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‘Coffee waste’ could lead to new nutritious foods

77617 The antioxidant effects of coffee by-products are 500 times greater than those found in vitamin C and could be employed to create functional foods with significant health benefits, a new research has found.   Coffee silverskin (the epidermis of the coffee bean) is usually removed during processing, after the beans have been dried, while… Seguir Leyendo ‘Coffee waste’ could lead to new nutritious foods

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How pollution could make you obese

74859 Researchers have discovered a link between the levels of certain environmental pollutants that a person accumulates in his or her body and their level of obesity. «We found that people with higher levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were quantitatively more obese and also showed higher levels of cholesterol and triglycerides,» said lead author… Seguir Leyendo How pollution could make you obese

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How pollution could make you obese

74859 Researchers have discovered a link between the levels of certain environmental pollutants that a person accumulates in his or her body and their level of obesity. «We found that people with higher levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) were quantitatively more obese and also showed higher levels of cholesterol and triglycerides,» said lead author… Seguir Leyendo How pollution could make you obese

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Methane on Mars hints life existed there: NASA

75302 After an exhaustive analysis of data obtained during 605 Martian days, NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed the presence of methane on Mars environment which may hint that life once existed on the Red Planet. The tunable laser spectrometer in the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instrument of the Curiosity robot has unequivocally detected an episodic… Seguir Leyendo Methane on Mars hints life existed there: NASA

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Methane on Mars hints life existed there: NASA

75302 After an exhaustive analysis of data obtained during 605 Martian days, NASA’s Curiosity rover has confirmed the presence of methane on Mars environment which may hint that life once existed on the Red Planet. The tunable laser spectrometer in the SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) instrument of the Curiosity robot has unequivocally detected an episodic… Seguir Leyendo Methane on Mars hints life existed there: NASA

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Dental Patterns as Accurate as DNA

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) in Spain came to this conclusion after analysing the dental patterns of more than 3,000 people. «There is sufficient dental diversity between people to enable a scientifically-based human identification method to be developed for forensic purposes,» said Stella Martín de las Heras, professor of legal and forensic medicine… Seguir Leyendo Dental Patterns as Accurate as DNA