Tag: Harvard Gazette
Predicting the strength of earthquakes
Early seismic waves hold the clue to the power of the main temblor.
Greater adherence lowers risk of Type 2 diabetes by 23%
Study found that people with the greater adherence to “overall” predominantly plant-based diets had a 23 percent lower risk of Type 2 diabetes than those with weaker adherence to the diets.
Scientists discovered a simpler pattern of ocean warming
Part history, part climate science, the research corrects decades of data and suggests that ocean warming occurred in a much more homogenous way.
Anti-cancer molecules found in sea sponges
Harvard scientists have recently made a landmark discovery by finding a new way to synthesize in bulk a complex class of promising cancer-fighting molecules...
Red meat consumption is linked to early death
The world is eating more meat. The global consumption of meat and poultry has increased in both developed and developing countries over the past...
Dietary supplements linked to many severe medical outcomes
The majority of adults in the United States take one or more dietary supplements either every day or occasionally. Today’s dietary supplements include vitamins,...
Catch a virus by the tail
Some RNA viruses such as Segmented negative-sense (SNS) RNA viruses initiate infection by delivering into cells a suite of genomic RNA segments, each sheathed...
Transmitting sound data via a semiconductor laser
For the first time ever, scientists have transmitted the recording of Martin’s classic “Volare” wirelessly using a semiconductor laser. Scientists at the Harvard John...
New way to probe primordial universe before the big bang
Most everybody is familiar with the Big Bang — the notion that an impossibly hot, dense universe exploded into the one we know today....
