The Journal of Young Investigators: An Undergraduate, Peer-Reviewed Science Journal
Volume 19, Issue 17. Nov 2009
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Parasites Explain Advantage of Sexual Reproduction
15 November 2009
Aphids Develops Resistance to Parasitoid Wasps Through Virus-infected Bacteria
15 November 2009
The Key to the Sixth Sense
15 November 2009
The Power of One
04 November 2009
Nanomedicine: A New Frontier in Medicine Offers a Promising Alternative to Chemotherapy
04 November 2009
Disorder-Driven Polymers Prefer Crystalline Order
04 November 2009
A New Theory to Create Bubble Universes
04 November 2009
Disorder-Driven Polymers Prefer Crystalline Order
17 October 2009
"If You're Happy and You Know It"...You Will See More
07 August 2009
New Mathematical Formula Could Prevent Devastation from Tsunamis
30 July 2009
The Light in the Search for Alliens
30 July 2009
Intact Proteins Found in an 80-millon-year-old Duck-billed Dinosaur
25 July 2009
Self-Repairing Car Paint: Just Add Sun
25 July 2009
Action-Packed Video Games Sharpen Teenager's Vision
25 July 2009
Want High Speed Internet? Go Organic!
21 July 2009
Vaccine Found for Killer Strain of Diarrhea
20 July 2009
CREB Provides Clues in Search for a Memory Trace
05 July 2009
How to Cut Jet Lag in Half
05 July 2009
Mutations: Unlocking Humanity’s History
10 June 2009
A Treatment for the Not-So-Common Cold?
26 May 2009
Alaskan Volcano Heats Up After 20 Years of Rest
26 May 2009
Coral Reef Fossils Suggest Rapid Sea Level Rise During Global Warming
21 May 2009
Is Nature Colorblind?
26 April 2009
Acetylaldehyde-Cancer Risk Assessment
26 April 2009
Science Takes on All the Senses
24 April 2009
Adam and Eve—Can a Robot Replace a Scientist?
24 April 2009
New "Functional" Yogurt Proves Promising in Fighting Ulcers and Gastritis
21 April 2009
PowerNap: Putting Computers to Sleep
21 April 2009
Carbon Nanoparticle Could Keep the Flow Going
12 April 2009
Study Finds Eight Gene Mutations that Cause Malignant Brain Tumors in Children
27 March 2009
Asteroid Comes Close to Home
27 March 2009
New Source of Unoxidized Iron (II) Found in Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Plumes
26 March 2009
Toenail Clippings Finally Become Useful
26 March 2009
Anti-Aging Formula—Antioxidants or Free Radicals?
26 March 2009
A New Twist on that Famous Apple Adage
26 March 2009
Tropical Turtle Fossil Gives Clues of the Ancient Arctic Scene
26 March 2009
Mysterious Methane on Mars
26 March 2009
New Born Neurons—Digital Cameras of the Brain
26 March 2009
Vitamins Found to Lower Risk for Age-related Macular Degeneration
11 March 2009
New One-Time Gene Therapy a "Major Advance" in Treating HIV
01 March 2009
PARK 9 Gene – the Rescue Against Manganese-induced Parkinson’s Disease
27 February 2009
Black Coating on New World Wolves Due to Genetic Mutation in Domestic Canines
24 February 2009
Could Female Mice Be the Reason for Increased Fertility in Male Mice?
