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Brain on sugar: Study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory
Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for six weeks may make you stupid as it impacts your brain.
May 15, 2012
Iowa State, Salk researchers make plant protein
Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins,
May 14, 2012
Gene therapy for hearing loss: Potential and limitations
Regenerating sensory hair cells, which produce electrical signals in response to vibrations within the inner ear, could be done with gene therapy.
May 11, 2012
Snack choices of fourth- and fifth-grade students
A study by a University of Oklahoma researcher and a colleague locks at the snack choices a child makes choosing healthy or unhealthy snacks.
May 10, 2012
Dogs – Man’s best friend – may conquer man’s most feared illnesses
It could be that dogs, man’s best friend, might one day be man’s best healer because they can provide a variety of medical benefits to people.
May 9, 2012
Curiosity mission to determine climate change, life on Mars
Climate change on Earth is always a big topic. Climate change on Mars could be even bigger and will be studied by the Curiosity mission.
May 8, 2012
TheSkyNet set to conquer more of our universe
TheSkyNet has joined forces with the Pan-STARRS1 Science Consortium (PS1SC) to probe other galaxies beyond our own Milky Way.
May 8, 2012
Earthquake had surprising ecological effects in Chile
The reappearance of long-forgotten habitats and the resurgence of species unseen for years may not be among the expected effects of an earthquake.
May 4, 2012
White dwarf stars caught consuming Earth-like exoplanets
Astrophysicists have pinpointed four white dwarf stars surrounded by dust from shattered planetary bodies which once bore striking similarities to the Earth.
May 3, 2012
Orion’s Belt: Sifting through dust nearby
An image of the region surrounding Orion’s Belt, shows clouds of cosmic dust threaded through the nebula like a string of pearls.
May 2, 2012
