Data reveals men are most likely to start businesses for the money, women for social…
Month: April 2012
New hormone for lowering blood sugar
New evidence points to a hormone that leaves muscles gobbling up sugar as if they…
How a cancer drug leads to diabetes-like state
Scientists have discovered why diabetic-like symptoms develop in some patients given rapamycin, an immune-suppressant drug…
Infection linked to dangerous blood clots in veins and lungs
Obesity, smoking and diabetes are among the most common risk factors linked to blood clots….
Former pro pitcher now keeps ‘strike zone’ in proteins
Perhaps no other biochemist in the world has his own baseball card, but Elih Velázquez-Delgado,…
Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking, study suggests
Obesity adds more to health care costs than smoking does, reports a new study.
In-depth look at homework distractions
Homework distraction has been linked to a wide range of variables.
To boldly go where no glass has gone before: Glass made in absence of gravity
New glass to be made in the absence of gravity could revolutionize the way we…
Arteries under pressure early on: Mice fed a high-fat diet show signs of artery damage after only six weeks
High fat diets cause damage to blood vessels earlier than previously thought, and these structural…
Bilingual children switch tasks faster than speakers of a single language
Children who grow up learning to speak two languages are better at switching between tasks…