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Cancer’s (not) smoking gun: BU, UCLA researchers say e-cigs still unsafe

By Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2014

Electronic cigarettes operate based on what seems to be a simple assumption: Tobacco products can cause serious health problems, so removing the tobacco and leaving the nicotine must be safer. However,...

Turn off the tube: Researchers at Mass. General, Harvard School of Public Health say more TV leads to less sleep for children

By Daily Free Press Admin April 29, 2014

“Turn off the TV!” We’ve all heard this classic parental command, and we’ve all been annoyed as children. However, a new study published in the May issue of Pediatrics shows that it is indeed...

Study reveals decline in food quality due to rising carbon dioxide levels in atmosphere

By Daily Free Press Admin April 14, 2014

As warnings about climate change are becoming increasingly dire, scientists now believe that the quality of our food is at risk due to the spread of greenhouse gases. Scientists at the University of California-Davis,...

MIT researchers show that particles in sneezes, coughs travel farther than expected

By Daily Free Press Admin April 14, 2014

After a prolonged and chilling winter, there’s no better sight than that of flowers on that tree outside of your window starting to bloom. Yet for many, there’s a downside to this otherwise welcome...

Arguing over argumentation: BC survey finds science teachers wary of students’ abilities, standardizeds tests

By Daily Free Press Admin April 7, 2014

Just like many other important fields these days, the nature of education is changing. Teachers and students alike are discovering new challenges to creating the best possible classroom experience. Those...

Dire warnings about climate change increase in frequency

By Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2014

Climate change is a phrase we have all heard and are likely to hear again. Now, it’s not just the usual warnings of higher temperatures or melting ice caps. Two different reports both ring alarm bells...

BU professors hail evidence of cosmic inflation as ‘most exciting’ astronomical discovery in 15 years

By Daily Free Press Admin March 24, 2014

When you hear about the Big Bang, what do you think? Do you worry about having missed last night’s episode of The Big Bang Theory? Well, then you must have had quite a week given that the cosmological...

BU researchers find a happy ending: Storybook shows young children can understand difficult scientific concept of natural selection

By Daily Free Press Admin March 17, 2014

Once upon a time. It is an exposition as classic as storybooks themselves. From fairytale collections to choose-your-own-adventure series, storybooks have been used for decades as means of conveying...

THC for HIV: Researchers connect psychoactive ingredient of medical marijuana to HIV treatment

By Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2014

Approximately 50,000 new HIV infections are reported in the United States every year, according to the HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report of 2012. It inevitably progresses into chronic AIDS, and as...

A place to ‘build stuff’: Touring Boston University’s EPIC facilities

By Daily Free Press Admin February 24, 2014

“Making stuff is cool.” So says Gerry Fine, director of Boston University’s Engineering Product Innovation Center, where Wonka-esque pure imagination meets pragmatic, hands-on experience. The...

Smaller is better: Researchers at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., discover new technique to analyze space dust

By Daily Free Press Admin February 18, 2014

"Space dust” might sound like something out of a 1950s-era science fiction novel, but such particles actually may hold some of the greatest secrets of our universe. The problem is that the material is...

Added sugar can double risk of heart disease mortality, researchers find

By Daily Free Press Admin February 10, 2014

Adopting healthy eating habits might require more than just heading for the salad bar in the dining hall. Now, scientists have found that sugar in your soda might be doing more harm than you realize. High...

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