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The psychology of green shopping
in Sox First, on December 1, 2009
...l need to reassess their marketing and sales strategies to sell green products. To begin with, the researchers say companies will need to provide consumers with incentives to buy the goods and servic...
Cigarettes Harbor Pathogenic Bacteria
in Well Woman Blog, on November 28, 2009
... organism that causes 10 percent of all hospital-acquired infections in the United States).
The researchers also suspect that smoking weakens a person's natural immunity, which may be why the resp...
Artists and capitalism
in Sox First, on November 28, 2009
.... But a new paper, Art and Money suggests that artists can make big bucks out of capitalism. The researchers, William N. Goetzmann from Yale School of Management, Luc Renneboog and Christophe Spae...
siRNA Drug to Treat Genetic Skin Disease Pachyonychia Congenita
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 25, 2009
...he study marked the first time that the skin of a human subject was treated with this type of drug. Researchers say that in this single patient trial the drug worked, had no serious side effects, and ...
New Wound Dressing with Drug Releasing Fibers
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 20, 2009
... Researchers from the Tel Aviv University have developed a new wound dressing based on innovative fibers that can be loaded with antibiotics, then dissolve when the healing process is completed. A ...
Seen that? - Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 19, 2009
...s with health care providers at The Wired Home Weblog Researchers at Ball State University have built a Digital Home and Health Care Facility to test user...
Seen that? - Infertility Drugs Requires Beta Estrogen Receptor Gene
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 19, 2009
...xplanation why infertility drugs may not work in some women. In the August issue of Endocrinology, researchers report that in mice that were genetically engineered to lack estrogen receptor beta, fert...
Apocalypse Fatigue: losing the battle on climate change
in Sox First, on November 18, 2009
... the world will look in 20 years time. But many cannot see a future more than 10 years away and researchers say this capacity has faded over the last 40 years, a problem for governments and policymake...
49 million Americans go hungry
in Sox First, on November 17, 2009
...nough food. That's 49 million Americans or one in seven and it's at a 14 year high. Alarmingly, researchers are now saying that half of all US children and 90% of black youngsters will be on food ...
Seen that? - Water Cooled 360
in XboxSpace, on November 16, 2009
...Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK, gathered data on almost 400,000 infants born in Taiwan. The researchers used statistical analyses to see if drinking tap water [...] Read More Fil...
Seen that? - Acupuncture for Infertility
in Well Woman Blog, on November 14, 2009
...vered by insurance: "In a randomised controlled trial - the gold standard of clinical trials - researchers in Germany divided 270 patients with a similar severity of tension headache into three g...
Nanospheres Used in Drug Delivery May Treat Spinal Cord Injuries
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 10, 2009
... Researchers have discovered that nanospheres that are being used in drug delivery also have utility in repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries.
In animals with spinal cord injur...
Seen that? - RFID intermediary
in The Techwear Weblog, on November 10, 2009
...erprises than before. Now Fraunhofer Institute of Integrated Systems and Device Technology Germany researchers have developed a [...] Read More RFID shows no significant negative impact...
Seen that? - Gordon’s Jewelers Grants Wishes
in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 9, 2009
...ng designed for diagnostic and therapeutic uses. The interdisciplinary project is designed to help researchers understand potential biological interactions of engineered nanomaterials and develop des...
Seen that? - Napkin Folding
in White Lace Wedding, on November 6, 2009
...iohazards and toxic chemicals, may be as easy as wiping a toxin-detecting napkin across a surface. Researchers at Cornell University have developed a nanofiber-reinforced, biodegradable absorbent wip...
Researchers Find Nanoparticles Can Damage Nearby DNA
in Nanotechbuzz, on November 7, 2009
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Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that nanoparticles being used to fight cancer can damage the DNA in nearby cells. Their research has been published in the curr...
The psychology of climate change
in Sox First, on November 6, 2009
...hen they were told that their neighbors used less than they did. In another fascinating experiment, researchers told households what others in their neighborhood used on average. High users cut their ...
Seen that? - Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
in Well Woman Blog, on November 5, 2009
... be beneficial for all women. In fact, according by Vivian Richardson, Ivanhoe Health Correspondent Researchers, working from centers in England, Australia and New Zealand, studied 5,692 women with an...
