Healthful plant nutrients also found in meat and milk
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Counterintuitive as it may seem, those healthful phytoestrogen nutrients that consumers usually associate with fruits and vegetables also exist in foods of animal origin. After all, "phyto" means "plant." ...
Safe storage of greenhouse-gas carbon dioxide
Nov 17, 2008 |
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To prevent global warming, researchers and policymakers are exploring a variety of options to significantly cut the amount of carbon dioxide that reaches the atmosphere. One possible approach involves capturing greenhouse ...
Virtual ears and the cocktail party effect
Nov 17, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Oxford University research has helped understanding of the so-called ‘cocktail party effect’ – how our brains develop the ability to pinpoint and focus on particular sounds among a background ...
Fujitsu Develops Video-Processing Technology Enabling World's First Wraparound View of Vehicles in Real Time
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories announced today the development of a new video-processing technology that enables a complete wraparound view of a vehicle's perimeter in real time, to enhance the driver's field of view. ...
New study bolsters beliefs about DNA repair
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Nov 17, 2008 |
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Aucott et al. report the first in vivo experiments on the heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) family, which sidles up to silent DNA. The results, to be published in the Nov. 17 issue of the Journal of Cell Biology, add to the ...
Gulf War research panel finds 1 in 4 veterans suffers from illness caused by toxic exposure
Nov 17, 2008 |
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At least one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness, a condition caused by exposure to toxic chemicals, including pesticides and a drug administered to protect troops against ...
Black entrepreneurs 4 times more likely to be refused credit than white businesses
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A research paper, by Dr Stuart Fraser of Warwick Business School at the University of Warwick, has found that many Ethnic Minority owned Businesses (EMBs) in the UK struggle to obtain credit in comparison to White owned businesses. ...
Researchers find link between nicotine addiction and autism
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might ...
Simple new method detects contaminants in life-saving drug
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The blood-thinning drug heparin is highly effective when used to prevent and treat blood clots in veins, arteries and lungs, but earlier this year its reputation as a lifesaver was sullied when contaminated ...
Effective global regulation
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Government ownership of banks – something unthinkable until very recently for the 'Anglo-Saxon' model of capitalism –- became a reality early in 2008. This was a policy response to an unprecedented global financial crisis, ...
Acid soils in Slovakia tell somber tale
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Increasing levels of nitrogen deposition associated with industry and agriculture can drive soils toward a toxic level of acidification, reducing plant growth and polluting surface waters, according to a new study published ...
HP Launches Virtualization Technologies That Cut Networking Costs by 55 Percent
Nov 17, 2008 |
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HP today announced breakthrough networking, storage and server technologies that reduce costs, increase bandwidth flexibility and improve overall performance of virtual server environments.
Could genetic research awaken racist attitudes?
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People are different, both physically and mentally, but genetically everyone is very similar. That's been the thought of scientists for decades now. But with population research becoming more and more common, the University ...
Prof: 'Twilight' film may really bring vampires to life for some
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The upcoming "Twilight" film may not only entertain moviegoers, but it also has the potential to encourage people to really believe in vampires, says a Purdue University mass media expert.
How often will you use that treadmill?
Nov 17, 2008 |
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Why not buy that treadmill? You'll be exercising every day, right? A new study
in the Journal of Consumer Research examines why our expectations of our
behavior so often don't match reality.
