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Foodborne illness costs US $152 billion annually, report estimates

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) economist estimates the total economic impact of foodborne illness across the nation to be a combined $152 billion annually.


Stiff party competition, modest salaries good for state government, study shows

Other Sciences / Economics

created Feb 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vigorous two-party competition provides the best guarantee for meaningful, broad-based governance and modest salaries for lawmakers add a second protection against narrow-interest legislation, finds a national study spanning ...


First U.S. Sample Processed in Materials Science Research Rack to be Opened at Marshall

First U.S. Sample Processed in Materials Science Research Rack to be Opened at Marshall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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(PhysOrg.com) -- On Feb. 2, the first materials science sample supporting an U.S. investigator was processed in NASA's Materials Science Research Rack aboard the International Space Station.


Hella Good: Scientists Petition to Name a Very Large Number

Hella Good: Scientists Petition to Name a Very Large Number

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (24) | comments 39 | with audio podcast weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- As science becomes increasing precise, and as computers provide the ability to crunch ever larger (and smaller) numbers, scientists are looking to name numbers with lots of zeroes. You've ...


Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests (AP)

Cancer society casts more doubt on prostate tests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Months after experts discounted the importance of routine mammograms and Pap smears for many women, the American Cancer Society is warning more explicitly than ever that regular testing for prostate ...


BYU undergrad publishes better DNA sequencing method in medical journal

BYU undergrad publishes better DNA sequencing method in medical journal

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nathan Clement is still a few courses away from earning a bachelor's degree, but he's already credited with a significant advance in the field of DNA sequencing.


BBC Science Team Builds Coffee Fueled Car... The Carpuccino

BBC Science Team Builds Coffee Fueled Car... The Carpuccino

Technology / Energy

created Mar 10, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- Think you need a lot of coffee to get going in the morning? How about 56 espressos? That’s the kind of power the experimental car, the "Carpuccino," needs just to travel one mile!


Biochemist researching computer models of protein structure that help high school, college students

Biochemist researching computer models of protein structure that help high school, college students

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 08, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An award from the National Science Foundation will boost a Kansas State University professor's contribution to the study of proteins while also helping college and high school science teachers learn more about ...


What makes a meal tasty?

What makes a meal tasty?

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some foods taste terrible when others are absolutely delicious? Is it the ingredients, the way they have been grown and cooked, or simply the mood we are in today?


Dome away from home

Dome away from home

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After more than three decades of service to researchers and staff stationed at the bottom of the world, the dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station was deconstructed this austral summer.



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