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Kids with HIV living well longer
TULANE (US) — Children born with HIV are living well into adolescence and adulthood, according to a new study that also finds advances in treatment have all but eradicated mother-to-baby transmission...
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Bacteria turn newspapers into biofuel
TULANE (US) — A novel bacterial strain uses recycled newspaper to produce butanol, a biofuel that can serve as a substitute for gasoline.TU-103 is the first bacterial strain from nature that produces...
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Fast-food diners say, ‘Downsize me’
TULANE (US) — Asking consumers if they would like a smaller portion may be a better approach to curb overeating than posting calorie counts.The study from Tulane University found that when servers...
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Gulf Coast sea level rise stuck in overdrive
TULANE (US) — A new study shows the rate of sea level rise along the Gulf Coast has increased dramatically during the 20th century, as compared to the preindustrial millennium (600-1600...
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Would first Olympians recognize today’s games?
TULANE (US) — This summer’s Olympic Games in London, with a parade of more than 10,000 athletes from around the world, bear only a slight resemblance to the ancient games in Greece.That’s according to...
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As birds migrate, oil spill effects may travel
TULANE (US) — The full impact of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may still reveal itself as bird migration spreads the disaster far from the Gulf Coast. The largest-ever accidental release of oil...
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Can mice learn to change their tune?
DUKE (US) — Like people and song-learning birds, male mice may have certain brain features that they use to learn some of their sounds, new research shows.“We are claiming that mice have limited...
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Breast cancer tumors feed on obesity
TULANE (US) — Obesity causes changes in stem cells that can result in more aggressive breast cancers, a new study shows.“Clinical studies have shown there is a much higher incidence of breast cancer in...
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People judge flu risk by cost of vaccine
TULANE (US) — Based on the price of medication, consumers make irrational inferences about their risk of getting sick. The study, published in Journal of Consumer Research, finds that consumers make...
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Leaf-cutting ants prefer low-fungi leaves
TULANE (US) — A leaf’s fungi can make it unappealing to leaf-cutting ants, say biologists, who wanted to know why the insects target some plants but not others. Leaf-cutting ants are major defoliators,...
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