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Rachael Rettner • December 31, 2008
A new study finds that gut microbes may help protect against the onset of type 1 diabetes.
Carina Storrs • December 30, 2008
A glass of red wine or a few too many has been known to make morning-after memory a touch foggy. But, in moderation, this beverage may prove a potent adversary […]
Allison Bond • December 26, 2008
An enzyme could offer clues to a new treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Shelley DuBois • December 24, 2008
Researchers find a possible treatment for African sleeping sickness in a drug usually used for organ transplant recipients.
Shelley DuBois • December 17, 2008
Researchers use lab rats to examine the role of choice in drug-seeking behavior.
Rachael Rettner • December 10, 2008
Improving this enzyme’s function decreases tissue damage during a heart attack and could even help with hangovers.
Shelley DuBois • December 9, 2008
Nestled in two trapezoids on the second tier of the food pyramid, dairy and red meat are often lauded as sources of calcium and protein but linked to cancer and […]
Genevra Pittman • December 5, 2008
The Wii gaming system goes beyond playtime as a rehab tool for all ages.
Lindsey Konkel • December 3, 2008
Eavesdropping plants drop hints about ecosystem health.
Robert Goodier • December 2, 2008
Biofilms. They’re like Frankenstein’s monster in microscopic form. They are living, heaving, powerful patchworks of microscopic creatures that have learned to seize the advantage of numbers. When individual, free-wheeling microbes […]
Allison Bond • November 26, 2008
There are two kinds of people: those who think that physics’ biggest experiment, the Large Hadron Collider, is a waste of money, and those who don’t. OK, that might be […]
Allison Bond • November 25, 2008
After waiting nearly two hours for a bus in the rain, my muscles felt tight and my pulse was racing. But I dialed up Creedence Clearwater Revival on my iPod, […]
Lynne Peeples • November 21, 2008
Google’s cleverness seems to know no limits. Evidence of this was last month’s “Goggles” add-on for Gmail that forces the intoxicated emailer to answer five math questions correctly–in less than […]
Genevra Pittman • November 21, 2008
The right kind of Web support could help patients with eating disorders.
Frederik Joelving • November 19, 2008
A new birth control pill carrying a load of modified testosterone may boost sexual desire in women on the Pill.