2017

- Can’t Switch Your Focus? Your Brain Might Not Be Wired for It
  
  December 19, 2017
  A new study suggests that the extent to which brain signals “stick” to white matter networks is associated with cognitive flexibility, or our ability to switch our focus from one concept to another.
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- Drexel Study: Coloring Books Make You Feel Better, But Real Art Therapy Much More Potent
  
  December 14, 2017
  Many adult coloring books claim to be art therapy and can reduce negative feelings, but art therapists are significantly more impactful, a Drexel study shows.
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- The U.S. Could Easily Hit Its 2020 HIV Prevention Goal By Using One Drug, Drexel Study Finds
  
  December 13, 2017
  If just a quarter of high-risk men who have sex with men were to use daily preventive medicine, the United States could surpass its goal of reducing new HIV infections by 25 percent.
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- Will People Eat Relish Made from ‘Waste’ Ingredients? Drexel Study Finds They May Even Prefer It
  
  December 12, 2017
  
  A new Drexel University study found strong potential for consumer acceptance of a new category of foods created from discarded ingredients.
  
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- Could Death Rates Have Swung the 2016 Election?
  
  December 07, 2017
  A new study shows that climbing mortality rates of middle-aged white people were associated with many counties voting Republican in the 2016 presidential election.
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- Studies Show Barnegat Bay Salt Marshes Provide Millions of Dollars of Water Treatment for Free – For Now
  
  December 07, 2017
  A pair of studies led by Academy of Natural Sciences researchers show that salt marshes along New Jersey’s Barnegat Bay are invaluable for removing nutrients — but they’re threatened by climate change.
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- Microscopic Algae Hold Key to New Jersey’s Nutrient Pollution Now and in the Past
  
  December 07, 2017
  An Academy of Natural Sciences-led study found that the presence of certain species of microscopic algae called diatoms can be reliable indicators of nitrogen pollutions in New Jersey’s bays.
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- When Vegetables Are Closer in Price to Chips, People Eat Healthier, Drexel Study Finds
  
  November 16, 2017
  A new study determined that the difference in price of healthy foods compared to unhealthy foods plays a significant role in whether people have a healthy diet.
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- Academy of Natural Sciences Scan Reveals the Bones of Satan…Fish
  
  November 08, 2017
  A fish named after the devil because of its underground home was scanned by scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences and the University of Texas in the hopes of understanding how it’s related to other catfish.
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- Drexel Researchers Identify 'Master Regulator' Involved in Infant Lung Damage
  
  October 27, 2017
  Blocking the micro-RNA miR-34a significantly reduced bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in mice.
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