Thankfully, Food and Energy Affordable This Holiday
Consumers should be able to afford their Thanksgiving dinner this year, the fuel to cook the feast and the gasoline to drive it to grandma’s, said a Purdue University agricultural economist.
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Diet :: UGA professor finds that confusion about Calories is nothing new
James L. Hargrove, associate professor of foods and nutrition in the University of Georgia, said many nutritionists aren’t even sure of the true origin of the Calorie — or why it’s supposed to be capitalized.His findings are detailed in a study to be published in the December issue of the Journal of Nutrition.
Dell XPS :: New Quad-Core Dell XPS 710 Gaming Desktop and 92% Color Gamut 30-inch Monitor
Dell announced two new high-performance technology platforms for gamers and enthusiasts: the company?s most powerful and expandable consumer desktop and its first 30-inch widescreen flat panel monitor featuring 92 percent color gamut.
Consumer :: GE Commercial Finance and NBC Universal Convene Symposium to Inspire New Thinking for New Media
The consumer took center stage last week at a symposium co-hosted by GE Commercial Finance ? Global Media & Communications and NBC Universal at the latter?s Rockefeller Center headquarters entitled, New Thinking for New Media.
Wal-Mart Uses GE LED Refrigerated Display Lighting to Save Green
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., will outfit low- and medium-temperature refrigerated display cases in over 500 U.S. stores with a GE ecomagination-certified, light-emitting diode (LED) solution from GELcore, LLC, a GE Consumer & Industrial business (GE).
E Coli :: Edible food wrap kills deadly E. coli bacteria
Researchers have improved upon an edible coating for fresh fruits and vegetables by enabling it to kill deadly E. coli bacteria while also providing a flavor-boost to food. Composed of apple puree and oregano oil, which is a natural antibacterial agent, the coating shows promise in laboratory studies of becoming long-lasting alternative to conventional produce washes, according to a team of scientists from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the University of Lleida in Spain.
Wireless Energy Transfer Can Potentially Charge Cell Phones Without Cords
Recharging your laptop computer — and also your cell phone and a variety of other gadgets — might one day be doable in the same convenient way many people now surf the Web: wirelessly. Marin Soljac?ic? of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present research by himself and his colleagues Aristeidis Karalis and John Joannopoulos on the physics of electromagnetic fields, showing how wireless energy could power future gadgets. The MIT team is also working on demonstrating the technology in practice. The work will be described on Tuesday, November 14 in San Francisco, at the 2006 American Institute of Physics Industrial Physics Forum (IPF), which will be co-located with the Nanotechnology Topical Conference at the AVS 53rd International Symposium & Exhibition at the Moscone Center West.
Queen’s Surveillance Project benchmarks global attitudes about being watched
Almost half of Canadians and even more Americans say they find new laws aimed at protecting national security post 9/11 intrusive. That’s just one of the wide-ranging findings of a survey on the surveillance and privacy attitudes and experiences of 9,000 people in eight countries initiated by the Queen’s University-based Surveillance Project.
Health :: Bariatric surgery complication rates high in some hospitals, new HealthGrades ratings and study show
In-hospital bariatric surgery complication rates vary dramatically among the nation’s hospitals, according to a study released today by HealthGrades, the leading healthcare ratings company. The study of 86,520 bariatric-surgery procedures performed over the years 2002 through 2004 finds that a typical patient receiving the procedure in a five-star rated hospital would have, on average, a 66 percent lower chance of developing one or more major inhospital complications compared with a one-star rated hospital.
Health :: Fire safety for television sets
Statistics for Europe show an annual 325 fires for every million television sets compared with just six in the United States. The main reason for this is that TV housings on the old continent are still usually made from materials with little or no flame retardancy; in the United States, materials with the V-0 classification are used, in compliance with the U.S. fire safety standard UL94.