10,000 steps: Marketing ploy or fit for purpose?
Is the daily target of walking 10,000 steps really just a marketing ploy? We put it to the test. from BBC News - Health http://ift.tt/2DY7nUR
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Rochdale ambulance worker's petrol paid for by stranger
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Through the looking glass: New mirror-image molecules could lead to better medicines
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Scientists have developed a new technology for designing mirror-image versions of molecules, paving the way for longer lasting medicines. For patients, this would mean less frequent injections and more drugs could one day be developed in a pill form. They show the method works by creating mirror image versions of blockbuster diabetes and osteoporosis drugs, GLP1 and PTH, respectively, which had longer lasting effects as expected. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2rN9HJt
New, low cost alternative for ethylene production
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Scientists have discovered a new reaction mechanism of performing Oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) at a temperature as low as 150ºC. The novel catalytic reaction found in the study, which demonstrated both high yield and catalytic activity, was done in an electric field, and could provide a more cost-effective method of synthesizing ethylene in the future. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2EkSEAU
Why do investors seek out stock swindles?
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The chance to get rich quick by investing in a penny stock, even if it is widely suspected that the stock price is being manipulated, is too tempting for some investors to resist. New research finds that some investors actually seek out stocks suspected of 'pump-and-dump' schemes, despite the risks and warnings from financial experts, in hopes of winning big, akin to the lottery. from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily http://ift.tt/2E0cUu9
Boosting Sirt4 gene activity extends healthy lifespan in fruit flies
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