08 February 2009
Hormone-Disrupting Chemical Pollutants Linked to Male Fertility Problems
08 February 2009
Inhibiting an enzyme enables mice to stay lean on a high fat diet, without exercise
01 February 2009
DNA extraction may uncover medieval manuscripts’ secrets
01 February 2009
Bird Flu Reemerges in China
01 February 2009
US Witnesses Salmonella Outbreak
19 January 2009
Misspelling Is Not Necessarily Bad
08 January 2009
A Rhesus Factor Protein Channels Extra Acids
18 December 2008
Harvard Scientists Uncover the Secrets to Aging
10 December 2008
Rejuvenating the Immune System to Fight HIV
04 December 2008
Meteorites Provide Clues to Planetary Birth
01 December 2008
World Conference on Marine Biodiversity Highlights Progress towards Completing First Census of Marine Life
26 November 2008
A Good Bite of Antioxidants: Purple Tomatoes
18 November 2008
Rural Hospitals Benefit from Hospital-to-Hospital Partnerships in IT Outsourcing
10 November 2008
Black Holes in the Centers of Even Early Galaxies
03 November 2008
Anchoring Mad Cows
30 October 2008
Scientists Uncover Two Possible Roles of Adult Neurogenesis
28 October 2008
Prion Protein May Have Links to Other Neurological Diseases in Cattle
22 October 2008
Friendly Intestinal Bacteria May Play a Role in Warding Off Infection
19 October 2008
2,000 year-old Astronomical Gadget Linked to Greek Games
12 October 2008
Dwarves or Not? New Evidence Disputes Claim That Prehistoric Islanders Were Dwarves
12 October 2008
International Initiative to Wipeout Malaria
12 October 2008
Fuel, Sweet Fuel
12 October 2008
Saliva Proteins Could Reflect Oral Cancer
12 October 2008
“To Thine Ownself Be True": A New Personalized Approach in the Combat against Cancer
12 October 2008
MIT Group Utilizes Viruses to Construct a Microbattery
08 October 2008
Early Diet Modification May be Necessary to Contain Heart Disease
07 October 2008
Cell Movement Mechanism May Provide Clues to Containing Metastasis
01 October 2008
Energy Drinks: A Source of Potential Caffeine Intoxication?
30 September 2008
New Hope for Cystic Fibrosis Patients
21 September 2008
Children of Older Fathers at Higher Risk for Bipolar Disorder
15 September 2008
Don’t Bother Swatting a Fly Again, Unless You Are Faster
15 September 2008
The World’s Largest Particle Smasher Passes Its Final Test
14 September 2008
17th International AIDS Conference – Universal Action, Now
20 August 2008
“Survival of the Fittest”: Running can Slow Aging Process
20 August 2008
Understanding of Northern lights deepens
14 August 2008
Water Observations Hopeful For Life on Mars
11 August 2008
Security Errors Plague Online Banking
06 August 2008
Rare White Horses: It’s All in the Genes
05 August 2008
ADHD transporter running backwards
29 July 2008
Mapping the Edge of the Solar System in a New Way
23 July 2008
Tenofovir for HIV prevention: gel or tablet
23 July 2008
High Fat Meals May Cause Memory Decline in Diabetic Seniors
11 July 2008
New Heart Stem Cell Source Discovered
07 July 2008
The Two Faces of Mars: Mystery Unmasked?
07 July 2008
Genetically Altered Mouse Shows Ability to Regenerate Beta Cells
01 July 2008
Arctic Drives the Need for POP Identification
28 June 2008
Martial Art Improves Sleep of Elderly
28 June 2008
Artificial tissue, now a reality
22 June 2008
When cannibals attack: the locust story
22 June 2008
Are you paying too much for text messages?
22 June 2008
New synthesis technique may yield better, cheaper drugs
17 June 2008
Low Levels of Vitamin D Correlate with Peripheral Artery Disease
10 June 2008
Stress Induces Overeating Behavior in Rhesus Macaques
04 June 2008
Dinosaur Demise and Earth’s Movement in the Milky Way
28 May 2008
New Computer Game Promises to Help Make Medical Breakthroughs
28 May 2008
Restoring Vision – Seeking the Elixir
15 May 2008
Countering global warming or depleting ozone layer
12 May 2008
The DaVinci® Robot: Reducing Recovery Time and Medical Costs in the Operating Room
11 May 2008
Smoking and drinking: the major risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease
11 May 2008
Cellular Defense Against Genetic Mistakes: Party is Over for Proteins
05 May 2008
Testing the Tree of Life
04 May 2008
Quasars Confound With X-rays
04 May 2008
Quasars Confound With X-rays
03 May 2008
Insects Smell differently
03 May 2008
Mars Avalanche Captured on Film
27 April 2008
Mumps Makes a Comeback to the U.S.
