Policymakers have long insisted on the importance of understanding young people's health and eating habits but this is the first study to show how everyday practices and perceptions of different ...
Studies and Analyses |“Now they bring water back on the space shuttle and analyze it on the ground. The problem is there is a big delay. You’d like to be able to maintain iodine or silver [disinfectant] levels in real time...
Life Sciences |Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School and the University of Bristol, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children and the Exeter Family Study of Childhood Health, have i...
Life Sciences |Register now for Europe’s premier obesity conferenceThe 17th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) will take place at the RAI Exhibition and Congress Centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (http://...
Event News |That is a significant amount of carbon, the process can be accomplished with existing technology and it can be done year after year, according to Stuart Strand, a University of Washington research pro...
Ecology, The Environment and Conservation |The office parties, friendly festivities and family gatherings between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day bring an overabundance of food as well as anxiety and can be definite triggers for many suffering...
Health and Medicine |Reizo KatoChief ScientistDirector of the Condensed Molecular Materials LaboratoryAdvanced Science Institute Electrons underpin the functioning of devices used in personal computers...
Materials Sciences |The study, published in the September issue of Journal of Health Economics found that friends' weight is correlated with an adolescent’s own weight even after considering demographics, smoking st...
Social Sciences |Issac Asimov, widely regarded as the spiritual father of science fiction, outlined three rules that all robots in his future worlds must obey. The most important two were: a robot may not injure a hum...
Power and Electrical Engineering |Launching the SFI Annual Report at the Royal College of Physicians in Dublin, Minister Devins said “Investment in research is at the core of the Government’s strategy to ensure the development of Irel...
Awards Funding |A research carried out by the Pediatric Clinic of the University of Trieste (Italy) at the Institute for Maternal and Child Health Burlo Garofolo, a hospital highly specialized in infant health, repor...
Health and Medicine |Hands up if these scenarios are familiar:• You get the exercise bike/treadmill/elliptical you wanted for Christmas, but by April, the machine has been moved to the basement for lack of use....
Social Sciences |In this second BBVA Foundation international study on “Attitudes to Biotechnology” (the first was in 2003), the sample has been enlarged from nine to twelve European countries (Austria, Czech Republic...
Studies and Analyses |The hybrid power supply combines a thermoelectric generator that uses the heat dissipated from a person’s temples and silicon photovoltaic cells. The entire system is wearable and integrated into a de...
Medical Engineering |One of the main conclusions of this study is that the use of cigarettes has become very important for women in order to face up to stress and anxiety, control appetite and body weight, and facilitate ...
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