By ALAN FINDER LOS ALTOS, Calif. — “Can we take a look at your backpack?” Ana Homayoun repeats that question countless times a day. No, she does not screen airline passengers or work security at a basketball arena. Ms. Homayoun…
Microwave-popcorn fumes a home hazard?
By MARCUS KABEL The Associated Press Consumers, not just factory workers, may be in danger from fumes from buttery flavoring in microwave popcorn, according to a warning letter to federal regulators from a doctor at a leading lung-research hospital. A…
Laws of Nature, Source Unknown
By DENNIS OVERBYE “Gravity,” goes the slogan on posters and bumper stickers. “It isn’t just a good idea. It’s the law.” And what a law. Unlike, say, traffic or drug laws, you don’t have a choice about obeying gravity or…
Sticky molecule may hold key to nerve disorders
Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:42 PM ET By Ben Hirschler LONDON (Reuters) – A sticky molecule previously linked to inflammation also helps seal vital insulation around peripheral nerves, making it a potential target for new drugs against nerve disorders, scientists…
Broccoli Sprouts, Cabbage, Ginkgo Biloba And Garlic: A Grocery List For Cancer Prevention
ScienceDaily (Oct. 31, 2005) — In the high-tech 21st century, the most rudimentary natural products continue to reveal exciting ant-cancer properties to scientists, offering people relatively simple ways to help protect themselves from the disease. Five studies presented today during…
Parallel universes exist – study
Sep 23 11:33 PM US/Eastern Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as “one of the most important developments in the history of science”. The parallel universe theory, first proposed…
Humans are Biological Beings
This essay is addressed to all the people in the world, including “food scientists,” farmers, “food industry” giants, and just plain old ordinary human beings. Somewhere along the way in the last century, an idea entered the world – an…
Food additives may cause hyperactivity: study
Wed Sep 5, 2007 6:32 PM ET By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Certain artificial food colorings and other additives can worsen hyperactive behaviors in children aged 3 to 9, British researchers reported on Wednesday. Tests…
More vitamin D could mean fewer cancers: study
Wed Sep 5, 2007 11:05 AM ET NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Thousands of cases of breast and colon cancers might be averted each year if people in colder climates raised their vitamin D levels, researchers estimate in a new…
New material can soak up pollutants, study shows
Thu Jul 26, 2007 4:53 PM ET By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – A new porous material can soak up heavy metals from liquids like a sponge, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, offering a host of potential uses including removing…