Fructose, a natural sugar found in fruits and honey—and in an array of soft drinks and processed foods—may lie at the root of Alzheimer’s Disease, according to researchers at the University of Colorado.
Tag: Science
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ADDING ACETATE TO ASPHALT COULD KEEP ROADS PERMANENTLY ICE-FREE
If you live in a four-season climate, you live with icy roads in winter.
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EARTH MAY HOLD VAST, HIDDEN POCKETS OF HYDROGEN FOR THE TAKING
In 1987, African villagers digging a water well struck a pocket of gas about 330 feet down. The gas streamed out, showing blue in sunlight and gold at night. When a villager looked down the hole while smoking a cigarette, the plume exploded.
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DESIGN FIRM TURNS OFFICE BUILDING INTO URBAN GARDEN
VTN, a Vietnamese architectural firm, is out to turn downtown Ho Chi Minh City green.
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MEET THE FUTURE: DECENTRALIZED VIRTUAL POWER PLANT LAUNCHES IN U.K.
SolarEdge, an Israeli company making solar energy equipment, has invited thousands of Britons who own its home storage batteries as part of their solar power systems to join together in the U.K.’s first virtual power plant.
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STUDY: EXHAUST FROM LEADED GAS COST AMERICANS 800 MILLION IQ POINTS
Since the 1940s, breathing exhaust from leaded gasoline reduced the intelligence of 170 million Americans now living, robbing the nation collectively of 824 million IQ points—about three points per person, according to a study out of Duke University.
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A FIRST: AIRPLANE FLIES WITH NO MOVING PARTS
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have flown an aircraft that has no moving parts.
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AI INVENTS NEW PROTEINS
Life is a process of proteins interacting. What if new proteins never seen before are introduced?
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FLASH OF LIGHT CAN HELP BRAIN LEARN THREE TIMES FASTER
A calm brain is a brain on alpha waves. A brain on alpha waves is ready to triple its learning speed, researchers at the University of Cambridge have found.
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ARTIFICIAL BLOOD IS ON THE WAY
A wide-ranging team of bioscientists and biotech firms are collaborating to concoct artificial blood that can be freeze-dried, then reconstituted by medics on the spot when people are injured in war, car accidents, and other traumas.