Professional ballet dancers have more control over their muscles than individuals with no dance training,…
Month: January 2016
Zombified caterpillars forced to carb-load by parasitoid wasps
Parasitoid wasps manipulate their caterpillar hosts into eating a more wasp-friendly diet, report investigators. It…
Snakes show that eating can be bad for your health
Eating increases the amount of damaging reactive molecules in the body, potentially shaping and constraining…
Physicists simulate innovative method for starting up tokamaks without using a solenoid
Scientists have produced self-consistent computer simulations that capture the evolution of an electric current inside…
Bringing popular South American food fish to Florida
Have you dined on Arapaima? South Americans eat the fish regularly, and now researchers are…
Radiation an important addition to treatment for pancreatic cancer surgery candidates
Radiation therapy was associated with a lower risk of cancer recurrence in pancreatic cancer surgery…
Broken bone may lead to widespread body pain, not just at the site of the fracture
Breaking a major bone may increase risk of widespread chronic body pain in later life,…
Overweight young people can avoid diabetes risk if they lose weight early enough, says new research
Obese young people can still turn their chances of developing life threatening illness around if…
High blood sugar levels could lead to heart attack complications
Direct evidence of blood vessel contraction due to glucose (sugar) has now been demonstrated for…
Tools for protecting drinking water
We place high demands on the quality of our drinking water. If pathogens or toxic…