UGA study explains peaks and troughs of dengue epidemics
Scientists have long known that epidemics of dengue fever wax and wane over a period of several years, but they've never been quite sure why. With the incidence and range of the potentially deadly mosquito-borne illness increasing, understanding the factors that influence these epidemics has never been more important. A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia suggests that a...Innovation expert speaks on the business-IT balancing act
. We asked him to share some of his insights into the ways business and information techno...DeLuca speaks out on entrepreneurialism, tech transfer, and WARF
MADISON If you stand on your tiptoes and squint, you can almost read the framed documents hanging in the lobby of UW Madison's new $35.6 million biochemistry building. Patents numbered 3,565,924 and 3,697,559 were issued to Hector Floyd DeLu...NSF officer speaks on the future of journalism and science
MADISON M. Mitchell Waldrop has put his Ph.D. in theoretical physics to use not in research, but as a journalist and now as a public affairs officer for the Named the University of Wisconsin-Madison for the week, he pre...Ciscos John Morgridge Speaks on How Wisconsin can Develop Successful Technology Clusters
Share information with your competitors? Job hop? Both might be counter-intuitive for Wisconsin technology professionals and managers, but both behavioral patterns might be critical to the success of high-tech industry in Wisconsin, according to one industry guru. Wisconsin expatriate John Morgridge, Chairman of San Jose-based Cisco Systems<...Loneliness Peaks In 40-year-olds
They say life begins at 40. But a new study published in the latest issue of the Journal of Clinical Nursing says that more than a third of adults are lonely with peak // incidence in their forties. Unemployed people reported a higher level of loneliness than people who were retired. "Understanding what makes people lonely is very important as loneliness can increase the risk of health c...Sleeping Position Speaks A Lot About The Couples Relationship
Sharing a bed is sometimes one of the challenges of a relationship, even for couples deeply in love. Lisa, 33, in Wiesbaden says physical contact with her boyfriend// is something she can do without when she wants to go to sleep. Her boyfriend Martin used to be a cuddler but he isn't bothered by Lisa's desire not to. "It was different with my previous girlfriend," Martin said. "But th...Jealousy In Men Peaks When Partners Are Most Fertile
A study by the Liverpool University suggests that men are more aware of potential rivals for love when their partners are at their most fertile. The researchers felt that men// become more jealous and wary of dominant males when their wives or girlfriends are at their most fertile. The Evolution and Human Behaviour study by the Liverpool University on 64 men suggested those with ovula...Gender Might Have a Say in How Your Child Speaks
Whether a child is a boy or a girl may well be the clue to how it grasps and uses language, according to a study claiming to be the first of its kind.// A discovery from two Georgetown neuroscientists put it that boys and girls use different ways of processing language. While female brains tend to assimilate language using words and the relationships between them, boys tend to go by th...Hillary Clinton Speaks Up Strongly for Stem Cell Research
As US presidential primaries draw nearer, candidates seek to position themselves as very caring politicians. First it was healthcare, and now it is stem cell research. On Friday Hillary Rodham Clinton was joined by ten-year-old Alex Walter with Type 1diabetes and Laura Clark paralyzed since a car crash three years ago. Together they appealed at a meeting in New Hampshire fo...