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Life & Chemistry

Food Odors Linked to Lifespan Extension in Fruit Flies

Scientists have known for decades that restricted dietary intake can increase the lifespan of many species, but the mechanism that causes this is not…

Life & Chemistry

Electrons Navigate Proteins Like City Commuters

It's often swiftest to take the subway, Beratan notes, but riders may sometimes elect to alter their route by exiting the train for a short cab ride or a walk…

Life & Chemistry

Genetic fingerprints identify brain tumors' origins

The finding adds a new layer of complexity to the quest to understand the causes of childhood brain cancers, according to senior author David H. Gutmann, M.D.,…

Life & Chemistry

Scientists see DNA get 'sunburned' for the first time

Ohio State University chemists and their colleagues in Germany used a special technique to watch strands of DNA in the laboratory sustain damage in real time. They observed the most common chemical reaction among a family of reactions on the DNA molecule that are linked to sunburn, and discovered that this key reaction happens with astounding speed — in less than one picosecond, or one millionth of one millionth of a second….

Studies and Analyses

Erectile Dysfunction: Key Factors Affecting 18 Million Men

The prevalence of erectile dysfunction was strongly linked with age, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and a lack of physical activity. The findings also…

Environmental Conservation

Traveling in the right direction — lessening our impact on the environment

Researchers funded by the Economic and Social Science Research Council and based at Oxford University found that the climate change impact of individuals'…

Studies and Analyses

Study Reveals High Rates of Parasomnias in Children

Thornton B.A. Mason II, MD, PhD, of The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, advise…

Life & Chemistry

Noise Echoes Transform Cell Communications Research

Dawei Hong, an assistant professor of computer science, Joseph Martin, a professor of biology, and William Saidel, an associate professor of biology, are…

Earth Sciences

Research team uses satellite to track Earth's water

A team of scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., used the Tropospheric Emission…

Health & Medicine

Remote Device Empowers Cardiologists to Monitor Patients Daily

A mini-antenna built into the implanted defibrillator sends data to a wireless system placed in the patient’s home. The data is automatically transmitted to a…

Life & Chemistry

New Compound Inhibits HIV Spread by 80% in Patients

A nucleic acid, 2-5AN6B inhibited HIV replication in white blood cells from a group of 18 HIV infected patients by up to 80 percent, regardless of the…

Materials Sciences

New Theory Expands Potential of Composite Materials

Writing in the Feb. 2 issue of the journal Physical Review Letters, Engineering Physics Professor Walter Drugan proves that a composite material can be stable…

Environmental Conservation

First endangered fish species recovers — and in New York City's Hudson River

Doug Peterson, a former Cornell postdoctoral researcher now at the University of Georgia who worked with Cornell's Mark Bain on the study, holds a shortnose…

Physics & Astronomy

Space Tech Enhances Healthcare: APL & Johns Hopkins Team Up

A small group of APL researchers, in collaboration with physicians from the Johns Hopkins Scleroderma Center in Baltimore, developed and recently completed…

Studies and Analyses

Efficacy and Safety of Oral Phenylephrine: Systematic Review

BACKGROUND: Oral phenylephrine is used as a decongestant, yet there is no published systematic review supporting its efficacy and safety.OBJECTIVE: To assess…

Studies and Analyses

Mood-Food Connection: How Emotions Influence Comfort Eating

In the January issue of the Journal of Marketing, Brian Wansink, the John S. Dyson Professor of Marketing, Applied Economics and Management at Cornell, and two…

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