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Chemistry World
March 7, 2007
Victoria Gill |
The Brain's Insatiable Appetite Revealed It's no longer a question of will power. Scientists have shown how obesity disrupts the brain's ability to regulate appetite, meaning that the fatter a person becomes, the more difficult it is to resist those extra portions.   |
Psychology Today
Jan/Feb 2007
Sherry Baker |
The Home Team Advantage Testosterone and estrogen drive touchdowns and boost brainpower, but they work their magic with a selectivity that science is only beginning to understand. A primer on how these counterintuitive chemicals truly shape us. |
Chemistry World
March 6, 2007
Michael Gross |
Nature's Supramolecular Chemistry Researchers studying a bacterial molybdenum-storage protein have teamed up with inorganic chemists to resolve the structure of the storage protein's central cavity. |
Chemistry World
March 5, 2007
Victoria Gill |
Protein Stops HIV Infection in its Tracks Researchers have identified a protein that might help explain why promising microbicide gels are yet to prove effective against HIV transmission. |
Chemistry World
March 2, 2007
Philip Ball |
Giving Life a Hand Why are proteins left-handed and nucleic acids right-handed? Once offered only a few sketchy theories, scientists have found more alternatives for creating homochirality. |
Chemistry World
March 2007
Philip Ball |
Opinion: The Crucible Understanding why nature's materials are so smart could be the first step to educating synthetic polymers. |
Wired
March 2007
Steven Gulie |
A Shock to the System To slow the progress of Parkinson's disease, doctors planted electrodes deep in my brain. Then they turned on the juice. |
Chemistry World
February 28, 2007
Victoria Gill |
Antioxidant Supplements do More Harm Than Good A damning report published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association has added fuel to the health controversy surrounding antioxidant supplements, concluding that some of them increase the risk of death. |
Chemistry World
February 23, 2007
Michael Gross |
X Labelling Springs a Surprise In stark contrast to expectations, researchers have found that the active versions of genes on X chromosomes are more heavily methylated than the inactive versions. |
Smithsonian
March 2007
Sam Hooper Samuels |
Curtains for the Pallid Sturgeon Can biologists breed the "Dinosaurs of the Missouri" fast enough to stave off their extinction? |
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