New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased…
Month: January 2013
Intensive training for aphasia: Even older patients can improve
Older adults who have suffered from aphasia for a long time can nevertheless improve their…
Oscillating gel gives synthetic materials the ability to ‘speak’: Material rebuilds itself through chemical communication
Self-moving gels can give synthetic materials the ability to “act alive” and mimic primitive biological…
Pythons, lionfish and now willow invade Florida’s waterways
Foreign invaders such as pythons and lionfish are not the only threats to Florida’s natural…
Obesity drops among children enrolled in NY state Women, Infants, and Children nutrition program
New York children participating in a federal nutrition program had healthier eating behaviors and lower…
Chemists devise inexpensive, benchtop method for marking and selecting cells
Chemists have found an easier way to perform one of the most fundamental tasks in…
Cluster mission indicates turbulent eddies may warm the solar wind
The sun ejects a continuous flow of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields in the…
New marker of drug response may speed pace of lung cancer prevention trials
Testing medicines to prevent lung cancer requires treating many thousands of high-risk individuals and then…
Female athletes three times more likely to suffer from anterior cruciate ligament ruptures
Female athletes are three times more likely to suffer from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ruptures,…
New telescopes to give researchers glimpse of the beginning of time
Where do we come from? What is the universe made of? Will the universe exist…