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New microscope uses rainbow of light to image the flow of individual blood cells

Blood tests convey vital medical information, but the sight of a needle often causes anxiety and results take time. A new device developed by a team of researchers in Israel, however, can reveal much the same ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cola and unhealthy lifestyle lower sperm count

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Danish study suggests drinking a lot of cola regularly could men’s lower sperm count by almost 30 percent. The culprit does not appear to be caffeine, since coffee did not have the same ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Preliminary study suggests frequent cycling could affect male fertility

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of men attending fertility clinics has found bicycling for five or more hours a week was associated with low sperm count and poor sperm motility.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

A new kind of counting: Scientists develop computer algorithm to solve previously unsolvable counting problems

(PhysOrg.com) -- How many different sudokus are there? How many different ways are there to color in the countries on a map? And how do atoms behave in a solid? Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (36) | comments 12

Crowdsourcing nutrition in a snap

Americans spend upwards of $40 billion a year on dieting advice and self-help books, but the first step in any healthy eating strategy is basic awareness -- what's on the plate.

Technology / Software

created Nov 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toddlers know when the tally is right: study

Parents keen on giving their child a jump on the competition can teach the rudiments of counting even before a toddler can talk, according to a study published Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Chernobyl radiation fells female birds, making chirping more frequent from lonely bachelors

Birdsong is one of the joys of nature, but higher percentages of birds chirping near Chernobyl are a perverse indication of radiation contamination, according to a new study.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Food habits of the poor unchanged by NY calories law: study

A New York City law requiring restaurant chains to display calorie counts has not changed eating habits among poorer people, a study released Tuesday said.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 6

Handheld device for doing blood tests moves closer to medical use

Scientists are reporting a key advance in efforts to develop a handheld device that could revolutionize the complete blood cell count (CBC), one of the most frequently performed blood tests used to diagnose ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Student-designed device provides new way to track calorie burning

Counting calories that burn through activity is a constant quandary. One can only run on a treadmill so long, watching intently as the pedometer reads out the number of calories melted during a session of exercise. Not to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

FDA proposes more calorie count information

(AP) -- It could get harder to indulge in a double cheeseburger and fries without feeling guilty.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 9

MABEL flies her maiden voyage

Flying at the edge of space, a pilot wearing high-altitude flight gear maneuvered the ER-2 aircraft last month over the California desert. At 12 miles above the ground the temperature outside had plummeted ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Overweight men have poorer sperm count

Overweight or obese men, like their female counterparts, have a lower chance of becoming a parent, according to a comparison of sperm quality presented at a European fertility meeting Monday.

Medicine & Health / Overweight and Obesity

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laptops can affect men's chances of having children

If you are a man who is thinking about having children sometime in the future, you might want to reconsider how you use your laptop. Having a frequent habit of placing your laptop on your lap may affect your chances of having ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 10, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-calorie cheesecake? Why we have trouble estimating calories

When it comes to estimating calorie counts, Americans aren't really on the ball. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, this may be because of the order in which we encounter the food.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0