5 Ways to Master Your Emotions
Friday, September 3, 2010
Get the top five ways to tweak your emotions and feel great. .. read more..
Give your grocery cart a makeover
Friday, September 3, 2010
Discover new, healthy, delicious foods to add to your shopping list. .. read more..
What's your body type?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Take our quiz to find your type and the appropriate diet and exercise plan for your shape. .. read more..
Do you know your ideal weight?
Friday, September 3, 2010
Find out the optimal weight range for your height and frame size. .. read more..
Behind the Scenes of The Biggest Loser
Friday, September 3, 2010
Find out what the lastest kicked-off contestant has to say about the show. .. read more..
Sensitivity to alcohol odors may indicate a genetic predisposition to alcohol de..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Prior research had found an association between DNA sequence variations in a gene that encodes parts of the brain's gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA)-A receptors (the GABRA2 gene) and alcohol dependence. New research has found that the GABRA2 genotype can also affect the brain's reward responses to cues such as alcohol odors.read more..
Decrease in global carbon dioxide emissions; CO2 from China, India on the rise
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Global carbon dioxide emissions decreased in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade. However, in China and India the emissions increased by 9 and 6 percent. .. read more..
Too much aluminum in infant formulas, UK researchers find
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The aluminum content of a range of the most popular brands of infant formulas remains high, researchers in the UK have found. .. read more..
'You kick like a girl': Men and women use different leg and hip muscles during s..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Significant differences in knee alignment and muscle activation exist between men and women while kicking a soccer ball, according to a new study. Data reveal that males activate certain hip and leg muscles more than females during the motion of the instep and side-foot kicks -- the most common soccer kicks -- which may help explain why female players are more than twice as likely as males to sust.. .. read more..
Scientists identify protein that spurs formation of Alzheimer's plaques
Thursday, September 2, 2010
In Alzheimer's disease, the problem is beta-amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brain and causes nerve cells to weaken and die. Drugs designed to eliminate plaques made of beta-amyloid have a fatal problem: they need to enter the brain and remove the plaques without attacking healthy brain cells. New research, however, suggests that treatments modeled on the blockbuster cancer drug Gleevec .. .. read more..
Researchers create 'quantum cats' made of light
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Researchers have created "quantum cats" made of photons, boosting prospects for manipulating light in new ways to enhance precision measurements as well as computing and communications based on quantum physics. .. read more..
Text messages reveal the emotional timeline of September 11, 2001
Thursday, September 2, 2010
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, have been called the defining moment of our time. Thousands of people died and the attacks had huge individual and collective consequences. But less is known about the immediate emotional reactions to the attacks. For a new study, researchers analyzed text messages sent on September 11, 2001 for emotional words. They found spiking anxiety and steadily i.. .. read more..
Researchers discover how to conduct first test of 'untestable' string theory
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Researchers have planned how to carry out the first experimental test of string theory. String theory was originally developed to describe the fundamental particles and forces that make up our universe. The new research describes the unexpected discovery that string theory also seems to predict the behavior of entangled quantum particles. As this prediction can be tested in the laboratory, researc.. .. read more..
Probing for principles underlying animal flock patterns: A model system for grou..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
A team of physicists from Germany has developed a versatile biophysical model system that opens the door to studying phenomena such as the seemingly choreographed motion of hundreds or thousands of fish, birds, or insects, and probing their underlying principles. Using a combination of an experimental platform and theoretical models, more complex systems can now be described and their properties i.. .. read more..
Biochemical pathway may link addiction, compulsive eating
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Ezlopitant, a compound known to suppress craving for alcohol in humans, was shown to decrease consumption of sweetened water by rodents in a new study. .. read more..
Commercial organic farms have better fruit and soil, lower environmental impact,..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Side-by-side comparisons of organic and conventional strawberry farms and their fruit found the organic farms produced more flavorful and nutritious berries while leaving the soil healthier and more genetically diverse. The study is among the most comprehensive of its kind, analyzing 31 chemical and biological soil properties, soil DNA, and the taste, nutrition and quality of three strawberry vari.. .. read more..
New TB diagnostic proves effective, expedient, study finds
Thursday, September 2, 2010
A molecular test designed to easily diagnose tuberculosis (TB) and detect a drug-resistant form of the bacterium that causes TB can provide much more specific, sensitive and rapid results than currently available TB diagnostics, according to a new study. .. read more..
Economic theory suggests symbiosis is driven by simple self-interest, not reward..
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Applying employment contract theory to symbiosis, a new paper suggests mutually beneficial relationships are maintained by simple self-interest, with partners benefiting from healthy hosts much as employees benefit from robust employers. The new work discounts the theory that host species have evolved to promote symbiosis by promising rewards or threatening punishment.read more..
New solar prediction system gives time to prepare for the storms ahead
Thursday, September 2, 2010
A new method of predicting solar storms that could help to avoid widespread power and communications blackouts costing billions of pounds has been launched by researchers in the UK. .. read more..
Lower blood pressure may preserve kidney function in some patients
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Intensively treating hypertension in some African Americans with kidney disease by pushing blood pressure well below the current recommended goal may significantly decrease the number who lose kidney function and require dialysis, suggests a new study. .. read more..
