Consumers are eager to get their hands on, and teeth into, foods that are genetically modified to increase health benefits – and even pay more for the opportunity.

Biology - Other

Sep 14, 2011 2.3 / 5 (3) 2

As the Sept. 21 execution date looms for a man convicted for his role in chaining and dragging a black man to his death, attention again will be focused on the small East Texas town of Jasper, vilified worldwide as racist ...

Other Sciences - Social Sciences

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José Carlos Mendes Santos (a.k.a. Louro) is a handyman in rural northeastern Bahia, Brazil - one of the areas of the world with the highest biodiversity. Two years ago, he found a tiny, inch-high plant ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 14, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team of researchers led by Professor Hassan Ugail of Bradford University have demonstrated a new type of lie-detector at the annual British Science Festival in Bradford. Instead of hooking people ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Sep 14, 2011 1 / 5 (1) 6 |

Researchers report discovery of a completely new technology for more efficiently separating gold, silver, copper, and other valuable materials from rock and ore. Their report on the process, which uses nanoparticles ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Sep 14, 2011 4.8 / 5 (6) 3 |

(AP) -- A human rights investigator for the United Nations says up to a quarter of the world's trash from hospitals, clinics, labs, blood banks and mortuaries is hazardous and much more needs to be done to ...

Space & Earth - Environment

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Consumers could soon see packages of pasta labeled "good source of dietary fiber" and "may reduce the risk of heart disease" thanks to the development of a new genre of pasta made with barley—a grain famous for giving ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 14, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 0

Several new studies of air and water near the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill conclude that cleanup workers may have escaped harm from one of the most worrisome groups of potentially toxic substances in the oil, according ...

Chemistry - Other

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The blood from woolly mammoths -- those extinct elephant-like creatures that roamed the Earth in pre-historic times -- is helping scientists develop new blood products for modern medical procedures that involve ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Sep 14, 2011 4.8 / 5 (4) 2 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Masayoshi Son, founder and CEO of Softbank, one of Japan’s largest Internet conglomerates, announced this week the establishment of the Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (JREF) with the ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Sep 14, 2011 5 / 5 (6) 19 |

Improved fishing nets have saved tens of thousands of endangered sea turtles in recent years, but 4,600 are still dying annually, mainly in Gulf of Mexico shrimp trawls, said a US study on Wednesday.

Biology - Ecology

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Despite recent news reports questioning the long-term viability of daily deal companies, a new study from researchers at Rice University and Cornell University shows that the companies are more popular than ever among consumers.

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

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(PhysOrg.com) -- For centuries historians have believed that the spark that led to the popular Scottish uprising against Edward I in 1297 was William Wallace’s killing of the English Sheriff of Lanark, ...

Other Sciences - Other

Sep 14, 2011 3.5 / 5 (4) 0

A University of Exeter academic has spoken about the many chemical elements we rely on that are at risk.

Space & Earth - Environment

Sep 14, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 2

As with their terrestrial counterparts, marine mammals are colonized by a range of bacteria, some of which are friendly and others which can cause disease.

Biology - Ecology

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