News tagged with total
Researchers study how pistachios may improve heart health
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Going green may be heart healthy if the green you choose is pistachio nuts, according to researchers at Penn State who conducted the first study to investigate the way pistachios lower cholesterol.
Nutritionists show what beans are worth
Oct 03, 2008 |
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Consider a natural alternative the next time you reach for that cupcake or soda as an afternoon snack. This snack leaves you feeling full, gives you energy, and simultaneously fights “bad”—LDL—cholesterol.
'Monster' solar eclipse takes on Asian giants
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2009 |
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The world's most populous nations will gaze skywards Wednesday as the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century lays a carpet of darkness across India and China, from Mumbai to Shanghai.
Celebrating gravity’s light-bending landmark
May 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today Oxford University scientists are joining in a special celebration of the first test of Albert Einstein’s theory of gravity on the remote African island where the ground-breaking experiment ...
Do birds have a good sense of smell?
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Jul 16, 2008 |
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The sense of smell might indeed be as important to birds as it is to fish or even mammals. This is the main conclusion of a study by Silke Steiger (Max Planck Institute for Ornithology) and her colleagues. ...
Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21st Century
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2009 |
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One one-thousand, 2 one-thousand, 3 one-thousand, 4 one-thousand... Continue counting and don't stop until you reach 399 one-thousand.
New Sun-Watching Instrument to Monitor Sunlight Fluctuations
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the Maunder Minimum, a period of diminished solar activity between 1645 and 1715, sunspots were rare on the face of the sun, sometimes disappearing entirely for months to years. At ...
Images of Solar Eclipse as seen by Hinode Satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 24, 2009 |
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The Hinode satellite observing our sun captured images of the moon traversing the face of the sun during a solar eclipse this week.
Bacterial persistence in streams
Aug 05, 2008 |
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A research team from the University of Tennessee (UT) has completed a study on an East Tennessee river to determine the connection between watershed hydrology and fecal bacteria statistical time series analysis. Shesh Koirala ...
What consumers want: MSU researchers pinpoint common threads
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 05, 2009 |
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Michigan State University researchers have identified the common desires of today's sophisticated consumer - a groundbreaking study that could help businesses become more competitive in the troubled global economy.
Folic acid, B vitamins do not appear to affect cancer risk
Nov 04, 2008 |
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A daily supplementation combination that included folic acid and vitamin B6 and B12 had no significant effect on the overall risk of cancer, including breast cancer, among women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, according ...
Low lead levels in children can affect cardiovascular responses to stress
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Even low levels of lead found in the blood during early childhood can adversely affect how the child's cardiovascular system responds to stress and could possibly lead to hypertension later in life, according to a study from ...
Scientists capitalize on extended solar eclipse
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Scientists at this observatory outside Hangzhou joined residents and tourists across China and India in observing the longest total solar eclipse in a century and probably the most-viewed ever.
The Beaver as Chemist: Total Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Nupharamine Alkaloids from Castoreum
Feb 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Castoreum, the dried scent glands of the Canadian beaver, was once one of the most valuable scent components derived from animals. Castoreum contains a complex mixture of substances, including a number of ...
Total knee replacements increase mobility and motor skills in older patients
Jun 25, 2009 |
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According to a new study from researchers at Duke University, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) procedures performed in older patients with osteoarthritis of the knee result in long-term, significant improvement of physical functioning ...
