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Alcohol and first sexual experience: Risks for young women

BUFFALO, N.Y. - If a young woman's first sexual experience involves alcohol, she is more likely to be at risk for problems such as sexual assault, and this risk may persist in her future, new research finds.

The study, authored by Jennifer A. Livingston, PhD, senior research scientist at the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), surveyed 228 women, ages 18 to 20, about their sexual experiences and drinking habits. The average age the women began drinking was 14 and the average age for first sexual intercourse was 16.

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Tropical Depression 19E slowly organizing in Eastern Pacific

Tropical Depression 19E appeared just a little more organized on infrared satellite imagery on October 15 as it continued moving through the Eastern Pacific Ocean.NOAA's GOES-West satellite captured an infrared image of Tropical Depression 19E at 1800 UTC (10 a.m. EDT) that showed a large area of convection (clouds and thunderstorms) near the center of circulation. The GOES image, created by the NASA-NOAA GOES Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, also showed some bands of thunderstorms in the northwestern quadrant of the storm.

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Satellite sees wind shear battering Tropical Depression Nora

An infrared satellite image of Tropical Depression Nora taken early on October 15 showed the storm was still holding together south of Hawaii, despite strong wind shear.

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NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite sees Tropical Storm Champi near northern Marianas Islands

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite spotted Tropical Storm Champi dealing with wind shear in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. A Tropical Storm Warning is currently in effect for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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How can plants utilize hardly digestible organic phosphorus?

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Is the first commercial gene therapy product within sight?

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Patterning oxide nanopillars at the atomic scale by phase transformation

Researchers at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) have carried out a collaborative study aimed at precisely controlling phase transformations with high spatial precision, which represents a significant step forward in realizing new functionalities in confined dimensions.

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Quantum physics meets genetic engineering

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Shift in weaning age supports hunting-induced extinction of Siberian woolly mammoths

ANN ARBOR--Chemical clues about weaning age embedded in the tusks of juvenile Siberian woolly mammoths suggest that hunting, rather than climate change, was the primary cause of the elephant-like animal's extinction.

Woolly mammoths disappeared from Siberia and North America about 10,000 years ago, along with other giant mammals that went extinct at the end of the last glacial period. Current competing hypotheses for the mammoth's extinction point to human hunting or climate change, possibly combining in a deadly one-two punch.

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The CNIO opens up a new avenue for combating the deterioration in blood stem cells

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The size of your hippocampi could indicate your risk of cognitive impairment

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How to mine silica sand without damaging roads

A new study addresses the potential impacts of frac sand mining on public roadways by providing an overview of successful methods used to minimize potential damage to roadways while maximizing the benefits of industrial sand mining to the community.

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New clinical guideline to help clinicians treat circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders

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New drug candidate is promising therapeutic option for angiogenic retinal diseases

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Breakthrough research reveals a new target for Alzheimer's disease treatment

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