News tagged with mineral oil
Maple seeds and animals exploit the same trick to fly (w/Video)
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The twirling seeds of maple trees spin like miniature helicopters as they fall to the ground. Because the seeds descend slowly as they swirl, they can be carried aloft by the wind and dispersed over great ...
'Beauty' injections can turn ugly: NY health officials
Apr 17, 2009 |
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New Yorkers looking for a quick beauty fix risk death from unlicensed practitioners offering oil injections to enhance prized body parts, health authorities warned Friday.
Mineral oil contamination in humans: A health problem?
Nov 24, 2008 |
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From a quantitative standpoint, mineral oil is probably the largest contaminant of our body. That this contaminant can be tolerated without health concerns in humans has not been proven convincingly. The current Editorial ...
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New Danish research shows how oil gets stuck underground
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 11, 2009 |
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It is a mystery to many people why the world is running out of oil when most of the world's oilfields have only been half emptied. However some of the oil that has been located is trapped as droplets of oil in small cavities ...
Flaxseed oil and osteoporosis
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Animal studies suggest that adding flaxseed oil to the diet could reduce the risk of osteoporosis in post-menopausal women and women with diabetes, according to a report to be published in the International Journal of Fo ...
Rocky water source
Jun 11, 2008 |
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Gypsum, a rocky mineral is abundant in desert regions where fresh water is usually in very short supply but oil and gas fields are common. Writing in International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Peter van der Ga ...
Women who consume olive oil preserve their bone mass better
Feb 18, 2009 |
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A study from the Harokopio University of Athens (Greece) determines that adherence to a dietary pattern close to the Mediterranean diet, with high consumption of fish and olive oil and low red meat intake, has a significant ...
Gluten-free diet reduces bone problems in children with celiac disease
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Celiac disease (CD) is an inherited intestinal disorder characterized by life-long intolerance to the ingestion of gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. Although CD can be diagnosed at any age, it commonly occurs ...
Quantifying Earth's copper: Study puts numbers on nonrenewabilility
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Unlike forests, fisheries and other resources that can be renewed relatively rapidly through natural processes, mineral deposits form so slowly that they're classified as nonrenewable. But just how non-renewable are they, ...
Green industrial lubricant developed
Jul 10, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the University of Huelva has developed an environmentally-friendly lubricating grease based on ricin oil and cellulose derivatives, according to the journal Green Chemistry. The ne ...
Sustainable Corn Production Supports Advanced Biofuel Feedstocks
Nov 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers worldwide are trying to economically convert cellulosic biomass such as corn stover into "cellulosic ethanol." But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that ...
Despite popular belief, the world is not running out of oil, UW scientist says
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Oct 19, 2006 |
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If you think the world is on the verge of running out of oil or other mineral resources, you've been taken in by the foremost of seven myths about resource geology, according to a University of Washington economic geologist.
Debunking the 'curse of oil'
Jul 07, 2008 |
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A paper co-written by an Indiana University economics professor takes issue with the widespread idea that there is a "natural resource curse" that puts countries with oil or mineral wealth at a disadvantage when it comes ...
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