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Tendency of operational routines to falter is widespread but fixable

New research by a University of Illinois expert who studies process management points to the potential role of regulatory oversight in preventing deterioration of operational routines that are used to complete day-to-day ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genome provides new weapon against sea lice

An international team of researchers has now sequenced nearly the entire genetic material of the sea louse. On 1 March the Institute of Marine Research gave the world open access to this research source, which ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Livestock industry beefs up Illinois's economy

A recent report conducted by the University of Illinois provides an economic snapshot of the current state of the livestock industry, giving the Illinois livestock industry data to back up their importance to the state. The ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical engineers find high-yield method of making xylene from biomass

A team of chemical engineers led by Paul J. Dauenhauer of the University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered a new, high-yield method of producing the key ingredient used to make plastic bottles from biomass. The process ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Discovery of new catalyst promises cheaper, greener drugs

A chemistry team at the University of Toronto has discovered environmentally-friendly iron-based nanoparticle catalysts that work as well as the expensive, toxic, metal-based catalysts that are currently in wide use by the ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Scientists learn startling new truth about sugar

Flying in the face of years of scientific belief, University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated that sugar doesn't melt, it decomposes.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

New antibiotic could make food safer and cows healthier

Food-borne diseases might soon have another warrior to contend with, thanks to a new molecule discovered by chemists at the University of Illinois. The new antibiotic, an analog of the widely used food preservative ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Pioneering research on Bacillus subtilis metabolism reveals bacterium's secrets

Ground-breaking research by an international team of scientists will help to make one of the most versatile of bacteria even more useful to society and the environment.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New explanation for nature's hardiest life form

Got food poisoning? The cause might be bacterial spores, en extremely hardy survival form of bacteria, a nightmare for health care and the food industry and an enigma for scientists. Spore-forming bacteria, present almost ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Tackling contamination with minimal water and energy consumption

EU-funded researchers developed technology for a dry pre-cleaning as an alternative to the water- and energy-intensive decontamination process currently used by the medical and food industries.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Do smokers cost society money?

(AP) -- Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too - by living longer.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 12

Cloves are the best natural antioxidant

Using spices eaten in the Mediterranean diet as natural antioxidants is a good way forward for the food industry, given the beneficial health effects of these products. This has been shown by researchers from ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Point-of-sale advertising major cause of teen smoking, study shows

Point-of-sale tobacco advertising works impressively well on teens — so well that federal regulators should consider barring such marketing efforts from convenience stores, gas stations and small groceries, a Stanford University ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 18, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Crowded Earth: how many is too many?

Already straining to host seven billion souls, Earth is set to teem with billions more, and only a revolution in the use of resources can avert an environmental crunch, experts say.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 23, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 144

Scientists say Gulf spill altering food web

(AP) -- Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to a fouled ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2