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‘Hydrogen Is Tomorrow’s Biofuel’ Say Scientists

May 19, 2012 by · Leave a Comment

Researchers from the University of Birmingham are creating clean hydrogen from food waste paving the way for a bioenergy alternative for the future.

Currently, Brazil is the world’s most intensive user of bioethanol as an alternative to gasoline for powering transport. There are questions about whether the mass production of bioethanol using sugarcane is sustainable in the long-term. Bioethanol generates carbon dioxide and agricultural waste. However, creating clean hydrogen from waste not only uses that waste but provides a fuel that is emission free and can also be generated sustainably. [Read more...]

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Why Getting Healthy Is Worse Than Getting Sick

March 21, 2012 by ·

Researchers have explained why our immune system usually makes us worse while trying to make us hale and hearty.

The research offers a new perspective on a component of the immune system known as the acute-phase response, a series of systemic changes in blood protein levels, metabolic function, and physiology that sometimes occurs when bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens invade the body.

This response puts healthy cells and tissue under serious stress, and is actually the cause of many of the symptoms we associate with being sick. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Disease, Health & Fitness, Research & Study ·

What To Do If Your Child Is Looking At Porn

January 5, 2012 by ·

Let’s be honest. Many children — especially post-pubescent boys — are interested in what we commonly call “porn.” You might not like the idea that some kids are looking at these images, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s a pretty common occurrence.

This column isn’t about young children or children who accidentally come across unwanted sexual material. Those are different issues. The question I want to explore is how a parent should react if they discover their growing child — typically 12 or older — is deliberately looking at sexually explicit material on the Internet.

Nothing new or unusual

First, recognize that there’s nothing new about teens looking at such material. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Humanities, Research & Study ·

The Year In Fitness

December 28, 2011 by ·

If all the Phys Ed columns published this year have a single message, it is that now is a fine time to own a body. The diverse exercise-related experiments published in 2011 and covered in this space each week suggest that it’s possible to retain your cognitive powers, muscle mass, running speed and waistline, even as you age, and that a little exercise can go a long way in terms of physiological benefit. Recent, important science even tells us that coffee, chocolate and beer enhance exercise performance, which is fortunate, since I have no plans to give up any of those. As most of us prepare our exercise resolutions for 2012, now seems an ideal time to review the past year in fitness science and the lessons it contained, both encouraging and cautionary. [Read more...]

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Needs For Senior Living

December 22, 2011 by ·

The first of the Baby Boomers began reaching age 65 this year.

By 2030, the number of people 65 and older will comprise 20 percent, or about 71 million people, of the U.S. population, according to research conducted by Prudential in 2010.

Over the last several years, boomers have proven their resilience and strength in continuing to work full- or part- time jobs, although for many it’s a necessity. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Care, People, Research & Study ·

Water In Mars Regions May Have Rudimentary Life

December 13, 2011 by ·

Water in Mars regions may have rudimentary life Sydney: Patches of Mars sub-surface could contain water and sustain a rudimentary form of life, such as martian microbes, reveals a study.

“Our models tell us that if there is water present in the Martian sub-surface, then it could be habitable,” said doctoral student Eriita Jones from the Planetary Science Institute of the Australian National University.

“We know that there is a hot, deep biosphere on Earth that extends to around five kilometres. If there is a hot deep biosphere on Mars, our modelling shows that it could extend to around 30 kilometres,” study co-author Charley Lineweaver added. [Read more...]

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Modern Women Bosses Becoming Bullies: Study

December 5, 2011 by ·

Women may have spent decades battling their way to the top in business, but their rapid success and increasing stress at the workplace are actually turning them into bullies, says a new study.

The survey by the British Association of Anger Management found that an increasing number of women in positions of power are bullying colleagues and employees.

While such behaviour is more commonly linked with male bosses, the survey found that a fifth of female bosses admit to shouting or being verbally abusive at work, a trend which has given rise to a new phenomenon called the nightmare female boss, a media report said. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humanities, People, Research & Study ·