Millions of people worldwide take glucosamine supplements to reduce
arthritis pain, but with varying effects; some are helped by it, some
not. But researchers have been studying the effects of glucosamine on
another aspect of aging… longevity.
An Israeli tech startup, StoreDot,
has come up with a cell phone battery that charges your phone in 30
seconds! In its prototype stage right now, it joins several other
proprietary products in StoreDot’s stable of yet-to-be-released
inventions that are based on the properties of biologically available nanodots.
Is there a way to tell if food has gone bad without experiencing that unpleasant attack on the nostrils by opening the container? Read all about the innovative Chinese research team that devised a smart tag to eliminate all that and possibly revolutionize the food and beverage industry.
Consider two human tendencies: impulsivity and procrastination.
Impulsivity indicates a tendency to act or react quickly, perhaps
without giving an action too much thought or consideration.
Procrastination is a tendency to act later, to put things off until
tomorrow or some unknown future time. They may seem contradictory, or
like opposite traits, but they are not. Researchers at the University of
Colorado at Boulder explain how they are complementary and genetic traits.
Most parents don’t consider that their teenagers are at risk for
osteoporosis; teens certainly don’t think about it. But with teens
spending more time with their screens – computer, notepad, TV, and smart
phone – than in athletic activities, researchers are starting to look
into how these sedentary habits are affecting teen development –
particularly their bone development.
Doormats get a bad rap. They take all the dirt we can wipe off on them,
withstand tremendous weight, let our dogs urinate on them. And when
doormats get very dirty or very old, their owners don’t even bother to
clean them; they throw them away and lay new ones out. But a South
Carolinian inventor, Andrew Clark, has created a doormat you won’t want
to throw away… because it’s very very smart.
Despite the many advances in cancer treatments, oncologists often encounter cancer cells that are resistant to therapy. Researchers at the MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas tackled this phenomenon in tumors with different types of gynocological cancers and discovered a successful method of tricking these cells….
There have been few studies linking obesity to cognitive skills;
however, at the University of Illinois, a study was undertaken to
compare certain executive cognitive abilities of healthy weight
pre-adolescent children with obese pre-adolescent children requiring
them to respond to images of swimming fish.
Ooho. Who would have thought it? Three London-based design
students came up with Ooho, a water container that’s not plastic, not vinyl,
not stainless steel… but an edible algae! Ooho was considered so brilliant that, among other coveted awards, it won the 2014 Lexus Design Award.
The driverless car hovers in our midst as the vehicle of tomorrow. What are the implications, however, when the driver’s attention doesn’t have to be focused on the road? Technology has developed some amazing diversions to help riders pass the time. Read on for more about this most interesting phenomenon.
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