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Entries from June 3rd, 2010

Probiotic Found in Breast Milk Helps Alleviate Symptoms of Digestive Disorders

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Biology

When I was baby I grew up drinking breast milk. And I heard that milk is better than just normal milk. And today I read the new about they found in breast milk helps alleviate symptoms of digestive disorders. That milk is good at many kinds of stuff. In this experimentation Canadian researchers used mice. So [...]

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Alternative Energy Technologies

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Physics

Members of Congress are discussing alternative energy sources that can be used to reduce our dependence on imported items such as oil. They have recently been pushing changes due to the problems of cave-ins at coal mines and oil spills. Researchers have been looking into a new type of energy that can be made by [...]

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‘Prehistoric’ Frogs May Face Extinction If Conservation Area Is Opened to Mining

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Biology

In this article is starts out by saying that New Zealand’s scientists are warning their government that if they do not take into consideration the well being of an ancient frog that lives in the area were their government wants to mine, then they (The New Zealand Government) will be deeply sorry because according to [...]

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As Global Temperatures Rise, World’s Lizards Are Disappearing: 20 Percent of All Lizard Species Could Be Extinct by 2080

June 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Biology

This article says that there has recently been a data recording in Mexico and in their research they found that 8 percent of the lizard population has vanished. Is says in the article that all lizards in Mexico are affected by this. Why only Mexico? Well, Mexico is the only place they have studied this [...]

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Odd Resources for Power

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Physics

Members of Congress and scientists met at a conference in Washington DC to talk about some new different types of energy resources. These resources include anything from using cow manure to produce energy to using tinted glass to keep your inside cool to keep from running air conditioning. Many other ways are being thought up [...]

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Bird Feathers Produce Color Through Structure Similar To Beer Foam

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Chemistry, Physics

It was discovered that the nanostructures  that produce some birds’ brightly colored feathers have a structure similar to sponges or beer foam.  Most colors in nature are produced by pigments, but the bright blue color in many birds feathers are produced by nanostructures.  Under a microscope, nanostructures look like sponges or air bubbles.  A team [...]

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Study Investigates Craters Formed By Raindrops

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Physics

A team from Japan has been doing experiments to see what happens when water droplets of different sizes fall from heights of 10 mm to 488 mm onto a target made of silicon carbide with grain sizes ranging from 4 microns to 50 microns.  They then use lasers radius and depth of the crater made [...]

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TV Food Advertisements Promote Imbalanced Diets, Study Finds

June 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Biology

Applebee’s, Chili’s, McDonald’s, and Sonic are some of the most advertised restaurant chains on television. Although these foods look absolutely scrumptious on its commercial, do we ever think about what is in them? After seeing a commercial we don’t think twice about it until, ”Welcome to Applebee’s,” is the next thing we hear. What is it that [...]

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New Species of Frog?

June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Biology

In Panama, scientists have discovered two new species of frogs: Pristimantis educatoris and P. adnus. The two frogs were discovered in two different places. The Pristimantis educatoriswas discovered in Omar Torrijos National Park and the P. adnus was discovered near the Colmbian border. It is a great discovery that these frogs were discovered before they became [...]

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Edible Synthetic Blocks Bitter Taste

June 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Physics

GIV3727. “What in the world does that mean?” you might ask. Those letters and numbers make up the codename scientist’s gave the newly created molecule they call their ‘bitter blocker.’ This molecule contains a mixture of carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen atoms that are able to guard your tongue from bitter tastes. These molecules will be [...]

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