In case you've been living in a bubble, you are hereby informed that the influenza season is upon us. In particular, you may have heard of the virus du jour, the H1N1 virus, colloquially dubbed "swine flu." While in many ways H1N1 is very similar to the seasonal flu, there are several key differences between the two.
Throughout the month of November, daily health tips from the Office of Student Affairs have mingled amidst the deluge of Sstuds that fill the Stern student's inbox. With perky titles like "Stress Less Tip #1," these emails are one facet of a Health Awareness Month initiative on the Beren campus.
Aspartame. Sucralose. Saccharin. Acesulfame K. Hidden in many of the foods Americans consume are artificial sweeteners designed to flavor food without expanding waistlines. As consuming excess sugar has been linked to obesity, the launch of sugar substitutes should therefore have positively affected obesity rates.
"Are you pre-med?" For many undergraduates at Yeshiva University, this question is the first that follows their declaration of a science major. Those not necessarily interested in the field of health science often find themselves a lone and confused voice amidst a sea of hopeful future doctors, dentists, therapists and engineers.
On Wednesday, November 18, Dr. Martin Chalfie visited Yeshiva University. Dr. Chalfie received the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Roger Y. Tsien and Osamu Shimomura for discovering and developing the green fluorescent protein (GFP). GFP is now one of the most commonly used reporter molecules in laboratories worldwide, and it has enabled a myriad of new techniques and discoveries in fields such as cellular and molecular biology.
The entire universe is comprised of the elements, which lend their particular characteristics to everything from food to colors. Lithium, which gives fireworks an amazing red glow, is just one example. Lithium is the lightest metal on the periodic table and is denoted by the atomic number 3.