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What Makes A Host Profitable? Parasites Balance Host Nutritive Resources Against Immunity
January 4, 2008 — Is host immunity enough to explain parasite success? Scientists have shown that parasites balance host nutritive resources against immunity. They conducted research in a free-living colonial bird ... > full story -
New Research Promises Personalized Dietary Guidelines
December 30, 2007 — Better diets for fighting diabetes, obesity and heart disease may soon be only a finger-prick away. By analyzing the unique metabolic changes in an individual's body, researchers hope to develop more ... > full story -
Software: Serious Games In Virtual Worlds
December 21, 2007 — Serious games are designed not to entertain, but to teach. Students learn by doing, and games range from simulating medical procedures to promoting peace in Palestine. Now researchers are developing ... > full story -
Cryptic Messages Boost Data Security
December 21, 2007 — Quantum cryptography, or quantum key distribution, enables two communicating parties to produce a shared random bit string know only to them, which can be used as a key to crypt and decrypt messages. ... > full story -
Scientist On Quest For Disappearing Eel
December 21, 2007 — Environmental scientists will be trying to determine whether American eels -- the slimy, snake-like fish considered worldwide to be a food delicacy -- are dying from chemical pollution in Lake ... > full story -
Active Computer Games No Substitute For Playing Real Sports
December 20, 2007 — New generation active computer games stimulate greater energy expenditure than sedentary games, but are no substitute for playing real sports, according to a new ... > full story -
Monkeys Can Perform Mental Addition
December 18, 2007 — Monkeys have the ability to perform mental addition. In fact, monkeys performed about as well as college students given the same test. The findings shed light on the shared evolutionary origins of ... > full story -
Aging In Salmon Depends On Choosy Bears
December 11, 2007 — According to George Bernard Shaw: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." But how fast does that aging occur once started? In the case of populations of ... > full story -
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US Middle School Math Teachers Ill-Prepared, Study Finds
December 11, 2007 — Middle school math teachers in the United States are not as well prepared to teach this subject compared to teachers in five other countries, something that could negatively affect the US as it ... > full story -
No Real Increase In Obesity Among Adults; But Levels Still High, CDC Study Finds
November 30, 2007 — After a quarter century of increases, obesity prevalence has not measurably increased in the past few years but levels are still high -- at 34 percent of U.S. adults aged 20 and over, according to a ... > full story
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