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The brain is one of the last great frontiers of science. For all it does for us -- driving our thoughts, actions, perceptions and making us who we are -- we understand very little about how it works, its underlying biochemistry.

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Ex-Occupier now holds Wall Street jobupdated: Thu Dec 08 2011 05:38:00

The occupiers of Wall Street have been portrayed by some as radicals, young kids without focus, ne'er-do-wells who'd do anything but get a job. But one woman used her time in at Zuccotti Park differently, and as a result she has gone from Occupy Wall Street to occupying an actual office on Wall Street.

How good is coconut oil for you?updated: Fri Aug 19 2011 08:35:00

How good is coconut oil for you? Nowadays in gym and in vitamin shops, they mention to have some coconut oil in our diet. Is it supposed to be good for you? If yes, in what ways, and what are some good tips to use it in our diet?

Researchers: Fungus can break down plasticsupdated: Thu Aug 04 2011 21:54:00

When it comes to plastic pollution, our society has asked everyone -- scientists, environmentalists, and the government -- to clean up the mess we've made. Through recycling initiatives, plastic-bag bans and fees, and alternatives to plastics altogether, we still haven't come close to solving the problem ... perhaps until now.

Living with genetic diseaseupdated: Tue Dec 01 2009 07:30:00

Mother of two, Stephanie Shapiro talks about her children's genetic disease and a potential breakthrough in preventing the illness.

Genetic disease: Mother hopes for cure for dying childrenupdated: Tue Dec 01 2009 07:30:00

Every 30 minutes, somewhere in the world a child is born who will develop a mitochondrial disease by the age of 10 (according to the United Mitochondrial Disease Foundation).

Can DNA analysis help ID best weight loss method?updated: Fri Sep 18 2009 10:35:00

I have seen many weight loss DNA testing kits on the Internet. These tests claim to identify the best weight loss program by analyzing your DNA. Is there any merit to this?

Making music out of swine fluupdated: Wed Apr 29 2009 18:18:00

Swine flu may be inspiring fear worldwide, but for Stephan Zielinski of San Francisco, California, it inspired a song.

Empowered Patientupdated: Fri Mar 20 2009 10:54:00

CNN medical correspondent Elizabeth Cohen offers some advice on how to choose the right vitamins.

Experts weigh in on which vitamins to toss back or toss outupdated: Fri Mar 20 2009 10:54:00

Americans love to take their vitamins. More than 150 million Americans take dietary supplements according to the Council for Responsible Nutrition, a supplement industry trade group.

Does coenzyme Q help people taking statins?updated: Wed Feb 04 2009 09:17:00

Is CoQ10 beneficial for people taking statins?

Turning carbon dioxide into fuelupdated: Mon Jan 05 2009 10:06:00

You might have thought that recycling is limited to paper, plastics and glass. Well, think again. A Californian company is developing a new technique for recycling carbon dioxide, or CO2, and turning it back into fuel.

Time.com: A New Class of Antibiotics Could Offer Hope Against TBupdated: Fri Oct 17 2008 12:00:00

Using naturally occurring antibacterial compounds found in soil, Rutgers University researchers say they may have discovered a new antibiotic drug

SI.com: The Bonus: FSU's Rolle has eyes on NFL, Rhodes scholarshipupdated: Fri Jul 18 2008 14:15:00

If all goes to plan on the field this fall, Florida State safety Myron Rolle will produce the kind of season that catapults him into the first round of next spring's NFL draft.

Ask Dr. Sears: Diabetes and pregnancyupdated: Mon Oct 22 2007 13:19:00

Q: I'm 28 and diabetic. Now my husband and I would like to have a baby. Is there anything I should worry about because of my condition?

Man shot in London anti-terrorism raidupdated: Fri Jun 02 2006 03:39:00

British police shot a man in east London early on Friday during an anti-terrorism raid on a house they suspected could have been used for making bombs or chemical weapons.

Egypt clears London attack suspectupdated: Tue Jul 19 2005 14:47:00

The Egyptian government has determined that a biochemist arrested last week has no links to the July 7 attack on the London mass transit system.

