IMAGE: Optical instruments at TU Wien. view more Credit: TU Wien Electrons are not just little spheres, bouncing through a material
Month: December 2018
Toy Guns Pose Big Threat to Young Eyes
Thinking of buying your kid a BB, pellet or paintball gun for Christmas? Don’t forget eye protection, the American Academy
The brain’s support cells show defective development in Huntington’s disease
The neurological disorder Huntington’s disease causes behavioural and motor changes, which among other things are a result of dysfunctional maturation
Statins are more effective for those who follow the Mediterranean diet
For those who have already had a heart attack or a stroke, the combination of statins and Mediterranean Diet appears
Stress Keeps 1 in 3 Americans Up at Night
Millions of Americans are losing sleep as economic and political stress keeps them tossing and turning at night, a new
New findings reveal the behavior of turbulence in the exceptionally hot solar corona
IMAGE: PPPL Physicist Chuanfei Dong. Credit: Elle Starkman The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona,
Cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce brown adipose tissue
A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind.
FDA Announces Safety Monitoring Measures for Essure Birth Control Device
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is implementing a number of steps for long-term safety monitoring of the permanent birth
Cross-Training for Fitness and Fun
If you’re not yet familiar with the fitness approach called cross-training, it might sound like hard work. But it’s really
Getting the most out of spinach — maximizing the antioxidant lutein
IMAGE: This is Lena Jonasson, professor, Linköping University. Credit: Emma Busk Winquist/Linköping University Eat your spinach in the form of a