18 April 2008
Drug Companies Keeping Secrets: Negative Clinical Trial Data
13 April 2008
Dementia Risk Widens with Waist
08 April 2008
Titan's Hidden Ocean
08 April 2008
Contributor to Global Warming - Black Carbon
07 April 2008
Planets Reported to Shape Planetary Nebulae
07 April 2008
Exploring Titan
07 April 2008
Gene Clustering facilitates Plant Defense
06 April 2008
Circuits Alive!
06 April 2008
Ocean bacteria bend the rules of photosynthesis
30 March 2008
Larvae of Sand Dollars Stave Off Predators by Self-Cloning
30 March 2008
Drugs like aspirin may reduce the incidence of breast cancer
25 March 2008
New Avenue to Eradicating the #1 killer Cancer
23 March 2008
Cry of the Monkey: Can’t Say You Weren’t Warned…
20 March 2008
Nanotechnology to Solve Water Crises
11 March 2008
Gecko-Inspired Designs for Bypass Surgeries?
04 March 2008
Chemical Constructs Trap Carbon Dioxide Emissions
25 February 2008
Carbon cycle in the rivers; a drop from the ocean
24 February 2008
The New Da Vinci Code: Detecting Hidden Artworks with Terahertz Rays
24 February 2008
“Hold still, I can feel your liver!” New Technology Allows Radiologists to Feel Organs
24 February 2008
Rebuilding a Green City?
14 February 2008
Novel Prostate Cancer Biomarker Surpass Existing Prognostic Tools
13 February 2008
Mitochondrial Diseases: the Cracked Bottleneck of Inheritance
13 February 2008
To Drive-Through or Not To Drive-Through…That Is the Question
13 February 2008
The knot is untied; the C-14 mystery is solved!
11 February 2008
Blind Cavefish Still Sense Light
10 February 2008
Stormy Weather on the Horizon: NASA explores El Niño
08 February 2008
Another Sign of Global Warming? Underwater Deserts Expand Alarmingly Fast
07 February 2008
Genetic analyses may identify ‘hidden’ species
07 February 2008
More than just a bump on the head
01 February 2008
Ultra-cold atom clouds have memory
30 January 2008
Hydrogen Gas Cloud to Smash into Milky Way Galaxy
29 January 2008
Sonic Cloak Makes Users Invisible to Sound Waves
29 January 2008
Evolution of C4 plants
29 January 2008
Yogurt Drinks Might Play a Key Role in Altering Metabolism
26 January 2008
Exercise Daily—your stem cells will thank you
21 January 2008
Make a Heart
20 January 2008
Rewiring Speed Limits
16 January 2008
Cocaine Vaccine stops High
15 January 2008
New Hope for Patients with Spinal Cord Injuries
14 January 2008
Whaling for Science ?
05 January 2008
New Therapy Using Antibiotic Proves Potentially Useful in Treating MS
05 January 2008
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
24 December 2007
Schizophrenia Genes Favoured by Natural Selection
24 December 2007
The emergence of the robot brain
24 December 2007
Einstein’s “Blunder” is Right, After All
18 December 2007
Fragile X Syndrome Mechanism discovered
06 December 2007
Protein Mimics Trap HIV Virus in a Cellular Box
06 December 2007
Candy With Benefits: An Anesthetic Lollipop
06 December 2007
Biofuel Explosion
03 December 2007
Adult stem cells may eliminate Embryo-Related Controversies
28 November 2007
Could Genes Determine Whether Anti-Depressants Make Us Suicidal?
26 November 2007
Scientists Confirm A Cosmic Defect Theory Proposed In the 1990s
26 November 2007
New way to obtain stem cells
25 November 2007
Clash of Ideals in Adirondack Mountains
24 November 2007
HIV vaccines hinder immune response
23 November 2007
Cosmic defect theory of 90s confirmed
23 November 2007
Lack of Serotonin leading violent, aggressive behavior
21 November 2007
Telomere Research Provides New Perspective for Treating Cancer
21 November 2007
Substitute Blood, the Next Big Thing?
