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All Sweeteners May Not Be the Same When Managing Type 2 Diabetes and Complications

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research by Kalidas Shetty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Lena Galvez Ranilla of the University of San Paolo, Brazil, shows that when it comes to managing Type 2 diabetes, all sweeteners ...





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Harry & David recall nut-containing candy

Medicine & Health / Other

created Apr 16, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of approximately 2,000 boxes of candies distributed by the Harry & David Operations Corp.


Brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- is found throughout the Northeast

Brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- is found throughout the Northeast

Biology /

created Nov 12, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Cornell plant pathologists have detected brown root rot -- a potentially serious forage crop disease -- in the northeastern United States. It is widespread in New York, Vermont and New Hampshire and has been ...


Tan is 'In': Study Finds Light Brown More Attractive than Pale or Dark Skin

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 28, 2006 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (18) | comments 0

Some African-American stars have been ridiculed for trying to lighten their skin color, but many Caucasians go to tanning salons to darken their skin. A new study by University of Missouri-Columbia researcher Cynthia Frisby ...


Study discovers secret of Scottish sheep evolution

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created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Sheffield, as part of an international team, have discovered the secret of why dark sheep on a remote Scottish Island are mysteriously declining, seemingly contradicting Darwin’s evolutionary ...


In Search of Dark Asteroids (and Other Sneaky Things)

In Search of Dark Asteroids (and Other Sneaky Things)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Ninjas knew how to be stealthy: Be dark. Emit very little light. Move in the shadows between bright places.


High-precision measurements confirm cosmologists' standard view of the universe

Precise picture of early Universe supports 'dark matter' theory

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 9

A detailed picture of the seeds of structures in the universe has been unveiled by an international team co-led by a Cardiff University scientist.


Supernova / Acceleration Probe (SNAP)

U-M physics researchers chosen to study space mission

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 24, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Researchers from the University of Michigan Physics Department are part of an international team that has been chosen by NASA to study a proposed Joint Dark Energy Mission.


Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Spitzer Telescope Observes Baby Brown Dwarf

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has contributed to the discovery of the youngest brown dwarf ever observed -- a finding that, if confirmed, may solve an astronomical mystery about how these ...


Brown fat cells make 'spare tires' shrink

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of Bonn have found a new signalling pathway which stimulates the production and function of so-called brown fat cells. They propose using these cells that serve as a "natural ...


Study shows flavanol antioxidant content of US chocolate and cocoa-containing products

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on ...



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