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Stress Enhances Anti-Tumor Activity

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 - 17:47:47 - Ehud Rattner

Public speaking, anyone? Or maybe a big job interview? Dry your palms and take a deep, calming breath; there may be a silver lining. Researchers at...

Stress Makes Your Hair Go Gray

Monday, June 15th, 2009 - 19:37:44 - Ehud Rattner

Those pesky graying hairs that tend to crop up with age really are signs of stress, reveals a new report in the journal Cell. Researchers have...

Star Crust Strongest Material in Universe

Friday, May 15th, 2009 - 18:03:17 - Anuradha Menon

A new computer model suggests that the outer crusts of so-called neutron stars are the strongest known material in the universe. To determine the...

Study Investigates Mental Overload in Pilots

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 - 12:16:55 - Anuradha Menon

Have you ever felt as if your brain was so full of information that you couldn't process another thing? Mental overload creates confusion and...

Walnut Trees Reduce Stress with Aspirin

Saturday, September 20th, 2008 - 18:06:20 - Anuradha Menon

Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding, by scientists...

'Brain Breathalysers' May Scan For Stress

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008 - 10:44:40 - Ehud Rattner

With jam-packed schedules and a video feed to Earth, astronauts enjoy precious little privacy as it is. Soon, doctors might peek into an astronaut's...

Hunger Hormone Increases During Stress

Monday, June 16th, 2008 - 14:25:33 - Ehud Rattner

New research at UT Southwestern Medical Center may explain why some people who are stressed or depressed overeat. While levels of the so-called...

Sex, Sharks and Cancer
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 - David Morgenstern
In 2001, Zoo workers at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska, were astonished to find a hammerhead shark pup in an...