21 November 2007
Fat cells in fact aids insulin secretion
19 November 2007
Recently Discovered RNA May Serve as Key to the Mystery of Stem Cells
12 November 2007
Caesarean section raises the asthma risk
11 November 2007
Smallpox Vaccine Takes on Cancer
09 November 2007
Lethal Genes Present A Barrier to Bacterial Horizontal Gene Transfer
07 November 2007
Towards a better source of insulin
04 November 2007
New anesthetic kills pain without side effects
03 November 2007
Iron Fertilization and Carbon Sequestration
03 November 2007
The 2007 Nobel Prize for Physics: Intriguing Industrial Applications
02 November 2007
New Insight into Panic Attacks: Carbon Dioxide is the Culprit
02 November 2007
Scientists find building blocks of new planet
31 October 2007
Mapping protein evolution one fold at a time
27 October 2007
Anticipation of sleep benefits heart
27 October 2007
Paramedics Take Heat from Emergency Departments
20 October 2007
Popular HIV-Suppressing Drug Nelfinavir Adds Cancer Fighting to Its Repertoire
17 October 2007
A memory of neurobiology
17 October 2007
Nanothreads of Living Tissue Embark in New Direction
16 October 2007
Algorithmic Progress in Neural Prosthetic Devices for Paralyzed and Amputated Patients
16 October 2007
Will the Ocean Become a Cocktail to Save the Planet from Global Warming?
16 October 2007
Marburg Virus: The Hidden Killer
13 October 2007
Elephants to “Buzz Off” Bees’ Territory
13 October 2007
Real time footage of DNA-enzyme interaction
13 October 2007
Too Much Sleep Can Kill
10 October 2007
Rising Hospital Infections a Growing Problem
10 October 2007
Improving the Diagnosis and Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease
09 October 2007
Annihilation Lasers and the First Antimatter Molecule
04 October 2007
The Beating of an Artificial Heart
04 October 2007
Friendship as an Antidote to Dating Violence
30 September 2007
20 Year’s Reflection on Montreal
30 September 2007
Banishing Hunger in a Jiffy: Project Peanut Butter Fights Malnutrition in Malawi
29 September 2007
Saturn Moon Ready for its Close-Up
27 September 2007
Role-playing Gene in Schizophrenia is Involved in More Brain Processes Than Previously Thought
25 September 2007
New Method to Generate Nanoscaffolding To Lead to Improvements in Titanium Implants and Stents
25 September 2007
Greenhouse Gases Put the Lives of Polar Bears in Jeopardy
25 September 2007
Schizophrenia Genes Favoured by Natural Selection
25 September 2007
“Relax, it’s not a laser…” Using Ultrasound Beams to Repair Lung Injuries
16 September 2007
New Competition for the Energizer Bunny
12 September 2007
Stress and Pregnancy
11 September 2007
Pregnancy Nightmares
06 September 2007
Genetic Craving for a Drink or Smoke
28 August 2007
DNA Vaccine Provides New Hope for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis
28 August 2007
Drink Up! More Evidence for the Power of Green Tea
24 August 2007
Deep Brain Stimulation Awakens a Man in Minimally Conscious State
24 August 2007
Gene Regulation is Missing Link
20 August 2007
Newly Discovered Planet Helps Explain Our Solar System
17 August 2007
Bacteria Do Not Add to Aging
17 August 2007
Glial Cells: More than What Meets the Afferent Neuron of the Eye?
17 August 2007
Hope for Allergy Sufferers
14 August 2007
Easy Come Easy Go for Breast Cancer Therapy
06 August 2007
Monkey Virus Yields New Insight into Evolution of HIV
04 August 2007
Zap those tumours away!
03 August 2007
Potential Diabetes Cure Grown in GMO Lettuce
03 August 2007
Coffee Boosts Body's Anti-Cancer Ability
03 August 2007
Brain Connectivity Linked to Susceptibility to Peer Pressure
31 July 2007
Natural Selection Saves Majestic Butterfly
30 July 2007
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Gaining Legitimacy
30 July 2007
Chemotherapy Better than Radiation for Children with Cancer
27 July 2007
Study May Lead to New Therapies for Neurodegenerative Disease
26 July 2007
Lymph Nodes Hold Clues to Esophageal Cancer Recovery
25 July 2007
Stem Cell Therapy for Type I Diabetes
25 July 2007
Accelerated Brain Loss Documented in Bipolar Disease
24 July 2007
Osteoarthritis Slows Recovery Following Knee Surgery
22 July 2007
Studying DNA Damage Through the Generations
21 July 2007
Internal Clock and Light Exposure Regulate Plant Growth
20 July 2007
‘Tumor Paint’ Illuminates Cancer Cells
20 July 2007
Prior Brain Tumors Affect School Performance
20 July 2007
Stem cells aid Parkinson’s in primates, but only temporarily
20 July 2007
Insect Cyborg Sentinels
18 July 2007
Corn Syrup No Worse than Sucrose, Study Shows
17 July 2007
Genetically Thin? CD38 enzyme is necessary for diet-induced obesity
15 July 2007
Does Older Mean Smarter?
