Taxes on sugary products and labels on the front of packages can help reduce sugar consumption, according to a study from the University of Waterloo.
New Research Suggests Sugar Taxes and Labelling Are Effective
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New Imaging Tool for Diagnosing Heart Disease
An international team led by scientists from Lawson Health Research Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center are the first to show that Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) can be used to measure how the heart uses oxygen for both healthy patients and those with heart disease.
Study of Northern Alaska Could Rewrite Arctic History
Parts of Alaska’s mountainous Brooks Range were likely transported from Greenland and a stretch of the Canadian Arctic much farther to the east, according to a series of Dartmouth-led studies detailing over 300 million years of Arctic geologic history.
Fossil Zooplankton Indicate That Marine Ecosystems Have Entered the Anthropocene
It can be said that marine plankton has now entered the Anthropocene epoch.
NIST Study Identifies Chemical Blends as Possible Alternative Refrigerants
More than a dozen chemical blends could serve as alternative refrigerants that won’t heat the atmosphere as much as today’s refrigerants do, or catch fire, according to a new computational study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
Scientists Discover ‘Switch’ That Helps Breast Cancer Spread Around the Body
The early-stage research, led by scientists from Imperial College London and The Institute of Cancer Research, London, identified a genetic ‘switch’ in breast cancer cells that boosts the production of a type of internal scaffolding.
