‘Traffic-light’ and numeric calorie labels cut calorie consumption by 10 percent
Menu selections with corresponding color-coded calorie labels.Credit: Penn Medicine
Imagine you're ordering lunch from your favorite online delivery spot, and just before submitting your order,...
Depressed, Out of Work? Study Suggests Skills to Help Land a Job
Unemployed people were more likely to land a job if they used skills commonly taught as part of cognitive therapy for depression, a new...
‘Mosh pits’ in star clusters a likely source of LIGO’s first black holes
Northwestern University astrophysicists have predicted history. In a new study, the scientists show their theoretical predictions last year were correct: The historic merger of...
Historic fossils find new life telling the story of ancient proteins
The first fossil skull of Castoroides ohioensis found in 1845 alongside the skull of a modern beaver. Credit: New York State Museum
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At any skill level, making art reduces stress hormones
A piece of art created by a study participant using both markers and modeling clay. They said the experience was "therapeutic, relaxing thoughtful."Credit:...
Gravitational Waves Detected from Second Pair of Colliding Black Holes
Two black holes merged and released gravity waves that reached Earth on December 26, 2015, marking the second observation of gravity waves by the...
Opioids increase risk of death when compared to other pain treatments
Long-acting opioids are associated with a significantly increased risk of death when compared with alternative medications for moderate-to-severe chronic pain, according to a Vanderbilt...
Simple Numbers Game Seems to Make Kids Better at Math
Although math skills are considered notoriously hard to improve, Johns Hopkins University researchers boosted kindergarteners' arithmetic performance simply by exercising their intuitive number sense...
Use of Camelid antibodies for structural biology
The figure depicts one of the X-ray crystal structures solved by the research team. Shown is the serine protease urokinase-type plasminogen activator (green) in...
Age, obesity, dopamine appear to influence preference for sweet foods
For people with obesity, the brain's reward system may be operating differently than those who are not obese.
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Black holes and the prospects for measuring gravitational waves
An artist's concept of a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy.Credit: NASA – JPL/Caltech
The supermassive black holes found at the centre...