15 July 2007
Buddhist techniques still hold value in modern day neuroscience
13 July 2007
First Baby Created From Lab-Matured Egg
13 July 2007
New Treatment Punches Holes in Tumors
10 July 2007
Scientists find new language between nervous system cells
08 July 2007
Analyze This! Anger Helps Decision Making
08 July 2007
Pay Taxes - Be Happy
08 July 2007
Newspapers Lend Support to Organ Transplantation
07 July 2007
Frog Egg Cells May Provide the “Magic Bullet” for Destroying Brain Tumors
07 July 2007
Studying Mutant Mice through Mutant Non-Gene DNA
07 July 2007
Body’s Largest Organ Artificially Produced
06 July 2007
Ranking System Determines Landslide Risk
06 July 2007
What To Do When Preventative Measures Cause Harm: New Developments with Vaccines
05 July 2007
Bacterial Protein Presents Clues to Treating Cancer
03 July 2007
The World through a Whisker: Brain Plasticity in the Wake of Sensory Loss
30 June 2007
Researchers Study Arctic Hydrothermal Vents
29 June 2007
Genes May Determine Asthma Medication
29 June 2007
Blocked By Buckyball: Fullerenes inhibit Allergic Response
28 June 2007
Balance Organ Indicates How Extinct Species Moved
26 June 2007
One More Reason to Wear Bug Spray: Mosquito Immunity Genes Studied
26 June 2007
Growing Body Parts: Artificial Blood Vessels from Muscle-Derived Stem Cells
26 June 2007
It’s Not Easy Seeing Green: Improving Mice Vision with a Single Gene
25 June 2007
Influence of protein VIVID on Circadian clocks
22 June 2007
Virus Able to Transmit Genes in Deafness Therapy
22 June 2007
Got Allergies? Don’t Try to Wash Them Away!
22 June 2007
New Research Provides Clues to Eliminating Cancer Permanently
19 June 2007
Laser Technique Shows Cancer on Inner Layers of Skin
15 June 2007
Stem Cell Therapy May Treat World’s Leading Cause of Blindness
15 June 2007
The future of science depends on you...
12 June 2007
Heavy Snoring Affects Neurotransmitter Involved in Alzheimer’s
08 June 2007
Shark Cartilage Does Not Treat Lung Cancer, Study Shows
05 June 2007
New Method Developed to Extract Biofuel from Wood
01 June 2007
Exercise May Be 'Fountain of Youth'
29 May 2007
Diabetic? Sick of those non-healing ulcers? Here’s a good news!
25 May 2007
Prion Infectivity Explained in Yeast Prions
18 May 2007
First Use of Gene Therapy to Treat Sight Disorder
18 May 2007
Kicking the brain into addiction: a new side to the morphine story
15 May 2007
Monkeys Provide Clues to How Antidepressents Work
11 May 2007
Race Only Skin Deep in Colorectal Cancer Survival
10 May 2007
New Nano-technology Brings Clearer View of Water
07 May 2007
New Ways of Combating Antibiotic Resistance
07 May 2007
Ancient Global Warming Linked to Volcanic Eruptions
07 May 2007
Pain Drugs Don't Prevent Dementia, Studies Suggest
04 May 2007
Hepatitis A Virus Yields Clues About How Pathogens Survive in the Liver
29 April 2007
Exercise More, Eat More, Weigh Less
28 April 2007
Robots Read Human Thoughts
19 June 2006
Self-exploding capsules enable timed drug delivery
19 January 2006
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