Why Both Stimulating And Blocking GLP-1R Helps People Lose Weight
Understanding which brain circuits respond to weight loss medications and how they behave could lead to better weight loss with fewer side effects.
Uroptychus Cartesi - New Species Of Crab Found Off The Coast Of Spain
You'd think European waters would be pretty well documented by now but nature always has surprises. Uroptychus cartesi is a crab in the 5-7 cm (including claws) size range that has been found at nearly a mile deep in the underwater mountains facing the Galician coast - Spain. Also intriguing: Its closest relative is in the Caribbean Sea.
Not Being Racist Hurts Diversity, Say Psychologists
Should there be racial quotas in university admissions? In jobs? What about gender quotas or political ones?America has more equality than any country in the world and so many organizations and institutions have elected to further relegate racial issues to the past by deemphasizing race or remove it entirely from their decision-making processes. People will be hired on qualifications so everyone who wins knows they won for the right reasons.
Olympic Swimming: Which Stroke Works Better, Sculling Or Deep Catch?
The two most common swimming strokes used by athletes training for the Olympic Games either pull the swimmer through the water like a boat paddle or whirl to the side like a propeller.Which arm motion works best is a big argument among elite swimmers and their coaches but a university research study has picked a winner - which will be no comfort at at all to actual athletes and their coaches.
B-bar Meson Makes Cracks In The Standard Model?
Recent data from BaBar, a high energy physics experiment at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (originally Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) may suggest possible flaws in the Standard Model of particle physics, the reigning description of how the universe works on sub-atomic scales. BaBar, a detector built to measure the decay of B mesons and their anti-particles, B-bar mesons and named after those particles, weighed 1,200 tons, and was 6 meters long and 6 meters in diameter.
Photosynthetic Algae - Green Factories For Alternative Fuels
Scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory have shown that ramping up the overall metabolism of algae by feeding in more carbon increases oil production as the organisms continue to grow - and that may point to new ways to turn photosynthetic green algae into tiny "green factories" for producing raw materials for alternative fuels.
Patapsco Aquifer In Maryland Has Ground Water A Million Years Old
A new study says a portion of the groundwater in the upper Patapsco aquifer underlying Maryland is truly ancient- over a million years old.
This Is What Your Brain Looks Like When You Lose Control
Self-control is a finite commodity. Neuroscientists recently took a look at what happens when a person runs out of patience and loses self-control.This self-control, they say, is limited and once the supply has dwindled, we're less likely to keep our cool when a situation that requires self-control comes around. We have all seen people who lose it over 'nothing' and recognize it may be pent-up frustration.
Would You Like A Fecal Matter Or Non-Fecal Matter Hotel Room?
A new study suggests that your next hotel room stay may come with a bonus - someone else's fecal matter.Katie Kirsch, an undergraduate student at the University of Houston, presented the work at the 2012 General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. The study was designed as the first step in applying the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) system to hotel room cleanliness. Originally developed by NASA, HACCP is a systematic preventive approach that identifies potential physical, chemical and biological hazards and designs measurements to reduce these risks to safe levels.
French Company Gets $25 Million From U.S. Department Of Energy For Solar Plant
Soitec, part of Euronext Paris, has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is giving them a SUNPATH award in the amount of $25 million to support its new North American solar manufacturing facility in San Diego, California. SUNPATH, which stands for Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home, is part of the U.S. governments controversial efforts to increase America's manufacturing competitiveness in the solar market.
An International Call To Action To Alleviate Drug Shortages
Society is in a tough spot. Drug companies are culturally vilified and routinely sued when things go bad - all in return for only a few years of profitability before anyone can make the new drugs they develop - the FDA is constantly under pressure to expedite new drugs to respond to patient needs and governments are increasing pressure and regulation.
Small wonder there are fewer early stage drug companies and drug shortages. The situation is even worse in Europe, both in their cultural resistance to modern science and anti-business climate.
Transparent Solar Film Uses Tinted Windows To Generate Electricity
Heliatek GmbH, a technology company in the field of organic photovoltaics, has announced that its transparent solar films could be used to be integrated between the glass sheets of double glazed windows. These windows would look like tinted glass as the unique vapor deposition technology for the solar films allows for a homogeneous coating of the solar layer without any distracting patterns or irregularities.
KELT North - The Little Telescope That Could
Think it takes James Webb Space Telescope money-pit type funding to do (or someday do) astronomy these days?Not so, some astronomers get it done with a lens equivalent to a digital camera. As the saying goes, it's not the size of your aperture, it's the vigor of your numerical analysis that counts.The KELT North telescope in southern Arizona has a tiny lens - really tiny. But it has revealed the existence of two very unusual faraway planets in a big way, according to Ohio State University doctoral student Thomas Beatty and Vanderbilt University research scientist Robert Siverd, who detailed their discoveries for the KELT-North team at the American Astronomical Society national meeting in Anchorage.
