Electronic tongue tastes wine variety, vintage August 04, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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You don't need a wine expert to identify a '74 Pinot Noir from Burgundy – a handheld "electronic tongue" devised by European scientists will tell you the grape variety and vintage at the press of a button. | |
Study shows consumers find grass-fed beef acceptable August 04, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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High feed-grain prices and the growing interest in "natural" foods have spurred both consumers and farmers to consider grass-fed beef, and a recent study done by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers may ... | |
Structural biology spin-out tackles major diseases 9 hours ago | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A spin out company from basic structural biology, Asterion Ltd., has led to new technology that provides a way of creating therapeutic proteins to tackle major diseases such as cancer, diabetes and infertility. The research ... | |
Individual personal ties strengthen teams' overall creativity 9 hours ago | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
With more employees working in teams, it is critical to find ways to enable teams to be more creative in their work. A new article in Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal explores how imagination, insight, and creative ... | |
 Hunting the elusive L-function August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 27 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There was a lot of excitement last month about ‘L-functions’. A PhD student in the Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, Ce Bian, in collaboration with his supervisor, Dr Andrew ... | |
 Research reveals the origins of chooks August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The question of whether the egg or the chicken came first may not have been solved, but University of Queensland research is helping find how the humble chook moved around the world. | |
Hot peppers really do bring the heat August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert ... | |
 Improved Reaction Data Heat Up the Biofuels Harvest August 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
High food prices, concern over dwindling supplies of fossil fuels and the desire for clean, renewable energy have led many to seek ways to make ethanol out of cellulosic sources such as wood, hay and switchgrass. ... | |
 A potted history of milk August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Humans were processing cattle milk in pottery vessels more than two thousand years earlier than previously thought, according to new research from the University of Bristol. | |
 DNA tests to study mummy fetuses in King Tut tomb August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(AP) -- Egyptian scientists are carrying out DNA tests on two mummified fetuses found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun to determine whether they are the young pharaoh's offspring, the antiquities authority ... | |
 Carbon dioxide poses risk to marine life survival August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Climate change and the subsequent acidification of the world's oceans will significantly reduce the successful fertilisation of certain marine species by the year 2100, an international team ... | |
Human brains pay a price for being big August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Metabolic changes responsible for the evolution of our unique cognitive abilities indicate that the brain may have been pushed to the limit of its capabilities. Research published today in BioMed Central's open access journal ... | |
 Arctic Map plots new 'gold rush' August 06, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers at Durham University have drawn up the first ever 'Arctic Map' to show the disputed territories that states might lay claim to in the future. | |
Tuning in to a new language on the fly: Effects of context and seasonality on songbird brain August 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Research conducted at Rutgers University has shown that exposure to a changed acoustic and social environment can rewire the way the brain processes sounds. Beginning in the cochlea of the inner ear, nerve cells of the auditory ... | |
 Ancient archaeology holds clue to new computer systems August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Researchers are looking back at ancient civilisations in order to develop future computer systems in a £1.75m project. | |
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