RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- California's avocado industry is worth more than $320 million annually, and has about 6,000 growers farming more than 6,000 acres of land.
Jun 22, 2010
Boston, MA -- In response to the H1N1 flu, most employees at U.S. businesses say their company took measures to protect them from illness, such as encouraging…
Jun 22, 2010
Children of mothers whose blood glucose (sugar) was high during pregnancy are more likely to have low insulin sensitivity -- a risk factor for type 2 diabetes -- even after taking into consideration the children's body weight, a new study shows.
Jun 22, 2010
Troy, N.Y. An organic compound found in red wine -- resveratrol -- has the ability to neutralize the toxic effects of proteins linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to research led by Rensselaer Professor Peter M.
Jun 22, 2010
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- A Kansas State University chemical engineer has developed and patented a chemical structure to make all-natural personal care products and purer pharmaceuticals in the laboratory.
Jun 22, 2010
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Although long-term care of sick or disabled loved ones is widely recognized as a threat to the caregiver's health and quality of life, a new…
Jun 22, 2010
BOSTON, Mass. (June 20, 2010) -- By emulating nature's design principles, a team at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard…
Jun 22, 2010
BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL, June 22, 2010 -- Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) developed a software program that can detect depression in blogs and online texts.
Jun 22, 2010
When consumers make choices, their style of pursuing their goals changes the way they search and decide what to purchase, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research.
Jun 21, 2010
A new study in the journal Respirology reveals that patients with diabetes who are hospitalized with acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary…
Jun 21, 2010
Four unmanned autonomous vehicles designed and built by a team of engineering students at Virginia Tech using the TORC Robotic Building Blocks product line, are headed to Hawaii to participate in the 2010 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) war games in July.
Jun 21, 2010
Veterans with substance use disorders who die by suicide are more likely to use violent means (such as a firearm) rather than nonviolent means (such as a drug overdose), new research suggests.
Jun 21, 2010
A lawyer and researcher at the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics says a new legal and ethical framework needs to be placed around the donation and…
Jun 21, 2010
Troy, N.Y. -- Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene.
Jun 21, 2010
