A professor of kinesiology, health and sport studies has found that children living in underserved…
Month: July 2011
Supercomputer: SDSC’s Trestles provides rapid turnaround for diverse researchers
Trestles, a supercomputer launched earlier this year, is proving itself as a valuable resource for…
Latin American blueberries found to be ‘extreme superfruits’
With antioxidant levels two to four times higher than the blueberries available in the US,…
Weight-loss surgery cost-effective for all obese, study suggests
Bariatric surgery is not only cost-effective for treating people who are severely obese, but also…
Dust storms: New way to undercut dust emissions
There is literally a way to undercut dust emissions in the very driest parts of…
No difference in women’s and men’s self-esteem in youth and early adulthood, study finds
New research concludes that no significant difference between men’s and women’s self-esteem occurs during adolescence…
Timothy syndrome mutations provide new insights into the structure of L-calcium channel
The human genome encodes 243 voltage-gated ion channels. Mutations in calcium channels can cause severe…
New clues to the structural dynamics of BK channels
BK channels (large-conductance, Ca2+-dependent K+ channels) are essential for the regulation of important biological processes…
Link found between increased crops and deforestation in Amazon, but issue not so cut and dry
Geographers are out to prove what environmental scientists have suspected for years: Increasing the production…
Humans ‘predisposed’ to believe in gods and the afterlife
New research finds that humans have natural tendencies to believe in gods and an afterlife….