http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few weeks earlier. http://www.physorg.com/news172920458.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:30:02 EST news172920458 (AP) -- For seven years, Dr. Thomas Frieden has been the nagging conscience of the nation's biggest city, the man who made sure New Yorkers couldn't smoke in bars or eat french fries cooked in artery-clogging trans fats. http://www.physorg.com/news161629160.html Medicine & Health Fri, 15 May 2009 18:01:06 EST news161629160 Immigrant populations in Europe face an increased risk of diet-related diseases as they adjust to a 'Western' lifestyle, according to scientists at the University of Leeds. http://www.physorg.com/news160896758.html Medicine & Health Thu, 07 May 2009 06:37:45 EST news160896758 Dietary acrylamide was not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer, according to data from a large prospective case-cohort study in the April 28 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://www.physorg.com/news160154347.html Medicine & Health Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:23:04 EST news160154347 More restaurants and vending machines offer healthy choices these days, so why do Americans' waistlines continue to expand? A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that some efforts to control eating may backfire. http://www.physorg.com/news159461007.html Other Sciences Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:43:59 EST news159461007 Imagine a delicious pile of French fries next to a low-fat green salad. After resisting the fries, can you really be expected to go to the gym instead of watching TV? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, consumers who focus on long-term goals are more likely to resist unhealthy urges. http://www.physorg.com/news157718406.html Other Sciences Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:40:47 EST news157718406 Regular running slows the effects of aging, according to a new study from Stanford University School of Medicine that has tracked 500 older runners for more than 20 years. Elderly runners have fewer disabilities, a longer span of active life and are half as likely as aging nonrunners to die early deaths, the research found. http://www.physorg.com/news137689356.html Medicine & Health Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:02:36 EST news137689356