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Caffeine Gives Solar Cells an Energy Boost

April 26, 2019

The research team added caffeine to the perovskite layer of 40 solar cells and used infrared spectroscopy to show the caffein...

Caffeine on the Mind? Just Seeing Reminders of Coffee Can Stimulate Our Brain

March 29, 2019

Even looking at things that remind of coffee can arouse our minds, reveals a new University of Toronto study

Two Compounds in Coffee May Team Up to Fight Parkinson’s

December 11, 2018

Caffeine plus another compound in coffee beans’ waxy coating may protect against brain degeneration

Why We Shouldn't Like Coffee, But We Do

November 20, 2018

Weirdly, people with a higher sensitivity to bitter caffeine taste drink more coffee

Caffeine Consumption May Extend Life Expectancy for People with Kidney Disease

September 12, 2018

A new study in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation indicates that consuming more caffeine may help reduce the risk ...

Caffeine Consumption May Help Kidney Disease Patients Live Longer

November 7, 2017

In patients with chronic kidney disease, there was a dose-dependent inverse association between caffeine consumption and earl...

Regular Energy Drink Use Linked to Later Drug Use among Young Adults

August 9, 2017

UMD study is first long-term study to explore patterns of energy drink consumption

To Improve Chronic Pain, Get More Sleep (Coffee Helps Too)

May 9, 2017

In sleep-deprived mice, caffeine and other drugs to promote wakefulness ease pain better than analgesics

Caffeine Boosts Enzyme That Could Protect against Dementia, Study Finds

March 8, 2017

New analysis reveals 24 compounds that can help reduce impact of harmful proteins in the brain

Study Shows Cocoa Helps Temper the Anxiety-Producing Effects of Caffeine

March 6, 2017

Science is proving that cocoa and caffeine are indeed the best marriage ever

Caffeine-based Compounds Show Promise Against Parkinson's Disease

September 30, 2016

Compounds prevent key protein from mis-folding, preventing death of dopamine-producing brain cells

Energy Drinks Push Masculinity, but Can Harm Men’s Health

December 17, 2015

The researchers’ work shows the men most likely to use energy drinks to boost their performance are losing sleep becaus...

How to Stay Awake (Without Caffeine)

August 24, 2015

Discover some tips and tricks for staying alert in this Americal Chemical Society video.

Coffee Genome Sheds Light on the Evolution of Caffeine

September 10, 2014

Enzymes that help produce caffeine evolved independently in coffee, tea, and chocolate, say scientists who have newly sequenc...

Toward a Home Test for Detecting Potentially Dangerous Levels of Caffeine

July 31, 2014

The shocking news of an Ohio teen who died of a caffeine overdose in May highlighted the potential dangers of the normally we...

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