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Low-allergenic wines could stifle sniffles and sneezes in millions of wine drinkers

Scientists have identified a mysterious culprit that threatens headaches, stuffy noses, skin rash and other allergy symptoms when more than 500 million people worldwide drink wine. The discovery could help winemakers in developing ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Detecting fake wine vintages: It's an (atomic) blast

Two decades of atomic bomb testing in the atmosphere are yielding an unexpected bonus for consumers, scientists reported here today at the 239th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). It's ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4 | with audio podcast




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Padded headgear, boxing gloves may offer some protection for fighters

The use of padded headgear and gloves reduces the impact that fighters absorb from hits to the head, according to newly published research from Cleveland Clinic.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Megaupload founder denies piracy, demands release

Megaupload's detained founder Monday denied wrongdoing after US authorities shut down his file-sharing website, as new details emerged of a rock-star life featuring "fast cars" and "hot girls".

Technology / Internet

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iconic telescope renamed to honor founder of radio astronomy

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most famous radio telescope will become the "Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array" to honor the founder of radio astronomy, the study of the Universe via radio waves naturally emitted ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New fracture analysis plan would change bridge fabrication, inspection

One size does not fit all. By adding the word "not", this now completely revised adage rings true for at least one civil engineer.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The swirling of wine helps bioreactors to run better (w/ video)

Every wine aficionado knows that wine has to be swirled in a glass in order for it to release its aroma. Applied to biotechnologies over some fifteen years, this ordinary gesture has made it possible to develop more efficient ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apps to help you skip those Black Friday lines

While you're waiting at the stores on Black Friday, why not check if that deal you're blowing the day for is available online for less money or less aggravation. Here are some key smartphone shopping apps for the holidays.

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mechanism of wine swirling explained

Wine drinkers know that swirling a good vintage around in a glass aerates the wine and releases its bouquet. Just how the process – known as "orbital shaking" – works, however, has been something ...

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Vintage leather football helmets often as protective as modern helmets in common, game-like hits

Old-fashioned "leatherhead" football helmets from the early 1900s are often as effective as – and sometimes better than – modern football helmets at protecting against injuries during routine, game-like collisions, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sun trackers gather to calibrate instruments

Under a partly cloudy sky overlooking grassy mesas, dozens of cylindrical instruments point toward the sun above the Colorado prairie.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Topsy-turvy wine weather makes grape sorters shine

A topsy-turvy growing season, which zigzagged from drought to hail to heat wave, produced a distressingly mixed crop in Bordeaux this year -- but gave optical grape sorters a chance to shine.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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