News tagged with hot beverages

Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer

People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7




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Gene related to fat preferences in humans found

A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like high-fat foods more than those who have other forms of this gene.

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Color-coding, rearranging food products improves healthy choices in hospital cafeteria

A simple program involving color-coded food labeling and adjusting the way food items are positioned in display cases was successful in encouraging more healthful food choices in a large hospital cafeteria. ...

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created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unlisted ingredients in teas and herbal brews revealed in DNA tests by high school students

Take a second look at your iced or steaming tea. Guided by scientific experts, three New York City high school students using tabletop DNA technologies found several herbal brews and a few brands of tea contain ingredients ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Coffee and tea consumption reduce MRSA risk

While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, new research published in the Annals of Family Medicine say that hot tea or coffee may keep the methicillin-resistant Staphyloccus aureus, or MRSA, bug away, or at least out of ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Research shows 'BPA-free' bottles live up to manufacturers' claims

The alarm caused by bisphenol A (BPA) presence in reusable plastic bottles resulted in a recent industry change, producing products made with supposed BPA-free materials.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers introduce 'beans' to cool and then maintain hot beverage temps

(PhysOrg.com) -- Buddies and mechanical engineers, Dave Petrillo and Dave Jackson, have, thanks to Kickstart.com, begun a business selling the Coffee Joulie (clearly a play on the word for joule, a unit of ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

An international study in China finds strawberries may slow precancerous growth in the esophagus

Eating strawberries may be a way to help people at risk of esophageal cancer protect themselves from the disease, according to a new study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Japanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity

Japanese researchers have been immersing iron-based compounds in hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu to induce superconductivity. ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Scientists discover agave's tremendous potential as new bioenergy feedstock

An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy reviews the suitability of Agave as a bioenergy feedstock that can sustain high productivity in spite of poor soil and stressful climatic conditions accomp ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hot booze turns material into a superconductor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Japanese scientist who "likes alcohol very much" has discovered that soaking samples of material in hot party drinks for 24 hours turns them into superconductors at ambient temperature.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (58) | comments 28 | with audio podcast report


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