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Job Slowdown in April Halts Growth in Overall Confidence

By Guest PostApril 28, 2012Economyapril, consumer attitude, consumer confidence, economic optimism, economist, financial situation, growth, household, richard curtin, sentiment index, thomson reuters, university of michigan

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Consumer confidence remained largely unchanged at improved levels in April as consumers were still hopeful about future job gains despite disappointing recent developments, according to economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers.

The Surveys, conducted by the U-M Institute for Social Research, have been monitoring consumer attitudes and expectations for over 60 years. (more…)

Thinking in a Foreign Language Helps Economic Decision-Making

By Guest PostApril 28, 2012Economybusiness people, economic decisions, mode of thinking, non native tongue, rational decisions

In a study with implications for businesspeople in a global economy, researchers at the University of Chicago have found that people make more rational decisions when they think through a problem in a non-native tongue. (more…)

Researchers Give Long Look at Who Benefits From Nature Tourism

By Guest PostApril 28, 2012Environment, Naturebeauty, change, China, christine vogt, governmental official, guangming he, habitat management, junyan luo, kenneth frank, michigan state university, Nature, nature based tourism, panda preserve, social connection, southwestern china, tourist, wei liu, wolong nature reserve

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Using nature’s beauty as a tourist draw can boost conservation in China’s valued panda preserves, but it isn’t an automatic ticket out of poverty for the human inhabitants, a long-term study at Michigan State University shows.

The policy hitch: Often those who benefit most from nature-based tourism endeavors are people who already have resources. The truly impoverished have a harder time breaking into the tourism business. (more…)

UCLA Researchers Combat Global Disease with a Cell Phone, Google Maps and a Lot of Ingenuity

By Guest PostApril 28, 2012Healthcombating infectious diseases, public health threats, rapid diagnostic tests, rdts, smartphone medical diagnostics

In the fight against emerging public health threats, early diagnosis of infectious diseases is crucial. And in poor and remote areas of the globe where conventional medical tools like microscopes and cytometers are unavailable, rapid diagnostic tests, or RDTs, are helping to make disease screening quicker and simpler. (more…)

Research Shows Why One Bacterial Infection is So Deadly in Cystic Fibrosis

By Guest PostApril 28, 2012Scienceacute infection, amal amer, antibiotics, anwari akhter, arwa abu khweek, autophagy, bacterial infection, bacterium, basant abdulrahman, benjamin kopp, burkholderia cenocepacia, cf, chronic destruction, cystic fibrosis, genetic mutation, kyle caution, lung infection, lung tissue, macrophage, mia tazi, mice and humans, molecule, ohio state university, p62, rapamycin

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Scientists have found why a certain type of bacteria, harmless in healthy people, is so deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis.

The bacterium, Burkholderia cenocepacia, causes a severe and persistent lung infection in patients with CF and is resistant to nearly all known antibiotics. Cystic fibrosis is a chronic disorder characterized by a buildup of mucus in the lungs and other parts of the body, and various types of lung infection are responsible for about 85 percent of deaths in these patients. (more…)

New Graphene-Based Material Could Revolutionise Electronics Industry

By Guest PostApril 27, 2012Scienceconductive material, graphene based conductors, graphexeter

The most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of Exeter (more…)

Blood Samples Show Deadly Frog Fungus at Work in the Wild

By Guest PostApril 27, 2012Naturechytrid fungus, deadly dehydration, electrolyte balance, frog population, fungal infection, vance vredenburg, wild frogs, wildlife diseases

Pathogen leads to dehydration, other ill effects

The fungal infection that killed a record number of amphibians worldwide leads to deadly dehydration in frogs in the wild, according to results of a new study. (more…)

2012 Plastino Scholars

By Guest PostApril 27, 2012Educationdave plastino, off campus projects, plastino scholars

Life-changing opportunities made possible by donor’s generosity

From working on solar-powered energy in India and conducting historic research on the Jewish community of Buenos Aires, to studying the world parrot crisis and examining music and dance in Bali, the four 2011 Plastino Scholars recounted their experiences at a dinner on Thursday, April 26, that celebrated their experiences and welcomed the incoming 2012 cohort. (more…)

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