Monthly Archives: December 2003

Want the best champagne for your New Year’s Eve bash? Look for the bubbly with the smallest bubbles, report French scientists in the Dec. 17 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Gerard Liger-Belair of the University of … Continue reading →

With the glut of cholesterol-free everything on the market, now comes the cholesterol-free mouse, reports an international team of researchers in the Dec. 19 Science. Cholesterol, despite being notorious for clogging arteries and contributing to heart disease and strokes, has … Continue reading →

What would the holidays be like without those almost-impossible-to-crack dark-brown Brazil nuts on the table? We might find out if the Brazil nut industry doesn’t change its ways, says a study in the Dec. 19 Science. Brazil nut trees are … Continue reading →

Silver was the most popular car color in the United States, Europe, and Asia last year, according to the most recent DuPont Global Color Popularity report, and its popularity doesn’t appear to be waning. Silver is a safe choice, in … Continue reading →

When you think of the heroes of the animal world, rats don’t usually come to mind. Oh, sure, they’ve been used in countless experiments that have greatly enhanced scientific knowledge, but they’re not working right by our side like dogs, … Continue reading →

Scientists may not be able to turn back time, but physicists at Harvard University have stopped light in its tracks. Mikhail Lukin and colleagues have brought light, which normally travels at a phenomenal 186,000 miles per second, to a complete … Continue reading →

From bacteria to mice to men, add the chimpanzee, our closest relative, to the growing number of creatures having their genomes — their genetic blueprints — sequenced and decoded. Eric Lander of the Broad Institute, a joint venture between the … Continue reading →

Not so long ago, NASA’s now-defunct Galileo mission found hints that some of Jupiter’s moons held oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen crusts, sparking the question, if they harbor water, do they harbor life? To help answer that question, … Continue reading →

Researchers from the University of Arizona have found that rain and lightning are intimately linked. Before you snicker at the obviousness of the findings, E. Philip Krider of the University’s Institute of Atmospheric Physics, collaborating in two independent experiments, stated … Continue reading →

Most of us know a compulsive runner or gym rat who completely freaks out if they have to miss a workout, but it’s been debated whether exercise addiction is a real or imaginary phenomenon. Now a study from the University … Continue reading →