As an epidemic destined to escalate into a health care nightmare, obesity promises to affect this generation and beyond unless steps are taken to thwart the persistence of poor nutrition.
What: International FRET Symposium and Workshop on FRET Microscopy, both hosted by the Keck Center for Cellular Imaging When: March 10 (symposium), March 8-13 (workshop) Location: Gilmer Hall, Room 130 Who: Everyone from students to faculty to professionals The annual FRET symposium will be held at the University this year to honor Prof.
What: Scientists have found a way to make piezoelectric materials more flexible by combining them with silicone rubber, increasing their potential for use on or within the body.
A recent study presented at the 2011 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons suggests that stretching might not be necessary before a workout.
A recent study has shown that macaques can experience uncertainty and self-doubt. The macaques, which are Old World monkeys, were trained to play a videogame in which they judged the density of a pixel box on a computer screen.
Registered nurses are the largest group of health care professionals in the United States. With developments in technology and the restructuring of medical institutions to more efficiently meet the needs of patients, the employment undertaken by this workforce of 2.9 million is subject to constant change. Researchers have started to describe the general development of nursing science as a transition from intuition-based practices to evidence-based practices.
His cry was hoarse, but not from overuse. From a 2-month-old baby, one comes to expect a wailing crescendo, yet one of his vocal cords was partially paralyzed, such that his throat only released a dry whimper.
Who: Harvard research team, led by Harvard Chemistry Prof. George Whitesides, presented its design and experimental results for the microelectromechanical systems force sensor at the Institution for Electrical and Electronics Engineers MEMS 2011 conference. What: The MEMS force sensor is a paper accelerometer that senses motion and measures an object's g-forces.
Six researchers on a simulated flight to Mars finally have 'landed' there after spending more than 250 days in a series of locked steel tubes mimicking a spacecraft.
New fossil evidence from Hadar, Ethiopia suggests that Australopithecus afarensis, the humanoid species thought to have existed between about 2.9 and 3.7 million years ago, had the first modern feet.
Human interference with delicate ecosystems can have significant, long-term effects. The introduction of rats to Hawaii, for example, has decimated many of the island's bird species.
WHO: After more than 10 years of design work, Canadian inventor Raymond Li has developed the first marketable water-powered jetpack, the JetLev. WHAT: The JetLev is a personal jetpack that can lift the pilot up to 30 feet in the air and fly forward at 22 mph.
Dr. Michelle Riehle and colleagues from the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, recently have discovered a new type of mosquito in Burkina Faso.
The Amazon rainforest drought of 2005 had such devastating effects on the habitat that scientists believed it was a "once in a century" event.
Recent research publications have changed the way people think about brain organization in dramatic ways.
Who: Boeing's spy plane development team was awarded an $89 million contract for its design of SolarEagle as a part of the U.S.
The Hubble Space Telescope has detected a new galaxy that could be the oldest ever witnessed by humans, according to reports from scientists around the world.
British researchers at the University of East Anglia have identified a cancer-promoting gene, suggesting that blocking this gene would prevent the spread of cancers.
Most college students are already familiar with Web applications, but many do not realize their benefits.
It goes without saying that beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder. But what exactly comprises a person's definition of beauty, or in more general terms, attractiveness? Physical appearance unsurprisingly plays a role in determining a person's level of attractiveness.
