Once-weekly interval walking may be as effective as exercising three times weekly for reducing body fat and improving fitness in adults with central obesity. A new study suggests that getting fit may not require squeezing in workouts several times a week after all. Researchers at the School of Public Health at the LKS Faculty of […]
Are Your Choices Really Yours? New Brain Study Raises Big Questions
A new study reveals that the brain may handle voluntary and forced decisions using remarkably similar neural mechanisms. Picture yourself standing in line at a bakery, trying to choose between a doughnut and a tart. After thinking it over, you decide on the doughnut. But when you finally reach the counter, the doughnuts are gone, […]
Are Your Choices Really Yours? New Brain Study Raises Big Questions
A new study reveals that the brain may handle voluntary and forced decisions using remarkably similar neural mechanisms. Picture yourself standing in line at a bakery, trying to choose between a doughnut and a tart. After thinking it over, you decide on the doughnut. But when you finally reach the counter, the doughnuts are gone, […]
Super Jupiters Expose a Long Standing Space Mystery
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered surprising evidence about how enormous “super Jupiter” planets are born. The discovery blurs the line between massive planets and brown dwarfs, the objects often called failed stars. Giant Gas Planets Push the Limits of Planet Formation Gas giants are enormous planets made mostly of hydrogen and […]
The Universe’s Most Powerful Particles May Be Even Stranger Than Scientists Thought
Scientists have discovered that ultraheavy atomic nuclei could explain some of the highest-energy cosmic rays ever observed. The particles may come from extreme events such as neutron-star mergers and collapsing massive stars. Scientists may have uncovered a new clue behind the origin of the most energetic particles ever detected in the universe. Ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays […]
A Deadly Bird Disease Has Taken Over Hawaiʻi’s Forests
A new study led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher has found that nearly every forest bird species in Hawaiʻi can help spread avian malaria. The discovery offers a major clue as to why the disease has become so widespread across the islands wherever mosquitoes are present. The research, published in Nature Communications, […]
A Deadly Bird Disease Has Taken Over Hawaiʻi’s Forests
A new study led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher has found that nearly every forest bird species in Hawaiʻi can help spread avian malaria. The discovery offers a major clue as to why the disease has become so widespread across the islands wherever mosquitoes are present. The research, published in Nature Communications, […]
A Deadly Bird Disease Has Taken Over Hawaiʻi’s Forests
A new study led by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa researcher has found that nearly every forest bird species in Hawaiʻi can help spread avian malaria. The discovery offers a major clue as to why the disease has become so widespread across the islands wherever mosquitoes are present. The research, published in Nature Communications, […]
The Quit-Smoking Tool That’s Beating Patches and Gum
A major review of global smoking cessation research has found that e-cigarettes containing nicotine appear to help people quit smoking more effectively than several other commonly used methods. These include nicotine replacement therapy (nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, etc.), non-nicotine e-cigarettes, and behavioral support programs. The research combined evidence from multiple systematic reviews to provide a […]
The Quit-Smoking Tool That’s Beating Patches and Gum
A major review of global smoking cessation research has found that e-cigarettes containing nicotine appear to help people quit smoking more effectively than several other commonly used methods. These include nicotine replacement therapy (nicotine patches, gum, lozenges, etc.), non-nicotine e-cigarettes, and behavioral support programs. The research combined evidence from multiple systematic reviews to provide a […]