EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral ScienceThe premier online source for science news since 1996. A service of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.Get smart about what you eat and you might actually improve your intelligence- July 2, 2008 (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology) New research findings published online in the FASEB Journal provide more evidence that if we get smart about what we eat, our intelligence can improve. According to MIT scientists, dietary nutrients found in a wide range of foods from infant formula to eggs increase brain synapses and improve cognitive abilities.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/foas-gsa070208.php G8 summit: Opportunity for immediate action on climate change- July 2, 2008 (Conservation International) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's recent pledge of 500 million Euros over four years to conserve tropical forests starts to address a major source of greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change. Germany's G8 partners -- the United States, Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Japan and Russia -- can take immediate action on climate change by making a similar commitment and promoting forest conservation as an important and viable way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/ci-gso070208.php Exploding asteroid theory strengthened by new evidence located in Ohio, Indiana- July 2, 2008 (University of Cincinnati) Was the course of life on the planet altered 12,900 years ago by a giant comet exploding over Canada New evidence found by UC assistant professor of anthropology Ken Tankersley and colleagues suggests the answer is affirmative.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/uoc-eat070208.php Sen. Byron Dorgan to be honored- July 2, 2008 (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International) Volunteers representing the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, the American Diabetes Association and the National Indian Health Board will present Sen. Byron Dorgan with the 2008 Congressional Leadership Award for his leadership on extending the Special Diabetes Program in Congress. The meeting will be held at 11:30 a.m. in the Buchli Room at the Hilton Garden Inn in Grand Forks.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/jdrf-sbd070208.php ETH Zurich and IBM improve diagnosis of osteoporosis- July 2, 2008 (ETH ZurichSwiss Federal Institute of Technology) Using a Blue Gene supercomputer, scientists of ETH Zurich and the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory demonstrated the most extensive simulation yet of actual human bone structure. This achievement may lead to better clinical tools to improve the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis, a widespread disease that worldwide affects one in three women and one in five men over the age of 50.http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-07/ezfi-eza070208.php |