Research News
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Mass Screening, Peer Support, and Treatment Reduce HIV in People Who Inject DrugsInnovative intervention improves HIV identification and care in at-risk population in Vietnam
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What Americans Still Want From Government Reform–A Midsummer UpdateIn a morning webinar on Wednesday, July 20, New York University professor Paul C. Light will release research showing that public trust in government is at “historic lows.”
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Gender Bias in Search Algorithms Has Effect on Users, New Study FindsGender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output--results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing hiring decisions.
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Whole Exome Sequencing Predicts Whether Patients Respond to Cancer ImmunotherapyA two-step approach with sequencing of 20,000 genes improves prediction of who benefits from immune checkpoint inhibitors
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Climate Factors Predict Future Mosquito ActivityRainfall, Air and Ocean Temperatures Linked to Populations of Dengue-Spreading Mosquitoes in Sri Lanka
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Shedding New Light on Dark MatterA new analysis by a team of physicists offers an innovative means to predict ‘cosmological signatures’ for models of dark matter.
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Scientists Engineer Synthetic DNA to Study “Architect” GenesBuilding artificial Hox genes enables researchers to see how cells learn their location in the body
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The Quest for a Better SunscreenHow Cancer Drug Research Led Chemistry Professor Marcus Weck to Patent a Sunscreen Ingredient That Provides Longer-Lasting Protection
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Women in Science Receive Less Credit for Their ContributionsStudy first to use new dataset to show gender differences in scientific attribution
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Local Economic Data Encourages Legislators to Open Emails—But Only DemocratsRandomized study shows that including data for legislators on the local economic impact of an issue can encourage engagement, but it varies by party