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Manual dishwashing study digs up dirt on dish cleanliness
02-26-2007 · EurekAlert!New research answers an infectious question about eating at restaurants: How clean are manually washed dishes? They found that even when they washed dishes in cooler-than-recommended water, numbers of bacteria on the dishware dropped to levels accepted in the Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. They also found that certain foods -- especially cheese and milk -- can be safe havens for bacteria when dried onto dishware. Lipstick, however, proved to be dangerous to bacteria.
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- Slow but sure -- Burned forest lands regenerate naturally
04-04-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new study of forest lands that burned in the 1990s in northern California and southwestern Oregon has concluded there is a "fair to excellent" chance that an adequate level of conifers will regenerate naturally, in sites that had no manual planting or other forest management. Whether lands should be planted and weed competition controlled is more a question of short-term timber production, tree species control and forest management goals than the regeneration of the forest, the study indicated.
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- How to grow muscle cells in a dish
11-09-2006 · EurekAlert!
Smooth muscle cells (SMCs) are a crucial component of many parts of the body, including blood vessels. A new study shows that fully functional SMCs can be generated from multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) from rat, mouse, pig and human bone marrow using only the soluble factor TGF-beta or TGF-beta and PDGFB. SMCs generated this way could provide a source of SMCs for engineering tissues, for example new blood vessels for use in bypass surgery.
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- Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men
05-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
Australian manual or "blue collar" workers are dying from liver cirrhosis 2.5 times the rate of their "white collar" counterparts, according to a University of Queensland study.
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- Research with a twist -- When to turn breech babies
06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
An international study led by a McMaster researcher aims to determine if a manual procedure to turn breech babies in the uterus can result in fewer births by caesarean section.
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- Chemists create healthier pizza by boosting antioxidants in dough
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!
Attention pizza lovers: Researchers at the University of Maryland has discovered how to boost the antioxidant content of pizza dough by optimizing baking and fermentation methods, a finding that could lead to healthier pizza, they say. Deep-dish, Chicago-style pizza, with its longer baking time and thick crust, may contain more antioxidants than other pizza styles, they add. The study will be presented March 26 at the American Chemical Society national meeting in Chicago.
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- You're likely to order more calories at a 'healthy' restaurant
08-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
An important new study from the Journal of Consumer Research explains the "American obesity paradox": the parallel rise in obesity rates and the popularity of healthier food. In a series of four studies, the researchers reveal that we over-generalize "healthy" claims. In fact, consumers chose beverages, side dishes, and desserts containing up to 131 percent more calories when the main dish was positioned as "healthy".
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- Food 'tricks' that combat sneaky, creepy Halloween treats
10-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
The sneakiest, creepiest surprise this Halloween may actually be in the candy dish. A new study shows we eat about half as many mini-size Halloween candies when the wrappers are in plain sight, according to lead author, Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating. "Having a visual reminder of how much they ate, helped them eat less," said Wansink, "Your stomach can’t count, but your eyes can when they seen the empty wrappers."
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- 'Botox' can ease writer's cramp
12-20-2006 · EurekAlert!
"Botox," the popular anti-wrinkle treatment, can also ease writer's cramp, suggests a small study published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Writer's cramp describes the painful involuntary, spasmodic muscle contractions of the fingers, hand or arm during writing. But it can also occur during other manual tasks.
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- Biometric sensors no dirtier than doorknobs, study finds
10-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
While biometric equipment is gaining popularity in a variety of applications, such as ensuring secure access to buildings, industries are finding that many users believe the devices are unsanitary and a potential source of germs that could cause illness. But a Purdue University study has found that while the platen glass surfaces of devices that scan fingerprints or hand geometry may look more unsanitary due to visible dirt and prints, they in fact harbor about the same amount of bacteria as a typical doorknob.
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- Nuclear security: Diaster waiting to happen
10-25-2006 · EurekAlert!
The world's oldest storage center for weapons-grade uranium in Oak Ridge, Tenn., has decaying storage facilities and doubtful security. The dangers are revealed in a detailed study of safety at the complex where there have been 22 fires and explosions recorded since 1997. During these incidences workers have been injured and contaminated, but a major fire would have catastrophic consequences to the thousands of people living nearby.
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