News tagged with corner stores

Corner Shops Could Bring Healthier Food to Inner Cities

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bringing healthy food programs to corner grocery stores in the inner city might be a step toward improving residents’ diet and reducing diet-related illnesses, a new study suggests.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Google Chrome heading to iPhone, analysts predict

Google Chrome is coming to the iPhone, or at least that's what one group of analysts say.

Technology / Software

created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The desert Southwest: Oasis or mirage?

(Phys.org) -- The American West has a drinking problem. On farms and in cities, we are guzzling water at an alarming rate.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 09, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8

EBay posts higher 1Q net income and revenue

(AP) -- EBay's first-quarter net income grew 20 percent thanks to higher revenue from its PayPal business and brisk sales at its e-commerce websites. The results beat Wall Street's expectations and investors sent the company's ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Facebook insiders stay pals

All eyes are on Facebook Inc., which is on the verge of a $100-billion initial public stock offering.

Technology / Business

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Amazon aims to wring deep discounts from publishers

The bad news came to McFarland & Co. in an email from Amazon.com Inc. The world's largest Internet retailer wanted better wholesale terms for the small publisher's books. Starting Jan. 1, 2012 - then only 19 days away - Amazon ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Images capture split personality of dense suspensions

Stir lots of small particles into water, and the resulting thick mixture appears highly viscous. When this dense suspension slips through a nozzle and forms a droplet, however, its behavior momentarily reveals ...

Physics / Soft Matter

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 14 | with audio podcast

Growing bones with Lego

A video produced for Google Science Fair shows how researchers at Cambridge making synthetic bone have turned to legendary children’s toy Lego for a helping hand.

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Review: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft

The venerable PC is at a crossroads. Sales growth has slowed to a crawl. And consumers and developers are increasingly turning their time and attention to smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (29) | comments 52

Most Latino laborers use safety gear when available, study finds

A study of Latino day laborers in Chicago found that they used personal protective equipment for 94 percent of the jobs they performed, likely preventing occupational injuries.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple fans snap up new iPad in muted launch

The new iPad went on sale on Friday with Apple fans lining up from Sydney to San Francisco to snap up the latest model of the hot-selling tablet computer.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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