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Frozen blueberries have more antioxidant power
Blueberries are a super food. New research shows that their antioxidant power becomes even stronger when the berries are frozen. The blue color of blueberries is given by the antioxidant Anthocyanins, which is present in their skin. South Dakota State Graduate student Marin Plumb discovered that Read More...
Talking to strangers leads to more wellbeing—for yourself and others
It is surprising how little inter-human contact is made in the densely populated city centers. We seem to behave like crowds of isolated individuals. Most people think that talking to a stranger during their commute will be a negative experience. However, a study published in The Journal of Read More...
A trend toward patient-driven health care
Ezekiel Emanuel, a medical doctor and former chief health policy advisor to President Obama, has a pretty good idea of what we can expect to see in health care over the next decade – things like the end of insurance companies as we know them, an increased focus on treating the chronically and Read More...
Floating platform to clean the plastic soup in the oceans
Plastic that you use for minutes, maybe even seconds will stay in the environment for hundreds of years. That’s why there are gigantic spots of “plastic soup” floating in the oceans. Cristian Ehrmantraut designed a platform that acts like a giant dialysis machine for the world’s oceans. The Read More...
UK’ s Sainsbury powers store with food–waste
Living off the national power grid is difficult for individuals, and nearly impossible for commercial stores—but that’s exactly what Sainsbury’s in the UK is looking to do. Sainsbury’s is working with local recycling company Biffa to run their Cannock store completely of anaerobic Read More...
India creates 300,000 new jobs with planting 2 billion trees
Most governments embark on public infrastructure projects during a recession to create jobs. India is now taking that approach to a new inspirational level. Indian youth unemployment is above 10% and deforestation is a major challenge in the country with the world’s second largest population, the Read More...
The ultimate web resilience: go the cockroach way
Hard to imagine that cockroaches could be an inspiration to innovation? Cockroaches survive in the most difficult circumstances. They can live without air for extended periods of time. They even continue to live—for some time—without their heads. That resilience is the inspiration to a new Read More...
Vacations are good for workers—and for businesses
The majority of Americans work during their vacation, and most only take half of their allotted vacation time, according to a recent study. While you might think that working during your downtime is a selfless sacrifice for your beloved employer, it might be that taking a real vacation—as in not Read More...
More efficient use of cropland could feed 3 billion more people
This is a major part of the favorite doom scenario’s of future pessimists: There’s not enough food to feed a growing world population. However a new study published in Science by researchers at the University of Minnesota found that more efficient agricultural practices could feed 3 billion Read More...
Practicing meditation will make you wiser
Meditation is becoming more and more popular in business. And that makes sense. Research conducted by business schools INSEAD and The Wharton School has found that short meditation sessions—of about 15 minutes a day, will allow you to make smarter decisions. Meditation limits “sunk–cost Read More...