Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown. Around the world, there will be walks to raise money for medical research.... »
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Helheim Glacier, Kangerdlugssuaq
Suddenly and without warning, the gigantic river of ice sped up, causing it to spit icebergs ever faster into the ocean off southeastern Greenland. Helheim Glacier nearly doubled its speed in just a few years, flowing through a rift in the barren coastal mountains at a stunning 100 feet (30 meters) per day. The... »
McDonald's Filet-O-Fish
n 1962, Lou Groen was desperate to save his floundering hamburger restaurant, the first McDonald’s in the Cincinnati area. His problem: His clientele was heavily Roman Catholic. In those days, most Catholics abstained from meat every Friday, as well as during Lent, the 40-day period of repentance that begins this week with Ash Wednesday. His solution:... »
Researchers generate fertile live mouse pups
Chinese researchers have managed to create powerful stem cells from mouse skin and used these to generate fertile live mouse pups. They used induced pluripotent skin cells, or iPS cells — cells that have been reprogrammed to look and act like embryonic stem cells. Embryonic stem cells, taken from days-old embryos, have the power... »
First Solar builds Major Solar Power Plant in China Desert
US energy giant First Solar won a deal to build the world’s largest solar power (two-gigawatt) plant in Ordos City, Inner Mongolia, China, aimed at helping mitigate climate change concerns. The solar facility is to be built in four phases over a decade and supply power to three million Chinese homes. However, the financial... »
A child from two biological mothers
Researchers have previously tried and failed to correct “an egg with faulty mitochondria” by adding healthy donated mitochondria into the eggs of patients wishing to have children. But these attempts resulted in birth defects – probably because mitochondria are so delicate that they are damaged when they are transplanted from one egg to another.... »
Some Chronic Diseases
OSTEOARTHRITIS PREVENTION AND TREATMENTSThe basic approaches for osteoarthritis prevention include light exercise, weight loss if needed and supplementation। People with osteoarthritis are always advised to start a gentle program of exercise to improve joint function and avoid any vigorous activities such as soccer and basketball. It may also be helpful if... »
Your Keyboard: Dirtier Than a Toilet
你的電腦鍵盤能將許多潛在地有害的細菌放在你的指尖–包括E. coli和staph。 電腦老鼠和鍵盤，事實上，是細菌的“安樂窩”。 英國的微型生物學家詹姆斯Francis檢驗33個鍵盤，一個洗手間座位和一扇洗手間門。Francis然後發現一鍵盤比在洗手間座位上所找到的細菌數目高五倍。 同時，健康官員已拿佈告。 在一月，病症控制和預防的美國的中心報告在華盛頓中的一次norovirus爆發，D.C。，2007年二月的小學透過污染的電腦裝置已可能被傳播使超過100生病。 根據美國CDC報告，在一級教室中的一隻電腦老鼠和鍵盤發現有胃部流感 （stomach flu）。其它研究已發現許多不同東西從門鎮到紙錢都有致病細菌。 British microbiologist James Francis took a swab to 33 keyboards, a toilet seat and a toilet door handle at the publication’s London office. He found that four of the keyboards tested were potential health hazards — and one had levels of germs five times higher than that found... »
breast-feeding can make children smarter
Previous studies have shown babies whose mothers breast-fed them enjoy many health advantages over formula-fed babies. These include fewer ear, stomach or intestinal infections, digestive problems, skin diseases and allergies, and less risk of developing high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity. Now, researchers found children whose mothers breast-fed them longer and did not mix... »
Woman shared bacteria with a cat.
Background Staphylococcus aureus are bacteria commonly carried on the skin or in the nose of healthy people. Approximately 25% to 30% of the population is colonized (when bacteria are present, but not causing an infection) in the nose with staph bacteria. Sometimes, staph can cause an infection. Staph bacteria are one of the most common... »
solid dispersion
A solid dispersion is a dispersion of one or more compound(s) in an inert carrier at solid state. The dispersed compounds can be in individual molecule unities or in clusters, such as in particles. Solid dispersion is commonly prepared by three different methods and they are solvent-based, fusion-melt and hybrid fusion-solvent methods. Solvent-based... »
