Flowering plants attract pollinating insects with scent from their flowers and bright colors. If they…
Month: March 2014
Brawn matters: Stronger adolescents, teens have less risk of diabetes, heart disease
Adolescents with stronger muscles have a lower risk of heart disease and diabetes, according to…
Meeting climate targets may require reducing meat, dairy consumption
Greenhouse gas emissions from food production may threaten the United Nations climate target of limiting…
Medication does not reduce risk of recurrent cardiac events among patients with diabetes
Use of the drug aleglitazar, which has shown the ability to lower glucose levels and…
Heart valve systems compared
Among patients undergoing aortic valve replacement using a catheter tube, a comparison of two types…
Why we miss subtle visual changes, and why it keeps us sane
Ever notice how Harry Potter’s T-shirt abruptly changes from a crewneck to a henley shirt…
Northern and southern hemisphere climates follow the beat of different drummers
Over the last 1000 years, temperature differences between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres were larger…
Carbohydrate digestion and obesity strongly linked
New research indicates that obesity in the general population may be genetically linked to how…
Earth’s dynamic interior: Multiple compositional components of Earth’s deep mantle carried up to surface
Seeking to better understand the composition of the lowermost part of Earth’s mantle, located nearly…
Heatâconducting polymer cools hot electronic devices at 200 degrees C
By harnessing an electropolymerization process to produce aligned arrays of polymer nanofibers, researchers have developed…