Posts Tagged ‘Tulane University’
Fast-food diners say, ‘Downsize me’
TULANE (US) — Asking consumers if they would like a smaller portion may be a better approach to curb overeating than posting calorie counts. Continue…
Thursday, February 9, 2012 11:55 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Aug 29, 2011 12:21 - 3 Comments
Bacteria turn newspapers into biofuel
TULANE (US) — A novel bacterial strain uses recycled newspaper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for gasoline. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 27, 2011 17:09 - 0 Comments
Kids with HIV living well longer
TULANE (US) — Children born with HIV are living well into adolescence and adulthood, according to a new study that also finds advances in treatment have all but eradicated mother-to-baby transmission of the disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 14, 2011 9:04 - 1 Comment
New stint for hypertension meds
TULANE (US) — High blood pressure medication may reduce the risk of stroke and congestive heart failure in patients with a history of cardiovascular disease but who don’t have hypertension. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 23, 2010 12:39 - 0 Comments
Tricking cancer cells to go suicidal
TULANE (US) — A new treatment that causes cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing surrounding healthy cells, has been successful in animal models. (more…)
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2010 14:30 - 0 Comments
Fish offer lesson in movement
TULANE (US) — A computational model of a swimming fish offers important insight into the interaction of internal and external forces on locomotion. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 20, 2010 13:19 - 0 Comments
HIV’s 30,000-year-old ancestor
TULANE / ARIZONA (US) — The HIV-like virus that infects monkeys is thousands of years older than previously thought, according to a new study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 19, 2010 11:21 - 2 Comments
Amazon megastorm felled half a billion trees
TULANE (US)—A single, violent storm that swept across the Amazon forest in 2005 killed half a billion trees, far more than previously suspected, according to the first study to produce an actual body count of the losses. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jul 13, 2010 8:31 - 0 Comments
Fish morphs as neighborhood changes
TULANE (US)—Scientists have found a species of river fish that is able to change into a new shape as its river environment gets dammed up and goes from a fast-flowing river current to the still waters of a reservoir. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jun 24, 2010 15:11 - 2 Comments
Could melting ice cause a cold snap?
TULANE (US)—Earth was just coming out of an ice age 9,300 years ago when a cataclysmic event occurred that plunged the planet into a cold “snap” that lasted for centuries. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 21, 2010 11:29 - 4 Comments
Adhesive mimics gecko’s gravity-defying grip
TULANE (US)—A four-year-old gecko named Nikki is among a family of reptiles inspiring scientists to develop a new type of reusable dry adhesive. Researchers anticipate dry adhesives may one day be used as self-stick notes and page tabs that would not leave a residue, as bandages that would not fall off when wet, and possibly as adhesive pads on astronaut’s shoes. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Nov 16, 2009 17:35 - 0 Comments
Predicting when rogue waves will strike
TULANE (US)—Physicist Lev Kaplan is hoping to calculate the probability of where and when rogue ocean waves will form. A probability warning for a rogue wave would be similar to the “cones of probability” used in tornado and hurricane forecasting. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 10, 2009 13:42 - 2 Comments
TV making tots more aggressive?
TULANE (US)—Three-year-old children who are exposed to more TV appear to be at an increased risk for exhibiting aggressive behavior, according to a new study. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 16, 2009 4:00 - 3 Comments
Clip offers newborns a healthy start
A team of bioengineers has developed the SafeSnip device, shown at center, that could help save lives in regions where home births are common and infants are susceptible to infections caused by unsanitary conditions. (Credit: Paula Burch-Celentano)
Health & Medicine - Sep 14, 2009 11:37 - 0 Comments
Race to stop new smallpox threat
TULANE (US)—A nationwide effort is under way to develop an inhaled version of an antiviral drug to treat smallpox, a disease that was eradicated worldwide in the 1970s but one that has re-emerged as a possible bioterrorism weapon.
Science & Technology - Jun 8, 2009 12:12 - 0 Comments
Regrow limbs like a salamander?
TULANE (US)—Can the salamander’s natural ability to grow back severed appendages lead to a breakthrough for humans who have lost limbs? Research led by a Tulane University biologist may yield the answer. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 4, 2009 15:44 - 1 Comment
Low-cost diabetes drug gets second look
TULANE (US)—Can an old drug perform new wonders? A team of researchers at Tulane and Harvard universities is partnering with the National Institutes of Health to test the abilities of salsalate, an inexpensive generic drug, to control diabetes. (more…)
Health & Medicine - May 27, 2009 10:17 - 0 Comments
The skinny on why some battle the bulge
The Tulane University study aims to characterize the genetic relationships between race, gender, and obesity, according to Tina Thethi, assistant professor of endocrinology and principal investigator.
Earth & Environment - May 27, 2009 9:55 - 1 Comment
Tree-killing hurricanes worsen global warming?
TULANE (US)—A first-of-its-kind, long-term study of hurricane impact on U.S. trees shows storm damage can diminish a forest’s ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming. (more…)
