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...Chambers decided to test this theory after a 2004 study found that energy drinks enhanced athletic performance even in short periods of physical activity. Intuitively, this makes sense, but physiologically, it doesn't. The human body is capable of generating enough fuel in the form of glucose to sustain itself, even in vigorous exercise, for about an hour. So in short periods of activity, energy drinks shouldn't have any effect on performance. Added carbs from drinks would be useful only after several hours of exertion, when the body starts to draw upon its stored glucose, known as glycogen...
...surprise, they did not. The sugar-drinking volunteers showed activity in the reward and pleasure centers of the brain, while those drinking the artificially sweetened beverages did not. Chambers suspects that it's this activation of the brain that explains the enhanced performance effect of sugary energy drinks during short workouts. This theory is supported by other studies in which researchers infused carbohydrate sugar solutions directly into the body intravenously - in those cases, subjects experienced no improvement in their physical performance...
...programs from tapping a recently created source of additional endowment funding in the next fiscal year. The decision to continue allowing new initiatives to benefit from the strategic payout program—which grants high-priority projects across the University modest increases in endowment funding—came shortly after schools received notice that only programs already receiving the funding would be eligible to use strategic payout funds next year. Former University President Lawrence H. Summers originally conceived the program to up the payout rate from the endowment while avoiding a blanket funding increase that he said could encourage programs...
Last year, when the Harvard government department organized a meeting for alumni, current professors were asked to give a presentation on their projects and research. One participant was former professor and department chair Samuel H. Beer, who gave a short statement about the nuances of political science during his tenure at Harvard from 1946 to 1982.“He completely stole the show,” said government professor Stanley Hoffmann, a former student of Beer’s. “[The current professors] were all preempted by the master, who spoke without notes, remembering everyone and everything...
...outs - Senior Taylor Meehan flies out to right field, bringing classmate Matt Rogers to the plate. Rogers had been on a tear, hitting eight homers early in the season, but has cooled down of late. He grounds out to short to end the inning...