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...understand that the function of insulin at those synapses is to modulate and influence the underlying cellular structure of memories," says William Klein, professor of neurobiology and physiology at Northwestern University and a co-author of the study published online by the FASEB Journal. "What we have here is a striking phenomenon that may ultimately explain why the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease are insulin resistant and how that ties into memory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Alzheimer's a Form of Diabetes? | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

According to Cornell professor William M. Lynn, nations that tip usually embrace materialism and status. Egalitarian-minded nations tend not to have robust tipping cultures. Furthermore, tip prevalence seems to be negatively related to the tax burden within a country. It’s harder to tip when more of your money is heading to the state...

Author: By Charles R. Drummond iv | Title: Leaving Fifteen | 10/17/2007 | See Source »

...Bhabha shielded himself with a pink-and-red version decorated with flower blossoms, while farther in the procession, Cogan University Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt carried one imprinted with William Shakespeare’s face and signature...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Faust Installed on Day of Rain and Ritual | 10/15/2007 | See Source »

...Everyone has tried to craft an inaugural address in the spirit of Charles William Eliot’s great address,” said Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes, who teaches a class on the history of Harvard...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inaugural Addresses From Past Set Stage For Faust’s Oration | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

...Gomes offered a bit of a warning: “There’s only one Charles William Eliot. There’s only one Eliot inaugural, and we’ve had generations of efforts to try to equal that, and none have, so they should stop trying...

Author: By Samuel P. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Inaugural Addresses From Past Set Stage For Faust’s Oration | 10/12/2007 | See Source »

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