The family that eats together stays healthy together
Oct 02, 2007 |
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In this fast-paced world, it can be a challenge for families to find time to share a meal. But a nutritionist in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences says sitting down to eat as a family is worth juggling your schedule.
Menace in a bottle: Detecting liquid explosives
Oct 02, 2007 |
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After the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airlines with liquid explosives was uncovered in London in August 2006, there has been pressure on the airline industry, and Homeland Security, to find new ways to ...
Poll finds women can do more to prevent cancer... but aren't
Oct 02, 2007 |
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When it comes to preventing cancer, women believe they're doing more than they actually are. Perhaps most surprising, women are more afraid of getting Alzheimer's disease than cancer, even though cancer causes nearly ten ...
Thumb-size microsystem enables cell culture and incubation
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Oct 02, 2007 |
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Integrating silicon microchip technology with a network of tiny fluid channels, some thinner than a human hair, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have developed a thumb-size micro-incubator to culture ...
U.S. airline data available on the Web
Oct 02, 2007 |
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the International Center for Air Transportation have created a comprehensive Web collection of airline data.
Genetic 'roadblock' hoped to inspire future type 2 diabetes research
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A team of Mount Sinai Hospital researchers has found that a “genetic roadblock” identified in a recent study could pave the way toward novel treatments for type 2 diabetes.
Increasing young adult smoking linked to smoking in movies
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Do young adults learn behaviors from movies? In a paper published in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, examined the relationship betwee ...
Researchers fight phishing attacks with phishing tactics
Oct 02, 2007 |
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Early findings by Carnegie Mellon University researchers suggest that people who are suckered by a spoof email into visiting a counterfeit Web site are also people who are ready to learn their lesson about “phishing” attacks.
Fighting the spread of food poisoning
Oct 02, 2007 |
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A Queensland University of Technology researcher has developed a new technique that can help scientists and clinicians quickly and cheaply diagnose the bacteria which causes the most common bout of food poisoning in Australia.
Cognitive deficits lead to 'loss of self' among cancer patients
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For some cancer patients, side effects impacting cognition don't end with the last dose of chemotherapy.
