Cameron Crazies like to paint themselves uniformly in blue, but a similar herd mentality could ruin your chances of winning a March Madness bracket, according to a paper by a Duke graduate student.
More...Duke study: To win your bracket, don’t follow the crowd
Source: The Duke Chronicle
Princeton U. scientists find new bacterial cell wall proteins
Source: Daily Princetonian
Princeton University researchers have identified two proteins used by E. coli bacteria to form protective outer membranes. This discovery could help scientists find ways to block the membrane-formation process and create new antibiotics to combat diseases like meningitis, gonorrhea and typhoid fever.
More...U. Central Florida students send fecal matter into space
Source: Central Florida Future
A group of University of Central Florida students is designing a satellite that will likely be launched into outer space. But this is not just any satellite — this satellite is full of it.
More...Research indicates ‘viral sex’ causes flu epidemics
Source: Daily Collegian
Interaction between two viruses leads to the development of new viruses, which contribute to influenza outbreaks, said Martha Nelson, a graduate student in the department of biology and the lead author of the study.
More...Chippewa tribe asks U. Michigan to return remains, relics
Source: Michigan Daily
At Thursday’s meeting of the University of Michigan’s Board of Regents, members of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan asked the University to return hundreds of sets of human remains and relics they say belong to their ancestors.
More...Research: Patients believe expensive drugs work better
Source: Daily Vidette
Researchers found that 61 percent of those taking “discounted” pills said they experienced a lesser amount of pain compared with 85 percent of the participants who believed they were consuming regularly priced medications.
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