lens for 3D microscope
April 6, 2011
By Pam Frost Gorder, Research Communications
Engineers at Ohio State have invented a lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different angles at once to create a 3D image.
Other 3D microscopes use multiple lenses or cameras that move around an object; the new lens is the first single, stationary lens to create microscopic 3D images by itself. Continue reading ‘Stereo vision: Engineers invent lens for 3D microscope’
Welders can breathe easier with chromium-free alloy
March 16, 2011
By Pam Frost Gorder, Research Communications
A new alloy promises to lessen welders’ risk of breathing toxic fumes on the job.
The alloy is a welding “consumable” — the material that melts under the welder’s torch to fill the gap between parts that are being joined. Continue reading ‘Welders can breathe easier with chromium-free alloy’
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