Decrease Pain and Inflammation with Ingredients Found In Your Own Kitchen Cabinet
in Do you like to cook?, on November 2, 2009
...ates. NSAIDs include: aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac, ketoprofen, and tiaprofenic acid. Researchers are now linking inflammation to an ever-wider array of chronic illnesses such as hay fev...
Twitter Becoming a Malware Source
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 31, 2009
...any as one in every 500 web addresses posted on Twitter lead to sites hosting malware, according to researchers at Kaspersky Labs who have deployed a tool that examines URLs circulating in tweets.
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Seen that? - A Poor Diet While Pregnant Can Increase Child's Diabetes Risk
in Daily Diabetic, on October 31, 2009
...se can start as early as in the womb. Although the studies have only used mice to test this theory, researchers are confident that the results are applicable to humans. It's certainly something to...
Seen that? - Is there hope for female sexual dysfunction?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 31, 2009
...may experience impotence and other sexual dysfunction. In addition to medications already offered, researchers are now looking to gene therapy for a solution. The experimental treatment temporarily re...
Nobel Prize winners are also supply chain people!!
in Supplychainer, on October 26, 2009
...r of the Journal of Supply Chain Management (JSCM). The quarterly journal is published for academic researchers and scholars by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM).
In addition to his advisor...
Seen that? - Should You Drink Coffee When You're Pregnant
in Well Woman Blog, on October 24, 2009
...iest of reasons I know, but that is a different story. And so a new study by University of Florida researchers documented that almost all decaffeinated coffee contains [...] Read More ...
Seen that? - Why the SBA may not be the best bet for entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on October 23, 2009
...chool. More than in any other nation, U.S. entrepreneurs are motivated by opportunities in what GEM researchers call 'high-potential entrepreneurship' -- fast growing, new ventures involved in...
Seen that? - AJAX based E-messenger
in Web 2.0, on October 22, 2009
...ot be ignored at Java Entrepreneur If we believe what researchers said at Black Hat USA conference held in Las Vegas then websites deploying Ajax definite...
Aerosol Measles Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on October 21, 2009
... © Dave Haygarth Researchers have developed a new method for the delivery of measles vaccine that allows the patient to inhale a finely-powdered form of the vaccine. Attenuated measles virus ...
Louisiana Tech Researchers Seek to Improve Biofuel Processing
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 16, 2009
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Louisiana Tech researchers are exploring ways of using nanotechnology to improve the cellulosic ethanol processes.
"Louisiana Tech Professors James Palmer, Yuri Lvov...
Hedge funds lied to investors
in Sox First, on October 15, 2009
... is frequent (21%), as is incorrect or unverifiable representations about other topics (28%),'' the researchers say. "Misrepresentation, the failure to use a major auditing firm and the use of interna...
Seen that? - Taste The Forbidden Fruit
in Daily Diabetic, on October 11, 2009
...ve interest in this amazing BRAND NEW product that is taking over juice boxes. Developed by Cornell researchers with mom and food executive, Denise Devine, the Froose process is a patented new way to ...
Seen that? - Botnet hacker pleads guilty
in I got Spam?!, on October 2, 2009
... The Wireless Weblog Photo courtesy of iStockphoto Georgia Tech researchers have warned in a new report that mobile phones are extremely vulnerable to hackers. &quo...
Seen that? - International symposium on nanotechnology in construction
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 3, 2009
...ng the development of materials with increased durability and improved performance, and the leading researchers behind it are coming together to share ideas and chart new directions for the constructi...
Seen that? - Do erectile dysfunction drugs cause blindness?
in Straightfromthedoc, on October 2, 2009
...ruly effective in protecting or protecting heart muscle and tissue damage in the clinical setting. Researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University have [...] Read More ED Pills Don'...
Security breaches up in 2009
in The CIO Weblog, on September 30, 2009
... of security breaches in corporations over the past year, according to a study by Canadian security researchers. The number of breaches tripled the 2008 findings in a survey of 600 Canadian IT secur...
