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SciTechDaily: “Do Low-Cal Sweeteners Disrupt Metabolism? New Yale Study Explains Conflicting Findings” plus 16 more |
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- Do Low-Cal Sweeteners Disrupt Metabolism? New Yale Study Explains Conflicting Findings
- A Galactic Collision Warped the Milky Way
- Underwater Smart Glue Goes From Sticky to Not With a Small Zap of Electricity
- Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
- Influenza Virus Changes More Rapidly and Becomes More Virulent With Obesity
- New Vaping Technology Significantly Reduces Exposure to Toxicants
- Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms With New Space Weather Model
- Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV
- Astronomers Watch Faraway Star System Evolve – Rare Chance to Study a Planetary System Forming
- Early Earth May Have Been a ‘Waterworld’ – Likely Covered by a Global Ocean 3.2 Billion Years Ago
- Hidden Vibrations Found in Earthquake Data by Neural Network
- Coronavirus Now in 65 Countries, Spreading to 6 New Countries Overnight, Over 3,000 Deaths
- The World Faces an Air Pollution ‘Pandemic’ – Far Greater Scale Than Wars, Smoking, Malaria
- Sudden Drop in Proportion of Boys Born in Canada After Trump Elected US President
- Frequent Tooth Brushing Linked to Lower Risk of Diabetes
- To Help Prevent Spread of Coronavirus, Researchers Recommend Adding Travel History to Patient Evaluation
- Rival Emerges to Lithium-Ion Batteries: New Potassium Metal Technology
| Do Low-Cal Sweeteners Disrupt Metabolism? New Yale Study Explains Conflicting Findings
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 08:00 AM PST
Several studies in recent years have reported that low-calorie sweeteners in foods and beverages disrupt the human metabolism, promoting the development of diabetes and obesity…. The post Do Low-Cal Sweeteners Disrupt Metabolism? New Yale Study Explains Conflicting Findings appeared first on SciTechDaily.        |
| A Galactic Collision Warped the Milky Way
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 07:19 AM PST
Astronomers have pondered for years why our galaxy, the Milky Way, is warped. Data from ESA’s star-mapping satellite Gaia suggest the distortion might be caused… The post A Galactic Collision Warped the Milky Way appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Underwater Smart Glue Goes From Sticky to Not With a Small Zap of Electricity
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 05:56 AM PST
With a small zap of electricity, biomedical engineers at Michigan Technological University take an underwater smart glue prototype from sticky to not in seven seconds…. The post Underwater Smart Glue Goes From Sticky to Not With a Small Zap of Electricity appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 04:14 AM PST
University students and researchers working on a NASA mission orbiting a near-Earth asteroid have made an unexpected detection of a phenomenon 30 thousand light-years away…. The post Unexpected Glimpse of Newly Discovered Black Hole Caught by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Influenza Virus Changes More Rapidly and Becomes More Virulent With Obesity
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PST
Obesity Promotes Virulence of Influenza Currently, 50% of the adult population worldwide is overweight or obese. Obesity has been shown to increase the severity of… The post Influenza Virus Changes More Rapidly and Becomes More Virulent With Obesity appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| New Vaping Technology Significantly Reduces Exposure to Toxicants
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 02:00 AM PST
A vapor product that contains new-to-world technology has significantly fewer and lower levels of certain toxicants compared to cigarette smoke*, a study has shown. Scientists… The post New Vaping Technology Significantly Reduces Exposure to Toxicants appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms With New Space Weather Model
Posted: 03 Mar 2020 12:48 AM PST
Two-day notice lets satellite operators take protective measures against energetic electrons. A new machine-learning computer model accurately predicts damaging radiation storms caused by the Van… The post Earlier Warning of Satellite-Killing Radiation Storms With New Space Weather Model appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 09:15 PM PST
For people living with HIV, any level of alcohol consumption is associated with lower levels of a protein involved in bone formation, raising the risk… The post Drinking Alcohol Weakens Bones of People Living With HIV appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Astronomers Watch Faraway Star System Evolve – Rare Chance to Study a Planetary System Forming
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 07:59 PM PST
At only 1% the age of the sun, the DS Tuc binary system shows us how a planet might naturally develop before its orbit is… The post Astronomers Watch Faraway Star System Evolve – Rare Chance to Study a Planetary System Forming appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Early Earth May Have Been a ‘Waterworld’ – Likely Covered by a Global Ocean 3.2 Billion Years Ago
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 06:33 PM PST
Kevin Costner, eat your heart out. New research shows that the early Earth, home to some of our planet’s first lifeforms, may have been a… The post Early Earth May Have Been a ‘Waterworld’ – Likely Covered by a Global Ocean 3.2 Billion Years Ago appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Hidden Vibrations Found in Earthquake Data by Neural Network
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 05:50 PM PST
Machine learning technique may help scientists more accurately map vast underground geologic structures. Over the last century, scientists have developed methods to map the structures… The post Hidden Vibrations Found in Earthquake Data by Neural Network appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Coronavirus Now in 65 Countries, Spreading to 6 New Countries Overnight, Over 3,000 Deaths
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 05:20 PM PST
WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 42 Six new Member States (Armenia, Czechia, Dominican Republic, Luxembourg, Iceland, and Indonesia) reported cases of COVID-19 in the… The post Coronavirus Now in 65 Countries, Spreading to 6 New Countries Overnight, Over 3,000 Deaths appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| The World Faces an Air Pollution ‘Pandemic’ – Far Greater Scale Than Wars, Smoking, Malaria
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 04:00 PM PST
Researchers say people’s lives are shortened by an average of nearly three years from different sources of air pollution. Air pollution is responsible for shortening… The post The World Faces an Air Pollution ‘Pandemic’ – Far Greater Scale Than Wars, Smoking, Malaria appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Sudden Drop in Proportion of Boys Born in Canada After Trump Elected US President
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 03:30 PM PST
Sex ratio at birth fell in politically liberal areas, but not in conservative ones. The 2016 US presidential election result, which brought Donald Trump to… The post Sudden Drop in Proportion of Boys Born in Canada After Trump Elected US President appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Frequent Tooth Brushing Linked to Lower Risk of Diabetes
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 03:00 PM PST
Study links frequent tooth brushing to lower risk of diabetes while dental disease and missing teeth associated with increased risk; stronger effect of tooth brushing… The post Frequent Tooth Brushing Linked to Lower Risk of Diabetes appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| To Help Prevent Spread of Coronavirus, Researchers Recommend Adding Travel History to Patient Evaluation
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 02:00 PM PST
A commentary published in Annals of Internal Medicine recommends adding travel history to the patient evaluation to identify risk for potential exposure to CoVID-19, or… The post To Help Prevent Spread of Coronavirus, Researchers Recommend Adding Travel History to Patient Evaluation appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
| Rival Emerges to Lithium-Ion Batteries: New Potassium Metal Technology
Posted: 02 Mar 2020 12:00 PM PST
Rensselaer team finds solution to persistent problem facing potassium-metal batteries. From cell phones, to solar power, to electric cars, humanity is increasingly dependent on batteries…. The post Rival Emerges to Lithium-Ion Batteries: New Potassium Metal Technology appeared first on SciTechDaily.     |
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