BOSTON (January 20, 2016)—Meals consumed at fast-food restaurants are often seen as one of the biggest contributors to the obesity epidemic. But...
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January 20, 2016
Chain and non-chain restaurants serve oversized portions; researchers propose restaurants should be required to give patrons the choice to reduce meal size for a proportional price
January 13, 2016
Findings could influence how schools, businesses develop character, leadership
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (January 13, 2016)—Researchers at Tufts University are collaborating with the United States Military...
January 11, 2016
BOSTON (January 11, 2016)—Previous studies have shown an association between high folic acid intake and a reduction in the immune system defenses...
December 22, 2015
BOSTON and MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 22, 2015)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and Tufts University have signed a memorandum of...
December 16, 2015
NIH-funded research leads to visualization of the synaptic cleft, the space between neuronal contacts, at high resolution and finds cloud-like formations
BOSTON (Dec. 16, 2015, noon ET)— In a report published in the journal Neuron, an international team of researchers...
December 1, 2015
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 1, 2015) -- The personal papers of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a professional boxer and legal rights advocate...
November 24, 2015
Findings shed light on role of a new kind of epigenetic signaling in evolution, could yield clues for understanding birth defects, regeneration
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (November 24, 2015)--Biologists at Tufts University have succeeded in inducing one species of flatworm...