Toronto Researchers Design Cancer-Detecting Microchip
in Nanotechbuzz, on October 1, 2009
... MRSA and H1N1 flu."
"In their work reported in Nature Nanotechnology this week, the researchers say the new device will make sophisticated molecular diagnostics easily available soon,&q...
Personal Genomics & Privacy Survey
in The Biotech Weblog, on September 30, 2009
... © micahb37 A group of researchers has created a new online, interactive survey regarding values & attitudes related to Personal Genomics , and are inviting you to participate.
In this surve...
Recessions boost your health
in Sox First, on September 30, 2009
...tancy,'' the writers say. Of course, more people were committing suicide back then, but the researchers don't put much stock in that, claiming that people topping themselves only accounted...
Chlorinated Swimming Pools and Asthma
in Allergies, on September 22, 2009
...ease risks of asthma and respiratory allergies among adolescents .
In this particular study, the researchers compared the health of adolescents who swam in chlorinated pools to adolescents who swam ...
Hacking EC2
in The CIO Weblog, on September 15, 2009
... turns out that someone else has been looking into the problem, though, and a joint effort between researchers at the University of California - San Diego and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Seizure Drug Curbs Hot Flashes
in Well Woman Blog, on September 15, 2009
... suffering from hot flashes .
Such were the findings of University of Rochester Medical Center researchers reported in the Journal of Women's Health .
The study is the first to show sustain...
UW Researchers Use Nanotech to Store Energy from Trees
in Nanotechbuzz, on September 10, 2009
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Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have published an article in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE) Transactions on Nanotechnology , which finds ...
2009 Mid-Atlantic Biotech Conference
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 31, 2009
... more than 850 national and international industry leaders, government representatives, executives, researchers, investors, entrepreneurs, and professional services firms-representing 30 states and 10...
Natural Odors and Development of Mosquito Repellents
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 26, 2009
...n the antennae of fruit flies from functioning, thus enabling them to find their way to such foods. Researchers say that these findings may pave the way for developing inexpensive and safe mosquito re...
Testosterone and financial risk taking
in Sox First, on August 26, 2009
...n men and women with similar levels of testosterone. Testosterone also affected career choice. The researchers found that the link between risk aversion and testosterone predicted career choices afte...
Watermelons as Source of Biofuel
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 25, 2009
...f reject watermelons can be fermented efficiently into biofuel .
Wayne Fish worked with a team of researchers at the USDA-Agricultural Research Service's South Central Agricultural Research L...
Cloud platform performance questioned
in The CIO Weblog, on August 21, 2009
...ervices: performance and availability issues. Identified in a recently released study by Australian researchers, stress tests of Amazon, Google, and Microsoft's respective cloud offerings have app...
Anti-Aging Klotho Gene Prevents Hypertension and Renal Damage
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 20, 2009
...nd kidney damage, possibly explaining the prevalence of hypertension increases among the elderly.
Researchers used one injection of the klotho gene in hypertensive research models and were able to ma...
Milk for Children After Treatment of Milk Allergy
in Allergies, on August 20, 2009
...es ought to be encouraged to drink milk regularly after treatment . Not only is it safe to do so, researchers also believe that regular consumption of dairy products may be needed for children to mai...
Improved Butanol Production from Mutant Bacteria
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 19, 2009
... © futureatlas.com Researchers have doubled the production of butanol , a possible alternative to gasoline, by developing a mutant strain of the bacterium Clostridium beijerinckii in a bioreact...
Cocaine dollars
in Sox First, on August 18, 2009
...over the last two years. In other words, more people are using dollar bills to snort the stuff. Researchers conducting the study believe the increase might reflect all the stress people have been ...
Inhalant Powder Measles Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 17, 2009
... traditional liquid vaccines.
To create an inhalable vaccine, Sievers and his team of students and researchers developed a patented process known as the "Carbon Dioxide-Assisted Nebulization wit...
Eco-friendly Pesticides Derived from Herbal Essentail Oils
in The Biotech Weblog, on August 17, 2009
... Researchers are exploring the use of essential oils derived from herbs such as rosemary, thyme, clove, and mint as natural pesticides for use against agricultural as well as household pests.
