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Physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup

Physicists see the cosmos in a coffee cup

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (22) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Duke University professor and his graduate student have discovered a universal principle that unites the curious interplay of light and shadow on the surface of your morning coffee with ...





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At last a machine with good taste -- for espresso

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Can a machine taste coffee? The question has plagued scientists studying the caffeinated beverage for decades. Fortunately, researchers in Switzerland can now answer with a resounding “yes.” The study on their coffee-tasting ...


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Midlife coffee and tea drinking and the risk of late-life dementia

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (21) | comments 1

Midlife coffee drinking can decrease the risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease (AD) later in life. This conclusion is made in a Finnish Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Aging and Dementia (CAIDE) Study published ...


Coffee may cause a heart attack danger

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created Aug 16, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 0

U.S. scientists say they've determined a single cup of coffee might cause a heart attack in some people within an hour of drinking it.


With hot coffee, we see a warm heart, researchers find

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 23, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Our judgment of a person's character can be influenced by something as simple as the warmth of the drink we hold in our hand.


Does touch affect flavor? Study finds that how a container feels can affect taste

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Does coffee in a flimsy cup taste worse than coffee in a more substantial cup? Firms such as McDonalds and Starbucks spend millions of dollars every year on disposable packaging, but a new study from the April issue of the ...


Speed matters for ice-shelf breaking

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 27, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4

It won't help the Titanic, but a newly derived, simple law may help scientists improve their climate models and glaciologists predict where icebergs will calve off from their parent ice sheets, according to a team of Penn ...


Java gives caffeine-naive a boost, too

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

New research from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, shows that—for women—the caffeine advantage is indeed everything it's cracked up to be. Females who don't drink coffee can get just as much of a caffeine boost ...


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High caffeine intake can lead to arrhythmias

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Coffee is routinely consumed in countries within the Mediterranean basin. Coffee, an infusion of ground, roasted coffee beans, is the most widely consumed behaviourally active substance in the world. It contains ...


Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer

Coffee break: Compound brewing new research in colon, breast cancer (w/ Podcast)

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A compound in coffee has been found to be estrogenic in studies by Texas AgriLife Research scientists.


Studies suggest drinking coffee or tea may reduce the risk of stroke

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

The role coffee and tea play in a person's risk of having a stroke got a little clearer recently as two large observational studies found that the beverages may actually provide a modest amount of protection.



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