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  Houseplants Offer Feast for Both Lungs and Eyes

  By David Bois | Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:54 PM ET

  organic compounds were the primary focus of the investigation, as several classes of VOCs are principally to blame for the fact that, as Science Daily notes, indoor air quality can be several times worse than outdoor air quality.The Georgia team found some plants more effective tha Read More

  More like this in: Health, Oxygen, Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality, Plants, University of Georgia, Hydrocarbons
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  Youth More Likely to Donate Blood

  By Darragh Worland | Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:19 PM ET

  that when it comes to donating blood, young adults are not only making use of their youth, but sharing the fruits of it with those in need, reports Science Daily.Researchers at McMaster University investigating the implications of Canada’s aging population found that those in the 15-24 ag Read More

  More like this in: Health, Science, Education, Medicine, Canada, Blood Donation, World, Science, Americas, Giving
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  Improving the Odds for Cancer Patients

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:31 PM ET

  believe they've found a process that can actually protect healthy cells from radiation while effectively treating cancer. According to an article in Science Daily, "In mouse experiments, they found that blocking a molecule called thrombospondin-1 from binding to its cell surface receptor, calle Read More

  More like this in: Cancer, Medicine, Chemotherapy, National Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Technology, Science, Cutting-edge, Healthcare, Innovation & Discovery, Life Sciences
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  When It Rains, It Rains Platinum From Heaven

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  the essential components for life, which were likely lost during Earth's violent beginning." Photo courtesy of NASA Johnson Space Cente Read More

  More like this in: Science, Space, University of Toronto, Science, Space, Physical Sciences
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  Less Smoke = Less Heart Disease

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Mon Oct 19, 2009 3:04 PM ET

  bans really do improve your health. In fact, according to researcher Lynn Goldman of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in a Science Daily article, "Bans reduce the risks of heart attack in nonsmokers as well as smokers ... there is no question that smoking bans have Read More

  More like this in: Heart Disease, Smoking Ban, Secondhand Smoke, Science, Healthcare
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  Chocolate Eases Pain

  By Courtney Rubin | Wed Oct 14, 2009 6:38 PM ET

  animals were much slower to raise their paw."It's a strong, strong effect, but it's not about hunger or appetite," lead researcher Peggy Mason told Science Daily. The results of the study are published in Wednesday’s Journal of Neuroscience. "If you have all this food in front of you that' Read More

  More like this in: Chocolate, University of Chicago, Journal of Neuroscience, World, Science, Life & Style, Americas, Innovation & Discovery, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink
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  It's X-ray Vision (Sort Of)

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Tue Oct 13, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  around a building. To test their system, researchers sent signals through the building to seek out moving "shadows." Next, according to a Science Daily article, "They developed math formulas and used them in a computer program to convert weaker or 'attenuated' signals -- which occu Read More

  More like this in: University of Utah, Technology, Science, Gadgets, Cutting-edge, Innovation & Discovery, Physical Sciences
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  When It Comes to Saving the Earth, Little Things Mean a Lot

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Tue Oct 6, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  of MIT's Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and a co-author of a new study on climate change. According to an article in Science Daily, we still have a 50-50 shot at avoiding catastrophic climate change. The problem: we'd need to take aggressive action to stem th Read More

  More like this in: Climate change, Global Warming, China, Emissions, Science, Energy, Environment
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  Buried Treasure

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Tue Oct 6, 2009 2:36 AM ET

  of the world. Now, we can look away from the farms for fuel -- and turn our eyes toward all those nasty landfills.That's because, according to Science Daily, there's a new technology out there that can turn trash into treasure (clean biofuel): "second-generation biofuels, such as cellulosi Read More

  More like this in: Technology, Energy, Science, Emissions, Carbon Emissions, Biofuel, Singapore, Ethanol
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  Supercharged Sugar

  By Lisa Jo Rudy | Sat Oct 3, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  a catalyst, the advantage of a sugar-and-weed-killer cell is pretty obvious. And improvements are already in the process. According to an article in Science Daily, "Since they wrote the paper, the researchers' prototype has achieved a doubling of power performance. And they're pursuing an eve Read More

  More like this in: General Motors, Sugar, Brigham Young University, Technology, Science, Green Tech, Energy, Innovation & Discovery