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This One&acutes For You: ISS Space Barley Beer

This One's For You: ISS Space Barley Beer

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Critics of the Space Program can utter a sigh of relief. Finally, an innovation with a good suds head on it. A colloborative effort between the Russian Academy of Science, Okayama University ...


FDA questions safety of alcoholic energy drinks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration is challenging makers of alcohol-infused energy drinks to prove their beverages are safe, citing complaints that the products can cause risky behavior and injury.


Bottoms up: Individualists more likely to be problem drinkers

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

What makes residents of certain states or countries more likely to consume more
alcohol? According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, high
levels of individualism lead to more problem drinking.


Kids connect alcohol odors with mom's emotions

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How children respond to the smell of alcoholic beverages is related to their mothers' reasons for drinking, according to a new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center. When asked to choose between the odor of beer and ...


Moderate alcohol intake associated with bone protection

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In an epidemiological study of men and post-menopausal women primarily over 60 years of age, regular moderate alcohol intake was associated with greater bone mineral density (BMD). Researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human ...


Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

As global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in two studies published online in Genome Re ...


US Hispanics prefer beer

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Despite the considerable and growing numbers of Hispanics living in the United States, little is known about their alcohol-beverage preferences. A new study of U.S. Hispanics belonging to four national groups – Mexican American, ...