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Health care reform and a fat tax
in Sox First, on August 16, 2009
...ously in debt were also obese. Only 11% of the 9000 people studied were not in debt were obese. The researchers said that the results can be attributed to the higher cost of eating healthily and the t...
Autumn Babies at Higher Risk for Childhood Asthma
in Allergies, on August 8, 2009
... so simple to protect an infant from contracting respiratory illness during the winter flu season. Researchers say that vaccines for this age group may need to be developed, particularly for those tha...
MIT and LIMR Announce Nanotech Ovarian Cancer Therapy
in Nanotechbuzz, on August 8, 2009
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Researchers at MIT and the Lankenau Institute for Medical Research (LIMR) have published a paper in the journal Cancer Research suggesting that nanoparticles may be used to de...
Twenty years to recover from layoffs
in Sox First, on August 5, 2009
...ng does it take to recover from a layoff? About 20 years, according to a new research paper . The researchers analyzed workers who were laid off in the 1980s and discovered that a decade later, they...
mHealth Summit: Mobile Technologies as a Platform for Health Research and Healthcare Delivery
in Straightfromthedoc, on July 30, 2009
...hip of the Foundation for NIH: The mHealth Summit - an unprecedented event that will bring together researchers, policy-makers, collaborators and visionaries from around the world to exchange ideas, n...
Fiscal attraction
in Sox First, on July 30, 2009
...hey were to be attracted to a mate with opposing emotional reactions toward spending,'' the researchers say."This complementary attraction pattern held not only when one spouse assessed b...
Avandia, Under Fire Once More!
in Daily Diabetic, on July 27, 2009
... of heart attacks , Avandia is facing another criticism:
liver failure and death in some patients.
Researchers from the activist group Public Citizen reported the said connection to Avandia :
Th...
IVF Success Lies in the Genes
in Next Nine Months, on July 26, 2009
...ents who went on to achieve an IVF pregnancy compared with those who did not," she said.
The researchers found that the peripheral blood gene expression 'signature' (also known as the tr...
Tires Partially Made from Cellulose
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 22, 2009
...costs during production, and result to tires that better resist heat buildup.
In this study, OSU researchers replaced up to about 12 percent of the silica used in conventional tire manufacture. This...
Allergens in Baby's Bathwater
in Allergies, on July 20, 2009
...ng a new method they have developed to quantify the fragrance allergens in daily hygiene products, researchers found out that a typical baby's bath water may contain extremely high concentrations...
Swine Flu Vaccine
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 19, 2009
... © Eneas Scientists are on a race in the development of a vaccine against swine flu. Researchers at the University of Antwerp will be testing 4 potential vaccines for H1N1v in a trial involving ...
Novellus Announces $20 Million Partnership with CNSE
in Nanotechbuzz, on July 18, 2009
...39;s world-class Albany NanoTech Complex," according to EE Times .
"A team of Novellus researchers will work with staff at Albany NanoTech to conduct leading-edge research into advanced n...
Attack of the flesh eating robots
in Sox First, on July 16, 2009
Whoaah!! Fox News reports that the Pentagon has now contracted a Maryland company to develop a robot that will gobble up everything in its way, from grass and wood - to dead bodies ! With the cute name EATR (Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot), this machine will forage around and in a ...
Genetically Modified Salt-Tolerant Cereal Crops
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 10, 2009
... Using a new genetic modification approach, agricultural researchers have developed cereal crops that are able to withstand salinity .
Professor Tester says his team used the technique to keep sa...
20 Cholesterol Regulating Genes Identified
in The Biotech Weblog, on July 8, 2009
... © micahb37 Using RNA interference technology, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory have identified 20 genes involved in cholesterol metabolism , potentially leading to new ...
Melon Extract Against Obesity
in Daily Diabetic, on July 6, 2009
...ipids, and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and preventing adipokine imbalance," wrote the researchers, led by Jean -Max Rouanet from the University of Montpellier.
First discovered in 19...
New blog on social entrepreneurship from College of Wooster
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on July 5, 2009
...Two researchers (&/or social entrepreneurs) have recently launched a blog on social entrepreneurship which I wanted to introduce to you: "Global Social Entrepreneurship - Assessment Trip"...
