Mango is good for our health Scientists examined the five varieties : Kent, Francine, Arnulfo, Tommy / Atkins and Haden. It has about four to five times less antioxidant capacity than an average wine grape and it still holds up fairly well in anticancer activity. If you look at it from the physiological and nutritional [...]
Entries from February 16th, 2010
Mango Effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, Breast cancer cells, Food scientists Find
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
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Parasitic Wasps Reveal New Avenues for Pest Control
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Biology
Most people don’t even know about parasitic wasps, but they actually kill many pest insects. They can be very small, so people don’t even just how important parasitic wasps are. There are over 600,000 species of these wasps and they keep the number of pests down. These wasps find and kill only a specific kinds [...]
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Spider Web Strength Explored
February 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology, Physics
The structure, function and beauty of spider webs have captivated humans for years. They are made out of thin fibers, yet withstand wind. They are lightweight, but capture prey. Orb webs are made out of thicker threads of spider silk called radial threads, which have the greatest amount of stress, and thinner ones called spiral [...]
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High Energy Physics
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Physics
A particle accelerator is used to add energy to particles. We currently need to develop better particle accelerators to develop new laws of physics. In order to do this the accelerators must reach large sizes or put more energy in each particle per meter of acceleration. If we further develop particle accelerator we may be [...]
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Lizard Changes Its Diet to Avoid Predators
February 16th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Biology
A scientist from Yale University has found out that some lizards change their diet. They do this in order to stay away from their main predators. They have proven that when the lizards feel pressured by predators they become less selective when choosing their food. In order to find this information out many different scientist [...]
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