Heart :: Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
An emulsion of olive oil, egg yolk and glycerine might be just the recipe to keep heart patients away from the operating room and cardiac bypass surgery.
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Rice takes zeolite design into 21st Century using teragrid
Rice University physicist Michael Deem is taking zeolite design into the 21st Century using a combination of supercomputers at the University of Texas at Austin and disused computing cycles from more than 4,300 idling desktop PCs at Purdue University to create a database containing more than 3.4 million atomic formulations of the porous silicate minerals. Zeolites — there are 50-odd naturally occurring ones and about 180 synthetics — are heavily used by chemical manufacturers.
Cancer :: New Year’s resolution No. 1 – Prevent cancer, use olive oil.
In a study to be published in the January 2007 issue of the FASEB Journal, scientists from Europe countries describe how the anti-cancer effects of olive oil may account for the significant difference in cancer rates among Northern and Southern Europeans. This conclusion is based on the outcomes of volunteers from Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy and Spain, who consumed 25 milliliters (a little less than a quarter cup) of olive oil every day for three weeks.
Mileage from megawatts
A new study finds that “off-peak” electricity production and transmission capacity could fuel 84 percent of the country’s 220 million vehicles if they were plug-in hybrid electrics. This is the first review of what the impacts would be of very high market penetrations of PHEVs. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory also evaluated the impact of PHEVs, on foreign oil imports, the environment, electric utilities and the consumer.
Radar reveals view of land beneath polar ice
In the first test of a new radar instrument, scientists have seen through more than a mile of Greenland ice to reveal an image of land that has been hidden for millions of years. Ohio State University scientists and their colleagues will use what they learn from the instrument, dubbed GISMO (for Global Ice Sheet Mapping Orbiter), to determine how global climate change will affect the ice.
Oil dips below $62, Saudi deepens Jan supply curbs
Oil prices dipped below $62 on Monday, extending last week’s losses, as concern over brimming global fuel inventories offset a likely second OPEC supply cut and news of deepening Saudi export curbs.
ORNL aids diesel parts manufacturers
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s High Temperature Materials Laboratory are helping diesel engine and parts manufacturers develop technologies to meet tough new emissions regulations that go into effect in 2007.
Oil prices steady as U.S. supply shrinks
Oil prices were steady after U.S. government data showed domestic inventories of crude oil, gasoline and heating oil fell last week.
Trans Fat :: New York health officials ban trans fat at restaurants
New York City restaurants will have to use trans-fat-free cooking oil under regulations adopted unanimously yesterday by the city’s Board of Health. The board did give the restaurant industry time to find alternative oils that do not significantly alter the taste of foods.
Exercise :: Low impact aerobic exercise reduces fatigue in auto-immune conditions
People with auto-immune conditions like MS, arthritis and lupus can benefit from low impact aerobic exercise — including walking and cycling — that increases in intensity, duration and frequency. A review of studies between 1987 and 2006 shows that 12-week programmes that involved exercising for 30 to 60 minutes, three times a week, yielded the most effective results.