Bottle in Biological News

Nutrition experts propose new class of low-sugar drinks to help stem obesity and diabetes epidemics

... 10-12 teaspoons of sugar and 150 or more calories; the popular 20-ounce bottle size now prevalent on store shelves and in vending machines carries nearly ... The FDA should require companies to list the number of calories per bottle or cannot per servingon the front of beverage containers. ...

Unusual use of toys in infancy a clue to later autism

... look out of the corners of their eyes at simple objects, including a baby bottle and a rattle, as early as 12 months of age. These findings could help ... objects a metal lid, a round plastic ring, a rattle and a plastic baby bottle one at a time for 30 seconds each while being videotaped. Researchers ...

FIJI Water announces sustainable growth initiative with commitment to help mitigate climate change

... land use and renewable energy projects, the production and sale of each bottle of FIJI Water will actually result in a net reduction of carbon in the ... programs as well as the use of effective consumer incentives (e.g., bottle bills that include bottled water and other non-carbonated beverages). In ...

Dolphins get a lift from delta wing technology

... and found that sweptback flippers generate lift like modern delta wing aircraft. Calculating the flippers' efficiencies, the team found that the bottle nose dolphin's triangular flippers are the most efficient while the harbour porpoise and Atlantic white-sided dolphin's fins were the least ....

Symposia selected for Entomological Society of America meeting

... and Challenges Entomological Disaster: Success Stories Thanks to Scientific Collaboration Fire Ant eXtension Network Meeting From bottle to Drawer and Beyond: Novel Methodology in the Collection and Curation of Hymenoptera Heteropterists Conference Insect Resistance Management: ...

Environmental cleaning intervention reduces transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms in ICUs

... the prior occupant had been colonized or infected. The multi-modal cleaning intervention consists of three parts: a change from use of a pour bottle to bucket immersion for applying disinfectant to cleaning cloths; an educational campaign involving the environmental services staff at the hospital; ...

Moderate alcohol intake associated with bone protection

... on BMD in pre-menopausal women. Participants self-reported their alcohol intake on dietary questionnaires. One serving of beer equaled a glass, bottle or can (356 mL), one serving of wine equaled a 4-oz. glass (118 mL), and one serving of liquor equaled one mixed drink or shot (42 mL). After ...

New infant feeding and obesity research adds insight to ongoing issue

... followed into their late 60s, stated, "This type of study design controls for maternal factors. Differences in the long-term effects of breast and bottle feeding may reflect differences in the mothers rather than the effects of feeding itself." Maternal factors include maternal health status, maternal ...

Ship-in-a-bottle kit on a microchip

... of Stuttgart and the Colorado School of Mines have constructed micromachines using the same trick that model makers use to get ships into a bottle where the masts and rigging of the sailing ship are not erected until it is in the bottle. In the same way, the scientists link the valves, pumps and ...

Alcohol and malt liquor availability and promotion higher in African American inner cities

... liquor in coolers, and storefront ads promoting malt liquor than other neighborhoods. Researchers also found that the average price of a 40-ounce bottle of malt liquor was $1.87, or less than a gallon of milk. Malt liquor is a concern in inner cities because of its cheap price, high alcohol content, ...

Katherine Freed wins first place at the International ISPE Undergraduate Poster Contest

... submitted at that competition of which six were chosen to go on to compete in Las Vegas in November. The other finalists included the Automatic Pill bottle Opener by Jorge DaSilva (Stevens), Effect of Dry Particle Coating on Packing Density by Lauren Beach (NJIT), Physics Based Modeling of Tablet ...

Breakthrough technology observes synapse in real time, supporting theory of vesicular recycling

... how that recycling occurs -- either the vesicle fragments upon delivering its cargo and must be rebuilt, or it simply empties itself like milk from a bottle which is then resealed. "The vast bulk of the evidence suggests the former theory is actually the correct one, but it's been tempting to think of ...

Atmospheric measuring device for understanding smog formation

... Lab. Because hydroperoxyl radicals are so reactive, getting accurate measurements is not easy. "These chemicals are so fragile you cannot take a bottle home with you," Springston said. "You have to measure them where they form, in the atmosphere, before they react and disappear." Various groups ...

Chemical in red wine, fruits and vegetables stops cancer, heart disease, depending on the dose

... fight disease. According to the authors, the amount of polyphenols necessary to obtain an anti-cancer effect is the equivalent of drinking about a bottle of red wine each day. This amount of daily alcohol consumption obviously is unhealthy, but the research suggests that polyphenols extracted from ...

UTMB researchers to be honored at 'Oscars of invention'

... associate professor Joan Nichols are being recognized at R&D Magazines 45th Annual R&D 100 Awards for their role in creating an immune system in a bottle a test-tube version of the human immune system that will enable biomedical scientists to quickly and cheaply screen large numbers of prospective ...

American Chemical Society's Weekly Press Pac

... p.m., Eastern Time Pioneering odor tests on plastic water pipe Fruity plastic may seem like a connoisseurs description of the bouquet of a bottle of Chardonnay or Merlot gone bad. However, that was among several uncomplimentary terms that a panel of water sensory experts used to describe the ...

Ancient humans brought bottle gourds to the Americas from Asia

... Thick-skinned bottle gourds widely used as containers by prehistoric ... according to a new genetic comparison of modern bottle gourds with gourds found at archaeological sites ... assembled a collection of ancient remnants of bottle gourds from across the Americas. They then ...

Maggots rid patients of MRSA

... ulcers with maggots. Professor Andrew Boulton and his team used green bottle fly larvae to treat 13 diabetic patients whose foot ulcers were ... and reduced blood supply, with sterile free-range larvae of the green bottle fly Lucilia Sericata. They applied the larvae between two and eight times, ...

After the yeast is gone bacteria continue to develop flavor of sparkling wine

... and yeast strains to the base wine for a second fermentation in the bottle in which the wine is sold. The secondary fermentation produces carbon dioxide which dissolves in the wine and is perceived as bubbles when the bottle is opened, hence the term "sparkling". After the fermentation is completed ...

Researcher examines polymers created with poultry feathers

... only a fraction is recycled," said Barone. "Once in the landfill, it doesn't biodegrade. The challenge is how can we create a simpler plastic bag or bottle that will biodegrade?" According to Barone, the technology to create biodegradable plastics from biomass, such as corn and soybeans, has been ...

Retinal scans eyed for New Mexico show cattle

... electronic code identifying each animal like a Social Security number for life. Located on the cow's left ear, the tags are about the size of a bottle cap. With more than 900 RFID tags applied since May, only two have been lost. Using a panel tag reader located on a cattle chute, researchers ...

An essential regulator of body weight revealed

... scientists monitored precisely how much the animals ate by keeping them in a cage equipped with a device that measures each time a mouse licks the bottle containing its liquid diet. The effects of eliminating NPY/AgRP neurons in adult mice were dramatic. After treatment with diphtheria toxin, the ...

Quantum dots provide a faster, more sensitive method for detecting respiratory viral infections

... these detection system if they want to." The system should also be relatively inexpensive. The most costly ingredient is the quantum dots: A small bottle that contains enough of the material for about 200 tests costs $300. As a result, this could be one of the earliest medical applications of ...

Basis for DNA ejection from single phage particles

... the final stage of encapsulation for a particular bacteriophage reached a value of 60 atomospheres, which is close to ten times the pressure inside a bottle of champagne. In the new work reported this week, researchers have evaluated whether the energy thus stored is sufficient to permit phage DNA ...