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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

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

Genetic origin of cultivated citrus determined

Citrus species are among the most important fruit trees in the world. Citrus has a long history of cultivation, often thought to be more than 4,000 years. Until now, however, the exact genetic origins of cultivated ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

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

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

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

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

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

Survey: Dioxin levels high in Vietnam near US base

(AP) -- New environmental tests confirm extremely high levels of dioxin, the toxic ingredient of Agent Orange, in people, fish and soil near a former U.S. air base where American troops stored the herbicide ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Agent Orange exposure increases veterans' risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer

Veterans exposed to Agent Orange are at increased risk of aggressive recurrence of prostate cancer, researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Limited data suggest possible association between Agent Orange exposure

A new report from the Institute of Medicine finds suggestive but limited evidence that exposure to Agent Orange and other herbicides used during the Vietnam War is associated with an increased chance of developing ischemic ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

How to manage erosion caused by everyday beverages

Researchers have warned people to beware of the damage that acidic beverages have on teeth. Yet, for some, the damage and problems associated with drinking sodas, citric juices or certain tea may have already begun to take ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 17, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Untangling the genetic web

They are large, hairy and some are big enough to devour lizards, mice and birds. Despite their fearsome reputation spiders such as tarantulas — and even the tiny money spider — are now helping researchers at The University ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Dangerous citrus pest found in California

(AP) -- A pest that can carry a fatal citrus disease has been found in Los Angeles County, stoking fears that California's $1.6 billion citrus industry could be hit by a potentially devastating threat.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

$300 mln to cope with Agent Orange in Vietnam

(AP) -- Thirty-five years after the Vietnam War, a $300 million price tag has been placed on the most contentious legacy still tainting U.S.-Vietnam relations: Agent Orange.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1