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Mazda's radical new rotary tech
Mazda’s next rotary engine will have a “special kind of ignition system” that will not make use of traditional spark plugs, according to a senior engineer with the manufacturer. It is believed the alternative could involve using laser beams to ignite the fuel/air mixture inside the engine.
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Why You Can't Trust The Calorie Counts That You Find On Food
Calorie labels are not always accurate according to a meeting of the Institute for Food Technologists.
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The promises and pitfalls of a magic exercise pill
Researchers have discovered a special protein that mimics the physiological effects of a tough workout.
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Large Dinosaurs Had Hundreds of Teeth to Spare
It seems like some of the largest dinosaurs in prehistoric times didn't need to make dental health a priority. A new study published in the journal PLoS One examined the teeth of Camarasaurus and Diplodocus dinosaurs and found that they not only had multiple sets of backup teeth, but also constantly regenerated new ones.
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Poor countries have half the world’s cars but almost all of its fatal car accidents
Heart disease, cancer and diabetes, continue to plague the world, but another cause of death is quickly creeping its way up the list. According to new data released by the World Health Organization (WHO), for the first time ever car accidents have breached the top ten list for causes of death worldwide.
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Coffee drinking tied to lower risk of suicide
Drinking several cups of coffee daily appears to reduce the risk of suicide in men and women by about 50 percent, according to a new study by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Herpes Virus Blasts DNA into Human Cells, Says New Study
Herpes simplex virus 1 has an internal pressure eight times higher than a car tire, and uses it to literally blast its DNA into human cells.
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Greenland's Melting Ice Sheets: Climate Change's Disastrous Effects
Greenland's ice sheets are melting faster than anyone predicted. Why Jason Box's radical theory may not be so radical after all.
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Brushing your teeth reduces risk of dementia, research reveals
Brain tissue from Alzheimer’s disease sufferers was found to be infected with a type of bug that causes gum disease
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Light lives for at least a billion billion years
Light can theoretically zip around the universe forever without breaking down. That's because it's long been believed that the photon — the elementary particle that makes up light and other electromagnetic radiation — has no mass.
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A Week of Camping Can Turn You Into a Morning Person
Getting away from artificial light and basking in sunlight can reset your internal clock, new research shows.
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Malaria vaccine shows early promise.
A malaria vaccine has shown promising results in early stage clinical trials, a study suggests.
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Nearly half of all video-gamers are women
A new report suggests adult women are nearly half of all video game players.
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Cellphone use doesn’t increase the number of car accidents, says new study
Cops may still write you a ticket for yakking on a handheld phone while driving. But the link between cellphone use and accidents looks more tenuous if you agree with the conclusions of a recent study from Carnegie Mellon University and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Using statistics and data comparisons, the researchers found that the increased use of cellphones has led to no measurable increase in accidents.
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New Study Confirms Link between Poor Sleep and Obesity
According to a study published in journal Nature Communications, sleep deprivation can make us crave junk food more than healthy food.
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A Magnetic Trick to Define Consciousness
Consciousness isn’t easy to define, but we know it when we experience it. It’s not so simple to decide when someone else is conscious, however, as doctors must sometimes do with patients who have suffered traumatic brain injury. Now, researchers have come up with an approach that uses the brain’s response to magnetic stimulation to judge a person’s awareness, reducing it to a numerical score they call an index of consciousness.
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The Left-Brain-Right-Brain Distinction is as Fake as it Always Sounded
Results from a recent study from researchers at the University of Utah indicate that there is no evidence to support the theory that some people are "right-brained," while others are "left-brained," giving you one less easy way to dismiss someone's peculiar personality.
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Can we predict Alzheimer's a decade before symptoms?
Researchers developed a test to check the retina for signs of Alzheimer's
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Medical Lessons Learned From the Boston Bombing
Rapid use of imaging was critical in stemming marathon's death toll, researcher says
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Antarctic ice core sheds new light on how the last ice age ended
Analysis of an ice core taken by the National Science Foundation- (NSF) funded West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide drilling project reveals that warming in Antarctica began about 22,000 years ago, a few thousand years earlier than suggested by previous records.
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