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Web-based in-service training requires new skills

Web-based in-service training requires new skills

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...


New computing tool could lead to better crops and pesticides say researchers

New computing tool could lead to better crops and pesticides say researchers

Biology / Other

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new computing tool that could help scientists predict how plants will react to different environmental conditions in order to create better crops, such as tastier and longer lasting tomatoes, is being developed ...


FDA ban on flavored cigs takes effect

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect on Tuesday, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco.


Amazon widens private labels with electronics gear

Technology / Business

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

(AP) -- Consumers visit Amazon.com for deals on products from companies ranging from Apple Inc. to Zenith Electronics Corp. Now, the online retailer wants shoppers to check out stuff that carries Amazon's own brand name, ...


Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Processes and policies governing the reuse and recycling of electronic products need to be standardized worldwide to stem and reverse the growing problem of illegal and harmful e-waste processing practices in developing countries, ...


Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues

Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in China are reporting the "intriguing" discovery that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is scheduled for the Sept. 23 ...


'Dung of the devil' plant roots point to new swine flu drugs

'Dung of the devil' plant roots point to new swine flu drugs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in China have discovered that roots of a plant used a century ago during the great Spanish influenza pandemic contains substances with powerful effects in laboratory experiments in killing the H1N1 ...


FDA requires faster food safety reporting

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Food makers will be required to alert government officials of potentially contaminated products within 24 hours under a new rule designed to help federal regulators spot food safety issues sooner.


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Harness power of the sun with solar gadgets

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the past, if you wanted a solar-powered gadget, you typically had to shell out a lot of cash for something made by a company you'd never heard of. But that's starting to change, as major brands such as ...


People vary widely in ability to eliminate arsenic from the body

People vary widely in ability to eliminate arsenic from the body

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Large variations exist in peoples' ability to eliminate arsenic from the body, according to a new study that questions existing standards for evaluating the human health risks from the potentially toxic substance. ...


Milk is safe, even encouraged, for some children after treatment for milk allergy

Medicine & Health / Other

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

Some children with a history of severe milk allergy can safely drink milk and consume other dairy products every day, according to research led by the Johns Hopkins Children's Center and published in the Aug. 10 online edition ...


Agricultural methods of early civilizations may have altered global climate, study suggests

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

Massive burning of forests for agriculture thousands of years ago may have increased atmospheric carbon dioxide enough to alter global climate and usher in a warming trend that continues today, according to a new study that ...


New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant

New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Deep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the "Devil's claw," a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each year. Unfortunately, ...


Good taste measured by science; oleic acid in beef used to predict taste

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Different projects and research are under way to create standards indicating how good agricultural and livestock products taste.


FDA concludes mercury in dental fillings not risky

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The government declared Tuesday that silver dental fillings contain too little mercury to harm the millions who've had cavities filled with them - including young children - and that only people allergic to mercury ...