In general, softer cheeses have a lower fat content than hard cheeses because they have a higher percentage of water. Cream cheeses and cheeses labeled double and triple cream are the exceptions as they are particularly high in fat, containing
According to a report in New Scientist, Dimitris Lagoudas at Texas A and M University, US, and his team, developed the new designs. Turbulence is a big problem for engineers as chaotic air flow sets up unstable vortices and patterns
Previous studies at Brookhaven Lab have found that chronic abuse of alcohol and other addictive drugs increases the brain's production of dopamine, for the present study scientists hypothesized the same. "By increasing dopamine D2 receptor levels, we saw a dramatic
A UCLA psychologist Golnaz Tabibnia and along with colleagues Ajay Satpute and Matthew Lieberman, used a psychological test called the "ultimatum game" to explore fairness and self-interest. For the test, Person A was given a pot of money having 23
A team of researchers, headed by Associate Professor Ruth Ganss have discovered that a gene, known as RGS5, is capable of reversing angiogenesis, the growth of blood vessels inside the tumour. "It's the uncontrolled growth of blood vessels and the
The researchers, who carried out the study in collaboration with experts from the World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Influenza Surveillance Network, found that viruses that originate in East and Southeast Asia and migrate around the world give rise to the
The researchers say that they have applied it in a study on mice, which provided proof-of-concept that the treatment doubles pregnancy rates. Associate Professor Claire Roberts, who led the study, has revealed that he has received 294,750 dollars in from
Approximately 1 in 20,000 people have two copies of a genetic mutation that prevents red blood cells from producing energy and causes anaemia. And patients with the condition often die young. But, according to Philippe Gros, a geneticist at McGill
The researchers say that their findings are based on various mutations observed during the two studies. According to them, the new research overturns common beliefs that the neurodegenerative disease mostly occurs in a random fashion or due to undetermined environmental
The researchers see this advantage as outweighing the fact that growth rates are much slower in organisms with large brains, which is also a cause of delay in reaching the age of adulthood reproduction. During the study, a quartet of
Led by Joshua Puhl, Ph.D., and Karen Mesce, Ph.D., in the Departments of Entomology and Neuroscience, the study has found a possibility that the human nervous system, within each segment or region of spinal cord, may have its own "unit
These results are significant because it's possible that if we can reduce or eliminate heavy smoking and drinking, we could substantially delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease for people and reduce the number of people who have Alzheimer's at any
For the study, researchers at the University of Arizona College of Nursing, USA, spoke to 110 women entering the menopause i.e. when periods can become lighter or heavier and occur at longer or shorter intervals. The participants' average age was
Robert Henkin and his colleagues at the Center for Molecular Nutrition and Sensory Disorders in Washington DC say that their study builds on a previous study, which showed that people with hyposmia have low levels of two proteins in the
In the study, to be presented at the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 60th Anniversary Annual Meeting in Chicago, researchers analysed the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, a national database of 20 percent of all hospital admissions for cardiac arrest to U.S.
The recent findings come from a study of nearly 2,000 residents of Olmsted County, Minn., who ranged in age from 70 to 89. Dr. Rosebud Roberts of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., and her colleagues followed the participants beginning
