/oss/taxonomy/term/3345/all en /oss/article/history/how-dynamite-spawned-nobel-prizes <p>Alfred Nobel wasn't in the best of health but he knew he wasn't dead. Yet, there was his obituary, prominently featured in the morning newspaper. To make matters worse, not only had the newspaper killed him off prematurely, it had described him as a man who "became rich by finding a way to kill more people faster than ever before." The French press service that provided the story had made a mistake. It was actually Alfred's older brother Ludvig who had died while vacationing in Cannes but a reporter had gotten the brothers mixed up.</p> Fri, 08 Oct 2021 17:47:24 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 8893 at /oss /oss/article/health/can-arginine-supplements-help-control-blood-pressure <p>Arginine is an amino acid, a type of molecule used in the synthesis of proteins. Most of us get our amino acids from our diet, breaking down the protein in our food into its constituent parts and then reusing those amino acids to build new different proteins. Some amino acids must be consumed in our diet because our bodies cannot build them from scratch. But arginine is one of those amino acids that can in fact be synthesized from other amino acids and so it is actually not necessary to get it from food.</p> Thu, 02 Aug 2018 18:00:00 +0000 Christopher Labos MD, MSc 7178 at /oss