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Garage Invention Turns Restaurants Into Power Plants. By Alexis Madrigal Email January 07, 2009 | 6:38:42 PMCategories: Energy, Environment, Food and Drink, Sustainability · Garagevegawatt. Would you like power with those fries? …

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As a chemical for industrial processes, butanol is used in everything from brake fluid, to paint thinners, to plastics. According to a University of Illinois researcher, butanol made from plant material could displace butanol made from petroleum, just not at the fuel pump.

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Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, relapsing disorder that causes inflammation and ulceration in the inner lining of the rectum and large intestine. The most common symptoms are diarrhea and abdominal pain. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, another chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory disorder, are the two major forms of inflammatory bowel disease.

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Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated a more effective treatment for bacterial pneumonia following influenza. They found that the antibiotics clindamycin and azithromycin, which kill bacteria by inhibiting their protein synthesis, are more effective than a standard first-line treatment with the “beta-lactam” antibiotic ampicillin, which causes the bacteria to lyse, or burst.

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Chronic illness can lead to poorer quality of life — particularly for adolescents. New research shows that spirituality may help teens cope with their conditions.

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Educational psychologist Brendesha Tynes says adolescents are increasingly experiencing both individual and vicarious discrimination online, which in turn triggers stress, depression and anxiety.

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Natural gas, believed to be among the cleanest forms of fuel, does emit ultrafine airborne particulate matter when burned in home appliances such as stove tops and water heaters.

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Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and male counterparts, according to results published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Cancer.

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As researchers report in the journal Angewandte Chemie, when the hydrogen atoms of pyridine are replaced with deuterium, it adopts a crystalline form that can only be achieved under high pressure with “normal” pyridine. Perhaps the minimal differences responsible for this type of effect can be implemented to improve the spectrum of properties available to pharmaceutical agents.

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New research published in the international journal Neurobiology of Aging by University of Calgary researcher Marc Poulin finds that being physically fit helps the brain function at the top of its game.

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