2 London bombers visited Pakistanupdated: Mon Jul 18 2005 03:24:00

Two of the four suspected London bombers traveled to Pakistan in the year before the July 7 terrorist attacks, Pakistani intelligence and immigration officials tell CNN.

Egyptian 'expressed sorrow' over attacksupdated: Sat Jul 16 2005 10:18:00

The Egyptian biochemist now in detention and being questioned in connection with the London attacks expressed sorrow over those strikes right after they occurred, the man's brother maintains.

Police release image of bombersupdated: Sat Jul 16 2005 02:18:00

Police have released the first image of all four London bombers together, captured on CCTV as they set out on their mission, in a bid to find out more about their final movements.

Sources: Explosive found in biochemist's flatupdated: Fri Jul 15 2005 05:01:00

The explosive TATP was found in connection with the investigation of the London bombings, three knowledgeable sources have told CNN.

Sources: Bombing link to 2004 raidupdated: Thu Jul 14 2005 23:50:00

Officials with knowledge of the London terror investigation have told CNN there is evidence of a connection between last week's deadly bombings and a UK police operation last year that led to the arrest of eight British Muslims and the seizure of more than a half-ton of ammonium nitrate.

FBI investigates U.S. lead in bombingsupdated: Thu Jul 14 2005 14:56:00

Federal law enforcement officials tell CNN the FBI is investigating the background of a former North Carolina State University student sought by British police in connection with the London bombings.

Buffett: 'There are lots of loose nukes around the world'updated: Tue May 10 2005 13:54:00

The legendary Warren Buffett and I sat down last week to talk about his views on the issues and challenges facing the United States and all Americans.

Fortune: Biotech's Billion Dollar Breakthrough A technology called RNAi has opened the door to major new drugs. Already it's revolutionizupdated: Mon May 26 2003 00:01:00

Advances that win Nobel Prizes are uncommon, ones worth billions of dollars are even scarcer, and those yielding both are blue-moon rare. In biotech there have been just two blue moons, both in the...

Fortune: Will R&D Make Merck Hot Again? The drug giant gets out of the prescription business and bets it all on science.updated: Mon Jul 08 2002 00:01:00

Rat No. 3 is determined. He lumbers straight to an octagon in the corner of the pen and runs his white whiskers over its edges. In another corner is a white ball. It holds little interest for No. 3...

Fortune: Good-Bye, Test Tubes Hello, Labs-on-a-Chip Biotech experiments and germ-warfare tests are getting done faster and cheaper in chiupdated: Mon Oct 11 1999 00:01:00

Like music fans sliding CDs into stereos, scientists in biochemistry and pharmaceuticals labs have recently been loading little square thingies called LabChips into novel, toaster-sized machines. T...

Fortune: 1995 NATIONAL BUSINESS HALL OF FAMEupdated: Mon Apr 03 1995 00:01:00

No enterprise can achieve greatness without a superior product or service. Thus have our most successful business leaders--alive or dead, and bound for the Hall of Fame--explored all paths in searc...

Fortune: TODAY'S LEADERS LOOK TO TOMORROW SOCIETY ROBERT NOZICK TROUBLE AHEAD FOR THE NOTION OF FREE WILLupdated: Mon Mar 26 1990 00:01:00

In the 1990s we're going to get new sociological and political theories based on psychological insights into how individuals actually make decisions and arrive at beliefs -- including some irration...

Fortune: MERCK HAS MADE BIOTECH WORK The company changed its methods of doing research in the Seventies. The result -- a shelf's worth ofupdated: Mon Jan 19 1987 00:01:00

HOLLYWOOD honors its stars by casting their footprints in cement. Wall Street firms put portraits of their founders in gilt frames. But at the New Jersey headquarters of Merck & Co., office corrido...

Fortune: CLONING PROFITS Applied Biosystems supplies the latest gene machines to biochemists and engineers.updated: Mon Jul 22 1985 00:01:00

EVER SINCE James Watson and Francis Crick unlocked the secret of DNA, the molecule at the heart of genetics, scientists have labored to replicate genes and proteins that might one day correct abnor...

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