Using a survey carried out in a hospital cafeteria in Boston, researchers found that color-coded labels had an effect on customers’ awareness and purchase of healthy food. Read more in Preventive Medicine. Lillian Sonnenberg et Read More
Using information about gravitational waves, acquired from the Parkes radio telescope, scientists have been able to study the growth of supermassive black holes. Read on to know more. Read More
Scientists working in the Channel island of Jersey have stumbled upon geological deposits that may help us understand the disappearance of the Neanderthal populations from the region. Read more in the Journal of Quaternary Science. Read More
In a recent study, physicists placed the strictest limit yet on how much the alpha could change with the density of nearby matter. The method for measuring the constant may help probe whether the value Read More
Researchers have found evidence that magnetic waves in a polar coronal hole contain enough energy to heat the corona, possibly explaining the solar physics conundrum called the “coronal heating problem.” Read more in The Astrophysical Read More
Rosen et al. show that 3,3’-diindolylmethane—produced in the stomach after consuming cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli—protects against ionizing radiation, the kind released in nuclear disasters and used in cancer treatment. Read more in Read More
Researchers Ramkumar et al. have uncovered evidence that the Smurf2 protein, which typically plays an “enforcer” role in cellular aging, could suppress tumor cells. Read more in Nature Communications. Ramkumar et al. Nature Communications, 2013; 4 DOI: 10.1038/Read More