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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
An international team of researchers believes it has identified the wild yeast that, in the age of sail, apparently traveled more than 7,000 miles to make a fortuitous microbial match that today underpins the $250 billion a year lager beer industry.
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Craig Jones on 08/23 at 10:36 AM
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Thursday, August 18, 2011
McMaster researchers have found that milk is a more effective way of countering dehydration in active children than a sports drink or water itself.
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Craig Jones on 08/18 at 10:39 AM
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Monday, August 15, 2011
Could a mint-flavored additive to cigarettes have a negative impact on smoking cessation efforts? New research from investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-School of Public Health shines a light on this topic. It finds that menthol cigarettes are associated with decreased quitting in the United States, and that this effect is more pronounced for blacks and Puerto Ricans.
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Craig Jones on 08/15 at 12:12 PM
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
People who frequently use tanning beds may be spurred by an addictive neurological reward-and-reinforcement trigger, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in a pilot study.
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Craig Jones on 08/11 at 12:00 PM
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
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Thom Canalichio on 08/11 at 08:49 AM
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite—temporarily designated P4—was uncovered in a Hubble survey searching for rings around the dwarf planet.
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Craig Jones on 07/20 at 08:01 AM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa.
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Thom Canalichio on 07/19 at 04:04 PM
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
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Thom Canalichio on 07/19 at 01:39 PM
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa.
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Craig Jones on 07/18 at 08:33 AM
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Friday, July 15, 2011
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that grape seed polyphenols—a natural antioxidant—may help prevent the development or delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Craig Jones on 07/15 at 08:50 AM
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