As farmers in Hungary ponder spring planting on hundreds of acres of farmland affected by last October’s red mud disaster, scientists are reporting that high alkalinity is the main threat to a bountiful harvest, not toxic metals. In a study in the A…
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Red Bull logo enough to shape consumer performance
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (1/31/2011) — Red Bull’s red and gold logo can “give you wings” — for better or worse — even if consumers don’t know it, according to a new study by two Boston College professors, who found the brand’s edgy marketing…
‘Less is more,’ when it comes to sugary, high-caffeine energy drinks, researchers say
WASHINGTON — Moderate consumption of so-called energy drinks can improve people’s response time on a lab test measuring behavioral control, but those benefits disappear as people drink more of the beverage, according to a study published by the …
UNH’s Fred Short adds seagrass data to major conservation study
DURHAM, N.H. — A major new study that sounds a conservation alarm for the world’s vertebrate species notes that the world’s seagrass species are faring somewhat better, says a University of New Hampshire researcher who was a coauthor of the study….