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Using wastewater to enhance mint production

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SOUTH VERONA, MS — When essential oils are extracted from plants through the process of steam distillation, wastewater is produced and subsequently released into rivers and streams. Finding new uses for these unused by-products could benefit …

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Build your online networks using social annotations

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Researchers at Toshiba are working on a way of finding clusters of like-minded bloggers and others online using “social annotations”. Social annotations are the tags and keywords, the comments and feedback that users, both content creators and other…

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Facebook users more prone to developing eating disorders

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The same has been found with regard to exposure to music and fashion on the Internet, and to harmful programs on TV. The study also reveals that the risk of developing eating disorders in adolescent girls is moderated when there is more parental sup…

Categories Blog Entry, Brain & Behavior, Health, Technology

Massive endocytosis in cells

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In three papers in the January and February issues of the Journal of General Physiology (JGP), Don Hilgemann and colleagues have extensively characterized a previously unidentified process by which up to 75% of the cell plasma membrane can be revers…

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Organic onions, carrots and potatoes do not have higher levels of healthful antioxidants

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With the demand for organically produced food increasing, scientists are reporting new evidence that organically grown onions, carrots, and potatoes generally do not have higher levels of healthful antioxidants and related substances than vegetables…

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Vertical search across the educational horizon

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Searching the web usually involves typing keywords or a phrase into a search engine and clicking the “search now” button. It’s very effective and several large companies have become prominent in the field by providing users with searchable access to…

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Reading ‘Avatar’s’ DNA

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Tel Aviv — You know when you’re watching a pirated film downloaded from the Internet — there’s no mistaking the fuzzy footage, or the guy in the front row getting up for popcorn. Despite the poor quality, pirated video is a serious problem a…

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Swedes happier than before

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Swedes are both happy and content with their lives, reveals a report from the SOM Institute at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. The factors that contribute most to a sense of wellbeing are good health, family and friends, a good home and person…

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Tea leaves identified using neural networks

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Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories

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When it comes to estimating calorie counts, Americans aren’t really on the ball. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, this may be because of the order in which we encounter the food.
“The sequence in which items are consid…

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Swine researchers seek answers to fiber’s low digestibility

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As interest grows in feeding distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to growing pigs, many questions are being asked about the digestibility of this alternative feed option.
“Previous research shows that while the amount of energy in DDGS is …

Categories Blog Entry, Earth, Energy & Environment, Health, Life & Non-humans

Carbohydrate claims can mislead consumers

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St. Louis, MO, September 7, 2010 — Food manufacturers advertise a variety of foods on grocery store shelves by using nutrient claims on the front of packaging. A study in the September/October issue of the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behav…

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