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Reducing Sugar in Packaged Foods Can Prevent Disease in Millions

Reducing the sugar content of commercially prepared foods and beverages will have a larger impact on the health of Americans than other initiatives to cut sugar.

Inefficient Building Electrification Risks Prolonging Fossil Fuels

Direct fossil fuel consumption by buildings, burned in water heaters, furnaces, and other heating sources, account for nearly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

Our Social Interactions Begin at a Young Age

Overdoses in rural and urban areas will spike, finds new study that gives geographic breakdown

Daily Exposure to ‘Forever Chemicals’ Costs United States Billions in Health Costs

NYU Langone Researchers Link the Chemicals to Cancer, Thyroid Disease, Childhood Obesity & Other Medical Conditions

Study Links Insulin Resistance, Advanced Cell Aging with Childhood Poverty

Black adolescents who lived in poverty and were less optimistic about the future showed accelerated aging in their immune cells and were more likely to have elevated insulin resistance at ages 25-29, researchers found.

The Outer Limits: Future Economic Growth in the Face of Diminishing Resources

UC San Diego researcher warns that economic growth is not possible in the long-term

Pre-Teen Children Tend to Associate ‘Brilliance’ to Males: Study

Children hold stereotypical views that ‘brilliance’ is a male trait, and this belief strengthens as they grow up to the age of twelve, researchers from Singapore and the United States have reported.

A New Take on the ‘Marshmallow Test’: When It Comes to Resisting Temptation, a Child's Cultural Upbringing Matters

For decades, studies have shown that children able to resist temptation—opting to wait for two marshmallows later rather than take one now—tend to do better on measures of health and success later in life.

Plant Study Hints Evolution May Be Predictable

Evolution has long been viewed as a rather random process

Helping Students Build Strong Foundations in Ethical Global Health Work

When she was a student at Yale School of Medicine more than a decade ago, Dr. Mei Elansary ’12 conducted a project on the Indonesian island of Borneo.

Similarities in Body Odor May Contribute to Social Bonding

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have found that people may have a tendency to form friendships with individuals who have a similar body odor.

Swiss biologists try to bypass null hypothesis to develop more realistic method

Replacing an entrenched method in scientific research is difficult, even when the method is problematic. Such is the case with shifting from research studies based on the null hypothesis to a more realistic method of estimation.

Novel HIV Combination Therapies Could Prevent Viral Escape and Rebound

A study published July 19 in the journal eLife brings new hope for HIV treatments.

Measuring the Universe with Star-Shattering Explosions

An international team of scientists has analyzed archive data for powerful cosmic explosions from the deaths of stars and found a new way to measure distances in the distant universe.

Whether Speaking Turkish or Norwegian, the Brain’s Language Network Looks the Same

Studying speakers of 45 languages, neuroscientists found similar patterns of brain activation and language selectivity.

Review: IT in Health Care Has Produced Modest Changes — So Far

Large study of existing research shows incremental improvement in patient outcomes and productivity, without big employment changes.

Economists Weigh a New Approach to Unemployment Insurance

Study suggests automatically starting benefits at the outset of a recession would remove uncertainty for workers.

A New Spin on Nuclear Magnetic Moments

New results from researchers at MIT reveal an unexpected feature of atomic nuclei when a “magic” number of neutrons is reached.