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Another reason to drink a nice cup of shade-grown joe

Biology /

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study published in the December 23rd issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, reveals another "eco-friendly" reason to select shade-grown coffee over beans that were grown in the sun: Shade coffee farms ...


Shade coffee benefits more than birds

Shade coffee benefits more than birds

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created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Here's one more reason to say "shade grown, please" when you order your morning cup of coffee. Shade coffee farms, which grow coffee under a canopy of multiple tree species, not only harbor ...





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Coffee Consumption Associated with Reduced Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While it is too early for physicians to start advising their male patients to take up the habit of regular coffee drinking, data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers ...


Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee (AP)

Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.


Caffeine doesn't reverse the negative cognitive impact of alcohol, study shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

People who drink may want to know that coffee won't sober them up, according to new laboratory research. Instead, a cup of coffee may make it harder for people to realize they're drunk.


Microsoft Store mirrors popular concept of its rival

Technology / Internet

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Blink an eye, and the Microsoft Store could be mistaken for an Apple Store.


Checklist for going solar

Technology / Energy

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

With the sun setting before 5 p.m., solar power may be the last thing on your mind these days. But declining panel prices ans a federal tax credit make now a good time to at least investigate whether solar power might make ...


STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies

STAR TRAK for December: Geminid meteors flash in December skies

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The annual Geminid meteor shower, which will reach its maximum on the night of Dec. 13-14, usually offers the best show of the year, outperforming even the Perseid shower of August. This year ...


Probing Question: Is forensic science on TV accurate?

Probing Question: Is forensic science on TV accurate?

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Turn on the television any evening and you're apt to see a scene such as this: Five crime scene investigators, or CSIs, return to the crime scene at night to follow up on some leads. CSI Kathryn Willows looks ...


First Pump-Probe Experiment at LCLS Completed

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...


New climate targets may not change daily life much (AP)

New climate targets may not change daily life much

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (19) | comments 31

(AP) -- Americans' day-to-day lives won't change noticeably if President Barack Obama achieves his newly announced goal of slashing carbon dioxide pollution by one-sixth in the next decade, experts say.


Does carbon labelling give developing countries a bad deal?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Carbon labelling could unfairly disadvantage economies in the developing world, and mislead consumers, according to an interdisciplinary project carried out by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme. ...



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