Culinary shocker: Cooking can preserve, boost nutrient content of vegetables
Dec 24, 2007 |
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In a finding that defies conventional culinary wisdom, researchers in Italy report that cooking vegetables can preserve or even boost their nutritional value in comparison to their raw counterparts, depending ...
New method enables scientists to see smells
Dec 24, 2007 |
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Animals and insects communicate through an invisible world of scents. By exploiting infrared technology, researchers at Rockefeller University just made that world visible. With the ability to see smells, these scientists ...
World's only ultrafast electron microscope takes 4-D 'movies' of molecules
Dec 24, 2007 |
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A unique electron microscope that can help create four-dimensional “movies” of molecules may hold the answers to research questions in a number of fields including chemistry, biology, and physics, according to an article ...
Toward improved non-stick surfaces at the flip of a switch
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 24, 2007 |
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Researchers in New Jersey report development of a new type of non-stick material whose ability to shed liquids like water from a duck’s back can be turned on or off simply by flipping an electrical switch.
Old TVs bad landfill reception
Dec 24, 2007 |
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When U.S. broadcasters switch to digital transmissions, millions of viewers will likely discard analog televisions creating a potential environmental disaster.
Where and why humans made skates out of animal bones
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 24, 2007 |
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Archaeological evidence shows that bone skates (skates made of animal bones) are the oldest human powered means of transport, dating back to 3000 BC. Why people started skating on ice and where is not as clear, since ancient ...
Study: Fever may ease autism for a while
Dec 24, 2007 |
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Anecdotes about fevers triggering "normal" behavior in autistic children now have a scientific study to back them, researchers in Baltimore report.
SmartGrow uses hair to grow food
Dec 24, 2007 |
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A new product marketed as SmartGrow uses human hair imported from China and India to help people with their horticultural efforts.
Study: Amino acid helps in copper binding
Biology /
Dec 24, 2007 |
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An amino acid has a huge role in the binding of copper, an essential metal for life, a study by U.S. university researchers showed.
Active mechanism locks in the size of a cell's nucleus
Biology /
Dec 24, 2007 |
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Cells know that size matters, especially when it comes to the nucleus. In the early 1900s, German scientists first proposed that the size of a nucleus is always proportional to the size of its cell. Now, more than a century ...
NSF-chartered Plane Crashes While Taking Off from Remote Antarctic Field Camp
Dec 24, 2007 |
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A National Science Foundation (NSF)-chartered aircraft operating in Antarctica crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week while providing support to a group of researchers at a remote location on the ...
New report challenges idea that snuff is a 'safer' substitute for cigarettes
Dec 24, 2007 |
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A 20-year review of scientific research on tobacco and cancer challenges the idea that moist snuff — increasingly popular in the United States — can be a safer substitute for cigarette smoking. The review, ...
Moon, Mars bright lights in the big sky
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 24, 2007 |
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The moon and Mars -- not the stars -- emitted enough wattage Monday to providing night travelers by sleigh and by foot a lighted way to their destinations.
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