Got sugar? Glucose affects our ability to resist temptation
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (8) |
0
New research from a lab at Florida State University reveals that self-control takes fuel — literally. When we exercise it, resisting temptations to misbehave, our fuel tank is depleted, making subsequent efforts at self-control ...
Serial killers may kill more victims than we think
Dec 03, 2007 |
3.8 / 5 (9) |
1
Serial killers might be responsible for up to 10 times as many U.S. deaths as previously estimated, according to an analysis by a criminologist at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.
Wild strawberries may reduce cancer risk
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (7) |
0
We've all seen the term "super food" used to describe those nutrition-loaded edibles that promote health and discourage disease. Powerhouse foods high in antioxidants and phytochemicals that block the development ...
Peanut Allergies Showing Up At Much Earlier Ages
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (7) |
1
Children are being exposed to peanuts and exhibiting signs of life-threatening peanut allergies at much earlier ages, according to a new study from researchers at Duke University Medical Center, who caution parents and care-givers ...
Slow reading in dyslexia tied to disorganized brain tracts
Dec 03, 2007 |
3.9 / 5 (8) |
0
Dyslexia marked by poor reading fluency -- slow and choppy reading -- may be caused by disorganized, meandering tracts of nerve fibers in the brain, according to researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and ...
Climate change predicted to drive trees northward
Dec 03, 2007 |
3.8 / 5 (8) |
0
The most extensive and detailed study to date of 130 North American tree species concludes that expected climate change this century could shift their ranges northward by hundreds of kilometers and shrink the ranges by more ...
Giardia loses its hold on intestinal tissue after 'tonic shock'
Biology /
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.3 / 5 (7) |
0
Known in America chiefly as the bane of hikers, the single-celled intestinal parasite Giardia lamblia is a major cause of diarrheal illness worldwide with estimates of 100 million infections a year. The parasite colonizes ...
Best treatment identified to reduce deadly Staph infections
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
0
One type of over-the-counter product for topical wound care is more effective than others in killing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, or MRSA, which is potentially deadly and in recent years has moved ...
Coated Ultrasmall Quantum Dots Suitable for In Vivo Imaging
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
0
Quantum dots have shown promise in a variety of imaging and therapeutic applications, particularly when they are coated to render them biocompatible. However, such coating can increase the size of quantum dots signficantly, ...
UVic Biochemist Stares Down Superbug
Biology /
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
0
University of Victoria biochemist Dr. Alisdair Boraston has discovered something new about a nasty superbug—a discovery that could lead to new drugs to combat it.
Researchers develop new genetic method and identify novel genes for schizophrenia
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.5 / 5 (6) |
0
Scientists at the Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified nine genetic markers that can increase a person’s risk for schizophrenia. In a study published this week in ...
Pulselike and Cracklike Ruptures in Earthquake Experiments
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 03, 2007 |
5 / 5 (5) |
0
Lab experiments that mimic the way the ground moves during destructive earthquakes require some sophisticated equipment, and they yield valuable insights. California Institute of Technology scientists studying how sliding ...
NASA approves space mission to unlock the secrets of magnetic reconnection
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
0
NASA has stepped up to the challenge of an NRC study by defining a four-spacecraft constellation that will probe known magnetic reconnection sites with the highest-resolution charged particle, electric field and magnetic ...
Humans not the major target of Shiga toxin
Biology /
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.6 / 5 (5) |
0
If you’ve survived Shiga toxin and the after-effects of food poisoning, you may have been the innocent victim of a battle for survival between predator and prey.
Proposed federal rule threatens 2 decades of established law
Biology /
Dec 03, 2007 |
4.2 / 5 (5) |
0
The Society for American Archaeology (SAA) has condemned a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Interior that would put in jeopardy the highly productive compromise that was reached when the Native American Graves Protection ...
