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Let them eat snail

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A nutritionist in Nigeria says that malnutrition and iron deficiency in schoolchildren could be reduced in her country by baking up snail pie. In a research paper to be published in the International Journal of Food Safety, Nu ...


Sandia CR5

Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 6 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...


Sebelius: Mammograms still vital in saving lives (AP)

Sebelius: Women should get mammograms by age 40

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Women should continue getting regular mammograms starting at age 40, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, moving to douse confusion caused by a task-force recommendation ...


Saliva proteins change as women age

Saliva proteins change as women age

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content ...


Rich Ore Deposits Linked to Ancient Atmosphere

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Much of our planet's mineral wealth was deposited billions of years ago when Earth's chemical cycles were different from today's. Using geochemical clues from rocks nearly 3 billion years old, a group of ...


Older problem drinkers use more alcohol than do their younger counterparts

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older adults who have alcohol dependence problems drink significantly more than do younger adults who have similar problems, a new study has found.


Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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Women who store fat on their waist in middle age are more than twice as likely to develop dementia when they get older, reveals a new study from the Sahlgrenska Academy.


Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment

Unique Uranium Source in Naturally Bioreduced Sediment

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recently published Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study of a naturally bioreduced sediment sample from a former uranium mill tailings site reveals insights that enhance understanding ...


After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape

After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground ...


Scientists find molecular trigger that helps prevent aging and disease

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine set out to address a question that has been challenging scientists for years: How do dietary restriction—and the reverse, overconsumption—produce protective effects against aging ...



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