News
- Health & Medicine
Tackling stroke and heart risks
Lowering cholesterol in diabetes patients lessens their risk of heart attack or stroke, even when their initial cholesterol was in the normal range.
-
Sperm defender has second role
An antimicrobial protein may also trigger maturation of sperm.
- Health & Medicine
Compound in salsa kills off Salmonella
Cilantro, one of the key ingredients of salsa, harbors an antibacterial compound that attacks Salmonella bacteria.
- Physics
Squashed spheres set a record for filling space
Modestly deformed spheres can stack with unexpected compactness.
- Health & Medicine
Hepatitis C drugs are less effective in black patients
A standard drug combination for hepatitis C is less likely to knock out the virus in blacks than in whites.
