3- What is so special about Japanese urban agriculture, and why does it matter? Precisely because it happens in (and around) cities, urban agriculture has several distinctive features from its rural counterparts. In Japan, several social and environmental functions of …
3- What is so special about Japanese urban agriculture, and why does it matter? Precisely because it happens in (and around) cities, urban agriculture has several distinctive features from its rural counterparts. In Japan, several social and environmental functions of …
3- Researchers are also using advanced imaging tools to pinpoint the areas in the brain that underlie anxiety disorders. Using an imaging technique called functional MRI (fMRI), scientists are scanning the brain in action—as it thinks, remembers, feels emotion and …
1- Anxiety is an uneasy feeling that something may harm you or a loved one. This feeling can be normal and sometimes even helpful. If you’re starting a new job or taking a test, it might make you more alert …
1- Anxiety is an uneasy feeling that something may harm you or a loved one. This feeling can be normal and sometimes even helpful. If you’re starting a new job or taking a test, it might make you more alert …
3- To test the viability of these two biofuels, David Tilman, an ecologist at the University of Minnesota, calculated the total environmental costs of their production. Tilman and colleagues found out that when all these costs are calculated, ethanol made …
1- In the battle of biofuels for cars and trucks, biodiesel beats ethanol, new research concludes – but it will not reduce the strong request for petroleum. Both ethanol biofuel, made from corn, and biodiesel, made from soybeans, were recommended …
4- Studies indicated the existence of a great benefit from a fruit and vegetable diet in some cancers, including mouth, esophagus, lung and stomach. They estimated that 30 to 35 percent of cancers are caused by nutritional factors, especially obesity. …
3- In the 1980s, researchers focused on the quantity of fat that people ate as a probable cause of cancer, but it was not well accepted. Later, they talked about diets high in fruits and vegetables as a way to …
2- Researchers Sara Pyle and C. Keith Haddock, of the University of Missouri, interviewed parents and guardians at 15 pediatric departments in New York and New Jersey. They asked the parents to identify from a list what smoking restrictions were …