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Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.
3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.
Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras
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Jul 02, 2009 |
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Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater ...
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Evidence of a relationship between swimming babies and infections
Oct 04, 2007 |
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Scientists of the GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health found indications for an association between attendance of swimming pools in the first year of life and the frequency of infections. Diarrhea and otitis ...
Girl saved from drowning by computer
Sep 01, 2005 |
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A British girl was saved from drowning by a computer after a warning system alerted security when she sank to the bottom of a swimming pool.
Swimming lessons do not increase drowning risk in young children
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Providing very young children with swimming lessons appears to have a protective effect against drowning and does not increase children's risk of drowning, reported researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Sun-safe pool policies appear related to sun safety behaviors among pool staff
Feb 16, 2009 |
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The social environment at swimming pools appears to be related to sun safety behaviors of outdoor pool staff, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Purdue lab works to improve conditions at indoor swimming pools
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at Purdue University have determined how certain airborne contaminants are created when chlorine reacts with sweat and urine in indoor swimming pools, a step toward learning how to reduce the formation of "volatile ...
How do bacteria swim? Physicists explain
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Imagine yourself swimming in a pool: It's the movement of your arms and legs, not the viscosity of the water, that mostly dictates the speed and direction that you swim.
Virtual swimmer to speed up athletes
Mar 30, 2006 |
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CSIRO and the Australian Institute of Sport are using mathematics in a bid to speed up our top swimmers by testing changes to swimming strokes. The research will make use of the same software CSIRO uses for other fluid simulations ...
Team finds a better way to watch bacteria swim
Oct 04, 2009 |
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Researchers have developed a new method for studying bacterial swimming, one that allows them to trap Escherichia coli bacteria and modify the microbes' environment without hindering the way they move.
What's in your water?: Disinfectants create toxic by-products
Mar 31, 2009 |
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Although perhaps the greatest public health achievement of the 20th century was the disinfection of water, a recent study now shows that the chemicals used to purify the water we drink and use in swimming pools react with ...
Aquatic creatures mix ocean water
Nov 22, 2009 |
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Understanding mixing in the ocean is of fundamental importance to modeling climate change or predicting the effects of an El Niño on our weather. Modern ocean models primarily incorporate the effects of winds and tides. However, ...
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