February 28, 2011
Talking Science and the Google Science Fair [Video]
"We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated,” said President Obama in his recent State of the Union address, “but the winner of the science fair.” The first Google Science Fair, for which Scientific American is a partner, will do just that. More important, simply doing a science-fair project is a great way to explore questions about ...
Spanish team flags up ‘right’ formulation for functional bread
A blend of oat, rye, and buckwheat flours with wheat flour ensures a bread with added value in terms of nutrition, palatability, shelf life and ease of handling during processing, in comparison to bread from whole grain flours, finds a Spanish study.
Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure
Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels, according to a new study. Adults with higher sodium intake had a stronger association between sugar-sweetened beverages and high blood pressure.
BioPartnering North AmericaTM Kicks Off with Record Attendance and an Upbeat Outlook for 2011
Over 800 delegates, from 500 companies and 27 countries joined TVG – Your Global Life Science NetworkTM and LifeSciences British Columbia at the launch of BioPartnering North AmericaTM 2011 today at the Vancouver Convention Centre in Canada.
Binge eaters’ dopamine levels spike at sight, smell of food
A brain-imaging study reveals a subtle difference between ordinary obese subjects and those who compulsively overeat, or binge: In binge eaters but not ordinary obese subjects, the mere sight or smell of favorite foods triggers a spike in dopamine -- a brain chemical linked to reward and motivation. The findings suggest that this dopamine spike may play a role in triggering compulsive overeating.