Nostalgia for events experienced by members of your own group can make you prefer domestic products over foreign ones, concludes…
Oversized meals have been shown to be a factor in obesity
A study conducted in Brazil, China, Finland, Ghana, India and the United States found 94 percent of meals served in…
Giving high school students the tools to question classic literature
Generations of students have read Shakespeare and Hemingway for high school literature class. Assigning these texts without questioning issues of…
Proper use of cell lines in biomedical studies
Using Research Resource Identifiers (RRIDs) helps reduce the improper use of cell lines in biomedical studies, according to a new…
The GRE fails to identify students that will graduate and hurts diversity
A team of researchers discovered that traditional admissions metrics for physics Ph.D. programs such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)…
Large molecules from dietary fiber can change gut environment through physical forces
Large molecules from dietary fiber, called polymers, can physically influence the environment in the small intestine by causing solid particles…
New findings about anti-malaria drug
Researchers have unveiled the molecular effectiveness of artemisinins. The findings could lead to drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia…
Investigators study effect of switching insulin medications
Switching from higher cost analogue insulin to lower cost human insulin resulted in small increases in blood sugar levels not…
Sleep, mood affect how ‘in control’ older adults feel
Psychology researchers have found another reason that sleep, mood and stress are important: they affect the extent to which older…
‘Small meets smaller’: Dietary nanoparticulates impact gut microbiome
The intestinal microbiome is not only key for food processing but an accepted co-determinant for various diseases. Researchers have now…