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Observation Study
An observational study is done by observing individuals and/or measuring a given outcome. In observational studies, no attempt is made by the researchers to intervene or alter the outcome. An example of an observational study is surveying a random group of individuals about what they eat for breakfast and determining if their breakfast habits impacted body weight.
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SEP 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 07, 2017Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu ...Written By: Kerry EvansSEP 06, 2017Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically, ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2017Cardiology
There are two sides to heart disease, literally corresponding to the two sides of the heart, left and right. There are d ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 05, 2017Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 02, 2017Cancer
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of Apple, would have been intrigued by a new app that researchers say can detect ...SEP 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 31, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2017Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
September 1st is the day that a massive 2.7-mile-wide asteroid dubbed Florence will safely pass the Earth at just 4.4 mi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
If you were to observe the South pole of Mars, you would see lots of dark spider-shaped landforms known as araneiforms. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 30, 2017Neuroscience
Often, when there is a need to study how a particular part of the body works, researchers can create a lab version of an ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 28, 2017Videos
In this video from the Koch Institute at MIT, you can see work that won an Image Award for 2017. The image was generated ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
A common class of chemical compounds found in many household items may be de-energizing mammalian cells.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 22, 2017Cancer
A relatively recent class of cancer drugs may be more potent than scientists thought, having both the capacity to stop c ...AUG 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a massive asteroid more than 2.7 miles across is about to get up-close and personal to the Earth. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter exhibits a powerful energy aurora, but scientists observing the giant gassy planet through the eyes of the Juno
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2017
Microbiology
Our innate immune system has a lot of ways to deal with invading pathogens - macrophages gobble up bacteria, for one. Bu
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
SEP 06, 2017
Cardiology
A complex electrical environment is responsible for the human heart beat, and it’s prone to errors. Historically,
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Not only does Uranus rotate almost completely on its side, an abnormal sort of behavior for any planet in our solar syst
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2017
Cardiology
There are two sides to heart disease, literally corresponding to the two sides of the heart, left and right. There are d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ask almost anyone you know what supernovae are, and you’ll probably hear how they’re the result of a star co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 05, 2017
Plants & Animals
If you were to seek a list of some of the world’s most poisonous animal species, you’d be hard-pressed not t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2017
Cancer
Steve Jobs, the late co-founder and CEO of Apple, would have been intrigued by a new app that researchers say can detect
...
SEP 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the biggest questions astronomers can ask after discovering new exoplanets is whether they’re habitable. Th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Research has demonstrated that a new therapy is effective at treating Parkinson's disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2017
Earth & The Environment
How much can 1 degree really hurt? A new study published in Current Biology has just answered that question, and the res
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
September 1st is the day that a massive 2.7-mile-wide asteroid dubbed Florence will safely pass the Earth at just 4.4 mi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to observe the South pole of Mars, you would see lots of dark spider-shaped landforms known as araneiforms.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 30, 2017
Neuroscience
Often, when there is a need to study how a particular part of the body works, researchers can create a lab version of an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While we know that Saturn has some of the most robust planetary rings of any other planet in the solar system, one thing
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 28, 2017
Videos
In this video from the Koch Institute at MIT, you can see work that won an Image Award for 2017. The image was generated
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A common class of chemical compounds found in many household items may be de-energizing mammalian cells.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Over the last several years, a distant system containing the star KIC 8462852 (also known as Tabby’s Star) has rec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 22, 2017
Cancer
A relatively recent class of cancer drugs may be more potent than scientists thought, having both the capacity to stop c
...
AUG 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Earth and Venus share a lot of qualities with one another, but there are some striking differences that set the two plan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a massive asteroid more than 2.7 miles across is about to get up-close and personal to the Earth.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Stem cells may be a new therapeutic avenue for baldness or alopecia, in which hair is lost because of aging, chemotherap
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
All the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun while independently rotating in one direction or another at various sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard