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Orange peels could be made into biodegradable plastic

Plastic waste is one of the worst forms of trash because it takes so long to degrade, thus overflowing our landfills and polluting our oceans and waterways. But what if we could make plastic from a recycled, natural, biodegradable ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers cooking up new gelled rocket fuels

Engineers and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military ...

Chemistry /

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Orange peels, newspapers may lead to cheaper, cleaner ethanol fuel

Scientists may have just made the breakthrough of a lifetime, turning discarded fruit peels and other throwaways into cheap, clean fuel to power the world's vehicles.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (20) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Toxins in Lake Michigan fish linked to diabetes

This is a fish tale in which smaller is better than bigger, especially if the catch is to be eaten in any quantity.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Orange corn holds promise for reducing blindness, child death

Decreasing or increasing the function of a newly discovered gene in corn may increase vitamin A content and have significant implications for reducing childhood blindness and mortality rates, according to ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blood on the menu: New research could make it easier to grow health-promoting blood oranges

For the red pigmentation to develop, blood oranges normally require a period of cold as they ripen. The only place to reliably grow them on a commercial scale is in the Sicilian area of Italy around Mount ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UK scientists grow super broccoli

Popeye might want to consider switching to broccoli. British scientists recently unveiled a new breed of the vegetable that experts say packs a big nutritional punch.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

OJ worse for teeth than whitening, researchers say

With the increasing popularity of whitening one's teeth, researchers at the Eastman Institute for Oral Health, part of the University of Rochester Medical Center, set out to learn if there are negative effects on the tooth ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 6

France pockets 936 mn euros in 4G frequency auction

France took in 936 million euros ($1.3 billion) from the auction of frequencies to build fourth-generation mobile telephone networks, telecommunications regulator Arcep said on Thursday.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eating berries may lower risk of Parkinson's

New research shows men and women who regularly eat berries may have a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, while men may also further lower their risk by regularly eating apples, oranges and other sources rich in ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 14, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New dioxin rules might force more cleanups

(AP) -- The government has spent many millions of dollars in recent decades cleaning up sites contaminated with dioxin and, in extreme cases, relocating residents of entire neighborhoods tainted by the toxin.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Flavonoids in orange juice suppress oxidative stress from high-fat, high-carb meal

Eating foods containing flavonoids -- orange juice, in this case -- along with a high-fat, high-carbohydrate fast-food meal neutralizes the oxidative and inflammatory stress generated by the unhealthy food and helps prevent ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Vodafone to sell iPhone in Britain

Vodafone on Tuesday became the latest mobile phone operator to announce it will begin selling iPhones in Britain following the expiry of O2's exclusive deal with Apple.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rivals to form UK's top mobile operator

(AP) -- Deutsche Telekom AG and France Telecom SA said Tuesday they intend to combine their British mobile phone units - shaking up the country's intensely competitive market and forming the country's biggest mobile operator.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Squeezing maximum health benefits out of the orange in your stocking

(PhysOrg.com) -- In time for Christmas, Brigham Young University nutritionists are squeezing all the healthy compounds out of oranges to find just the right mixture responsible for its age-old health benefits.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0