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Researchers show influence of nanoparticles on nutrient absorption

Nanoparticles are everywhere. From cosmetics and clothes, to soda and snacks. But as versatile as they are, nanoparticles also have a downside, say researchers at Binghamton University and Cornell University ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Diet soda may raise odds of vascular events; salt linked to stroke risk

Even if you drink diet soda — instead of the sugar variety — you could still have a much higher risk of vascular events compared to those who don't drink soda, according to research presented at the American Stroke ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Baking soda dramatically boosts oil production in algae

Montana State University researchers have discovered that baking soda can dramatically increase algae's production of the key oil precursors for biodiesel.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Yes, that soda will make you fat

(PhysOrg.com) -- While health officials have long suspected the link between obesity and soda consumption, research released today provides the first scientific evidence of the potent role soda and other sugar-sweetened ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (13) | comments 12

Fight obesity? Add sales tax to soda tab

Presenting a united front in the war on obesity, diabetes and other nutrition-related disorders, seven of America’s leading public health and economics experts are urging passage of taxes on sugar-sweetened ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 32

Early consumption of soda indicator of unhealthy diet

Young girls who drink soda have less healthy diets through adolescence than their peers who do not drink soda, according to a Penn State study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Popcorn at the movies still an unhealthy treat

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study carried out in 1994 by advocacy group CSPI (Center for Science in the Public Interest) found that popcorn being sold by cinema chains in the US was high in saturated fat and calories, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 weblog

Theaters group upset Sony to end free 3-D glasses

(AP) -- Sony Corp.'s movie studio will save millions of dollars per movie after it told theater owners it will stop paying for 3-D glasses next May. But moviegoers could end up footing the bill.

Technology / Business

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Planned Tanzanian soda ash plant threatens flamingoes

Salmon-coloured clouds of flamingoes sweeping overhead is a common sight at east Africa's Rift Valley lakes, but the mounds of mud where they lay their eggs are found only here.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Sugar-sweetened drinks associated with higher blood pressure

Soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages such as fruit drinks are associated with higher blood pressure levels in adults, researchers report in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Pepsi partners with Twitter for online concerts

(AP) -- PepsiCo Inc. is tweeting to a new generation of music lovers.

Technology / Internet

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

Preventing tooth decay in the youngest American Indians

A study conducted in four American Indian communities in the Pacific Northwest presents an effective strategy to convince mothers to switch young children from drinking sweetened soda to water and shows that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

CDC: 1 in 4 high schoolers drink soda every day

A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day - a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mobile lab takes hybrid electric vehicle technology on the road

Take some galvanized nails, vinegar, soda pop and copper wire, piece them together just right, and what do you get? A battery.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

I.Coast toxic dump 'still claiming lives'

Three years after a ship dumped toxic waste in Ivory Coast, residents of a village off the main city of Abidjan are still traumatised by untimely deaths they say are linked to poisoning.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0