Soy foods are associated with lower sperm concentrations July 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Men who eat an average of half a serving of soy food a day have lower concentrations of sperm than men who do not eat soy foods, according to research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal, Human ... | |
Patient privacy assured by electronic censor July 24, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Newly developed software will help to allay patients' fears about who has access to their confidential data. Research published today in the open access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making describes ... | |
Cow power could generate electricity for millions July 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ... | |
You're more likely to do sport if you are white, middle class, and middle-aged July 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The comfortably off, white, and middle aged are the most likely to participate in sporting activities, reveals a 10 year study published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. | |
Paying to save tropical forests could be a way to reduce global carbon emissions July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Wealthy nations willing to collectively spend about $1 billion annually could prevent the emission of roughly half a billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for the next 25 years, new research suggests. | |
Scientists suspect omega-3 fatty acids could slow acute wound healing July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A recent study shows that popular fish oil supplements have an effect on the healing process of small, acute wounds in human skin. But whether that effect is detrimental, as researchers initially suspected, remains a mystery. | |
 NIST Trumps the Clumps: Making Biologic Drugs Safer July 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a technique to measure the formation of clumps of proteins in protein-based pharmaceuticals. This first systematic study clarifies ... | |
Historian predicts the end of 'science superpowers' July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Is the sun beginning to set on America's scientific dominance? Much like the scientific superpowers of France, Germany and Britain in centuries' past, the United States has a diminishing lead over other nations in financial ... | |
 New life given to ancient Egyptian texts stored at Stanford for decades July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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They're torn and faded and have the woven texture of a flattened Triscuit. At first glance, the ancient Egyptian texts look like scraps of garbage. And more than 2,000 years ago, that's exactly what they were—discarded ... | |
As Farmers' Markets Grow, So Should Management, Indicates OSU Study July 23, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Farmers' markets are rapidly growing in number in Oregon and throughout the United States and a key to their potential success can be found in how they approach growth and management, according to new research at Oregon State ... | |
 Phoenix Completes Longest Work Shift July 23, 2008 | User rating: 3.6 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Phoenix early Tuesday finished its longest work shift of the mission. The lander stayed awake for 33 hours, completing tasks that included rasping and scraping by the robotic arm, in addition ... | |
Struggling generations: Bankruptcies among seniors soaring July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The rates of personal bankruptcies have declined among young people while soaring among older Americans, a new study shows. | |
Ancient Galactic Magnetic Fields Stronger than Expected July 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 21 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mining the far reaches of the universe for clues about its past, a team of scientists including Philipp Kronberg of Los Alamos National Laboratory has proposed that magnetic fields of ancient galaxies like ... | |
 Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils July 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials ... | |
 Graphics processing installation to boost Argonne's Blue Gene/P visualization capabilities July 23, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The IBM Blue Gene/P Intrepid at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, will soon have the data analytics ... | |
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