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Coffee drinkers likely to live longer
18.05.2012 [18:37]
If you’re a coffee drinker and were worried about the amount of coffee you drink on a daily or weekly basis, fear no more. Sit back, relax, and enjoy another cup of coffee. A new study out reports that men who drank at least six cups of coffee a day had a 10 percent lower chance of dying that men who drank none at all. The risk for women was 15...
 
AGU: Groundwater pumping leads to sea level rise, cancels out effect of dams
18.05.2012 [11:37]
As people pump groundwater for irrigation, drinking water, and industrial uses, the water doesn`t just seep back into the ground -- it also evaporates into the atmosphere, or runs off into rivers and canals, eventually emptying into the world`s oceans. This water adds up, and a new study
 
Manta rays tagged to reveal secrets of a mysterious ocean giant
18.05.2012 [10:10]
Conservationists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Exeter, and the Government of Mexico have used the latest satellite tracking technology to discover the feeding habitats and threats to the world`s largest ray. The research team used satellite telemetry to track open-ocean journeys of these remarkable animals, which have...
 
Fossil shows off that even the DINOSAURS suffered arthritis 150 million years ago
17.05.2012 [22:46]
Dinosaurs suffered painful arthritis in their huge joints, scientists revealed for the first time today. Researchers found signs of a degenerative condition similar to human arthritis in the jaw of a pliosaur - an ancient sea reptile that lived 150 million years ago
 
Binging on sweets may make you stupid
17.05.2012 [19:35]
In a new UCLA rat study, researchers including an Indian have for the first time shown that a diet steadily high in fructose slows the brain, hampering memory and learning. But the good news is omega-3 fatty acids can counteract the disruption. "Our findings illustrate that what you eat affects how you think," said Fernando Gomez-...
 
Dell Introduces the First Multi-User 2U Rack Workstation for Virtualized 3D Workloads
17.05.2012 [18:57]
Dell announced it is expanding its client virtualization solutions with the introduction of the first virtualized 2U rack workstation enabling up to four concurrent professional graphics users to work from a single workstation from virtually anywhere. The Dell Precision R5500 rack workstation is the first four-GPU (graphics processing unit)...
 
Billion-dollar city planned, with no residents
17.05.2012 [15:24]
A scientific ghost town in the heart of southeastern New Mexico oil and gas country will hum with the latest next-generation technology — but no people. A $1 billion city without residents will be developed in Lea County near Hobbs, officials said Tuesday, to help researchers test everything
 
Botox may move from face to brain, study in rats says
17.05.2012 [14:49]
Botulinum neurotoxin type A, sold as Allergan Inc.`s Botox remedy for wrinkles, can move from its injection site to the brain, a study shows. Scientists injected rats` whisker muscles with botulism toxin. Tests of the rodents` brain tissue found that botulism had been transported to the brain stems, the researchers said in the Journal of...
 
Toxic burden: women put 515 chemicals on their faces every day
17.05.2012 [14:27]
A study published by Bionsen, a company in the United Kingdom that sells aluminum-free body products, found that the average woman applies 515 chemicals to her face a day. Makeup, perfumes, lotions, mascara, and other beauty products all contribute to the toxic brew that is causing
 
Fountain in Rome`s Piazza Navona vandalized
16.05.2012 [22:58]
A man has vandalized a fountain in Rome`s famed Piazza Navona, detaching two big chunks off a marble statue. The damaged statue was a 19th-century copy. A Rome culture official, Umberto Broccoli, said the pieces were recovered and can be reattached to the Moor Fountain
 
Unseen Planet Revealed by Its Gravity
16.05.2012 [22:49]
More than a 150 years ago, before Neptune was ever sighted in the night sky, French mathematician Urbain Le Verrier predicted the planet`s existence based on small deviations in the motion of Uranus. In a paper published May 10 in the
 
Beryl and Betty become oldest winners of Sony radio prize
16.05.2012 [21:34]
Two elderly ladies giggling about chicken dinners, pop music and a worrying obsession with Michael Bublé might not sound like your standard radio show. Their riotous show has just won one of the most prestigious awards in radio. But, as may be apparent from their names, Beryl and Betty are not the latest young turks of the airwaves. They are - at...
 
Archeologists find the oldest known distillery in China
16.05.2012 [19:45]
Recently, archeologists discovered the oldest distillery in the country. Even though now in ruin, boilers, water container and stone ovens indicate the scale and technology used in production. Excavations took place in the Jilin province on the North-East of China. It was there where archeologists first found a number of peculiar aggregates in...
 
Caffeine – a drug daily: can be cause of death?
16.05.2012 [17:13]
Last week in New Zealand Wellington, was sentenced in the case of the death of 30-year old Natasha Harris, a partner which claimed that she died due to excessive consumption of Coca-Cola. This writes Der Spiegel. According to data cited in this article are considered a lethal dose of about 10 grams of caffeine, a cup of coffee
 
Sleepwalking more prevalent among U.S. adults than previously suspected, researcher says
15.05.2012 [23:53]
What goes bump in the night? In many U.S. households: people. That`s according to new Stanford University School of Medicine research, which found that about 3.6 percent of US adults — or upward of 8.4 million — are prone to
 
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