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Fuel from market waste

Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries -- to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have developed a new ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

High levels of burnout among UK family doctors, especially in group practice

Levels of burnout in UK general practice are high, suggests a study of general practitioners (GPs) in one area of South East England, published in BMJ Open.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Broadcast study of ocean acidification to date helps scientists evaluate effects on marine life

Might a penguin's next meal be affected by the exhaust from your tailpipe? The answer may be yes, when you add your exhaust fumes to the total amount of carbon dioxide lofted into the atmosphere by humans ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Aging-related degeneration caused by defects of energy metabolism in tissue stem cells?

Aging-related tissue degeneration can be caused by mitochondrial dysfunction in tissue stem cells. The research group of Professor Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara in Helsinki University, with their collaborators in Max Planck ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Many chemicals unproven to raise breast cancer risk

Women who want to reduce their risk of breast cancer may have heard they should avoid exposure to industrial chemicals but scientific evidence has so far not proven a direct link, said a US group Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researcher takes on 'empathy fatigue' in workplace

(Medical Xpress) -- A nurse refuses to help an ailing alcoholic who is upset to find a hospital detox unit closed. A hospital clerk brushes off a deceased woman's grieving family as they try to pay her bills ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Malpractice suits cause psychological distress and career burnout among US surgeons

According to the results of a new study published in the November 2011 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons occur often and can take a profound personal toll on the surgeon, ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Commuting - bad for your health?

A mobile workforce can help improve a country's economy but the effects of commuting on the health of commuters and on the costs to industry in terms of sick days is largely unknown. From a commuter's point of view, the advantages ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Mayo Clinic study finds widespread medical resident burnout and debt

Feelings of burnout persist among internal medicine residents despite significant cutbacks in duty hours for doctors-in-training in recent years, a national study by Mayo Clinic found.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Heat and humidity conspire for discomfort, danger

(AP) -- When it comes to the discomfort and health risks of the current heat wave, it's not just the heat or the humidity - it's both.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diesel fumes pose risk to heart as well as lungs, study shows

Tiny chemical particles emitted by diesel exhaust fumes could raise the risk of heart attacks, research has shown.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rhodium-iron catalyst helps increase yield of hydrogen gas in steam reforming of ethanol

Vehicles powered by hydrogen fuel cells generate no exhaust emissions other than clean water vapor. Unfortunately, producing and distributing large quantities of hydrogen gas is impossible with current infrastructures. ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Botox to iron out Australian asthma wrinkles

It is more celebrity than respiratory, but botox could prove a breath of fresh air for asthmatics if an Australian trial of the toxin launched Tuesday is successful.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NZ zoo takes in penguin that mistook sand for snow

(AP) -- This is one homesick penguin, stranded on a New Zealand beach 2,000 miles from Antarctica and eating sand it mistook for snow.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Five myths about diesel engines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Diesel engines, long confined to trucks and ships, are garnering more interest for their fuel efficiency and reduced carbon dioxide emissions, relative to gasoline engines. Argonne mechanical ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 15 | with audio podcast