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Bone Health - Another Reason To Crack A Cold One

Researchers from the Dept. of Food Science and Technology at the University of California, Davis have found that beer is a significant source of dietary silicon - a key ingredient for increasing bone density - and suggest that moderate beer consumption may even help to prevent osteoporosis.

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Cold Beer - Good source of dietary silicon

Ferrofluid Friday

Some videos, photos and history on ferrofluids. The company history of Ferrotec, which used to be Ferrofluidics Corp. states "Magnetic fluids, or ferrofluids, were developed in the 1960's through the sponsorship of NASA, to address the unique requirements of moving liquid fuel in a gravity-free outerspace environment.

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Ferrofluid Friday, Fun photos, videos ferrofluid

No wonder the Swiss are always smiling

Researchers from the Nestlé Research Center in Switzerland have published evidence that suggests that eating dark chocolate can correct stress-related biochemical imbalances and actually reduce the levels of stress hormones found in the body.

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The Daily Show Explains Why America is So Confused About H1N1 Vaccinations

Jon Stewart explores the media coverage of the H1N1 vaccinations and makes a very obvious case for why there is so much confusion and so many alarmist reactions surrounding the vaccinations. Read full story for Video.

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Bacterial Treadmills

University of Illinois researchers have designed a new system for studying bacterial locomotion. As described in the September issue of Nature Methods, physics professors Yann Chemla and Ido Golding, designed a microfluidic chamber in which the bacteria could swim, and allow the researchers to introduce stimuli - such as chemical attractants - to observe directional changes.

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Will the Real Moon Rocks Please Stand Up

All of the "we never landed on the moon" conspiracy believers have new fuel for the fire. The BBC just ran a story stating "A treasured piece at the Dutch national museum - a supposed moon rock from the first manned lunar landing - is nothing more than petrified wood, curators say."

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Moon rock is actually petrified

Humans Closest Relative - The Daily Show Explores The Link Between Orangutan's, Chimps, and Humans

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The End of Muzak?

A trio of researchers from the University of Granada in Spain have developed a software program that enables a person who knows nothing about composition to create music. The system was designed using artificial intelligence (AI) logic and is termed "Inmamusys" (Intelligent Multiagent Music System).

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I always knew Radiologists were closet "Gamers"!

Jumping on the Nintendo Wii craze, a group of researchers "have developed a new fun and exciting way for radiologists to navigate through patient images using hand movements instead of basic keyboard and mouse clicks,” said Cliff Yeh, MD, Matthew Amans, MD, and George Shih, MD, lead authors of the study.

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