News tagged with products
Google, Yahoo call for expanded online drug ads
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Google, Yahoo and other Web companies joined the pharmaceutical industry Thursday in urging federal regulators to make it easier to pitch drugs in online advertisements.
findNano app puts nanotech in your pocket
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 12, 2009 |
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The Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies (PEN) has developed findNano, an application for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch that lets users discover and determine whether consumer products are nanotechnology-enabled. Nanotechnology, ...
New explanation for nature's hardiest life form
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...
Lawmaker wants probe of E. coli and school lunches
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.
FDA warns Web companies not to sell flavored cigs
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.
We spend more on products with detailed nutritional information
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 06, 2009 |
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People would be willing to pay more for products that carry detailed nutritional information than for the so-called light items. Thus it has been confirmed by researchers from the University of Santiago de ...
USDA confirms H1N1 in Minnesota pigs
Oct 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- At least one pig from Minnesota has tested positive for the H1N1 virus, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday, the first case of a pig contracting the virus in the United States.
Fabled 'vegetable lamb' plant contains potential treatment for osteoporosis
Oct 14, 2009 |
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once believed to bear fruit that ripened into a living baby sheep — produces substances that show promise in laboratory experiments as new treatments for osteoporosis, the bone-thinning disease. That's the conclusion of a ...
Will this trip be exciting? Consumers respond best to vacation ads that match current emotions
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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Most of us won't respond to the call of adventure while soaking in a relaxing bath. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, we're more likely to book a weekend at a spa.
Tanked-up teens: Cheap alcohol strongly linked to harmful underage drinking in the UK
Oct 09, 2009 |
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Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied the drinking habits of 9833 15-16 year olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are st ...
Buying green can be license for bad behavior, study finds
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 07, 2009 |
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Those lyin', cheatin' green consumers. Just being around green products can make us behave more altruistically, a new study to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science has found.
New labels might decrease overall demand for milk
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent increases in organic and hormone-free milk labeling might negatively affect sales of milk without such labels, and could lead to a decreased demand for all milk types, according to a new economic study ...
Ig Nobel: Researchers named the cream of the crop
Oct 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Newcastle scientists Dr Catherine Douglas and Dr Peter Rowlinson have won the Ig Nobel Prize for Veterinary Medicine for their work looking at reducing stress levels in dairy cattle. In a paper published earlier this year, they described how giving a cow ...
Sold-out products influence consumer choice
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 29, 2009 |
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An empty store shelf tempts shoppers to buy the next best thing, according to a new study from the University of Alberta.
Web-based in-service training requires new skills
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Mona Nilsen from the Department of Education and Didactics, University of Gothenburg, has analysed continued professional development within the food production industry, a sector with a generally low level ...
