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How Beliefs About Obesity Influence Eating Habits

Obesity has become a pressing public health issue in recent years, with two-thirds of U.S. adults classified as overweight or obese and similar trends…

Studies and Analyses

Mice in “Big Brother” Setup Develop Social Structures

Dr. Kimchi and her research team, Aharon Weissbrod, Genady Wasserman, and Alex Shapiro, together with Dr. Ofer Feinerman of the Department of Physics of…

Process Engineering

Siemens and LanzaTech Team Up to Convert Steel Mill Off-Gases

Siemens Metals Technologies and LanzaTech have signed a ten-year co-operation agreement to develop and market integrated environmental solutions for the steel…

Health & Medicine

New Concussion Study: Two Biomarkers Outperform One

The University of Rochester Medical Center just added significant evidence by reporting in the Journal of Neurotrauma that it might be clinically useful to…

Studies and Analyses

Herbal Extract Increases Fruit Fly Lifespan by 25%

The herbal extract of a yellow-flowered mountain plant long used for stress relief was found to increase the lifespan of fruit fly populations by an average of…

Environmental Conservation

Dam construction to reduce greenhouse gases causes ecosystem disruption

An underlying assumption that small hydropower systems pose fewer ecological concerns than large dams is not universally valid, scientists said in the report….

Health & Medicine

New Framework for Evidence-Based Surgical Innovation

An international team of investigators co-led by Weill Cornell Medical College is offering a new framework for evidence-based surgery and device research,…

Health & Medicine

Fiber-Optic Pen Reveals Brain Patterns in Children’s Learning

The device and research using it to study the brain patterns of children will be presented June 18 at the Organization for Human Brain Mapping meeting in…

Life & Chemistry

Body Produces Hydrogen Sulfide for Health Benefits

A new study confirms directly what scientists previously knew only indirectly: The poisonous “rotten egg” gas hydrogen sulfide is generated by our body’s…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

New Insights Into Rice Blast Fungus Threatening Crops

Like a stealthy enemy, blast disease invades rice crops around the world, killing plants and cutting production of one of the most important global food…

Studies and Analyses

Study Links Early Air Pollution Exposure to Childhood Asthma

A research team led by UCSF scientists has found that exposure in infancy to nitrogen dioxide (NO2), a component of motor vehicle air pollution, is strongly…

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Earth Sciences

Seismic Gap Discovered Near Istanbul’s North Anatolian Fault

Earthquake researchers have now identified a 30 kilometers long and ten kilometers deep area along the North Anatolian fault zone just south of Istanbul that…

Materials Sciences

3D Printing Tiny Lithium-Ion Microbatteries: A New Era

3D printing can now be used to print lithium-ion microbatteries the size of a grain of sand. The printed microbatteries could supply electricity to tiny…

Life & Chemistry

Brandeis Inventor Patents Dispersible Anti-Cholesterol Formula

Senior Brandeis research scientist Daniel Perlman ’68 has discovered a way to make phytosterol molecules from plants dispersible in beverages and foods that…

Earth Sciences

Record-Setting Dead Zone Expected in Gulf of Mexico

Scientists are expecting a very large “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on…

Information Technology

Practical Quantum Computing: A Step Toward Real-World Applications

Quantum computing may revolutionize information processing, by providing a means to solve problems too complex for traditional computers, with applications in…

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