A British study suggests almonds, as well as being a vitamin and mineral source, might present other health benefits, such as producing good bacteria.
The study by scientists at the Institute of Food Research in Colney, England, identified potential prebiotic properties of almonds that could help improve digestive health by increasing levels of beneficial gut bacteria.
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Nuts Are Good Food
Mobility for the Disabled
The greatest gift of technology, arguably, is ‘mobility for the physically challenged’. We have been witness to a remarkable progress on this front, with automatic wheelchairs being replaced by robotic exoskeletons that are as much a part of one’s body as original limbs are. TheyShallWalk, a non-profit medical research organization, has taken this concept to […]
The Roush Horse Trainer - For People Serious About Training Horses
Horse training has just gone super high tech
This vehicle is used by Roush Technologies for Turkish-based Kurt Systems, to train horses so they win races. It allows trainers to be close to the animals while training them and monitoring their vital signs.
Eco Brolly Turns Anything Into An Umbrella
An Eco Umbrella
If you’ve ever been caught in a sudden and unexpected downpour (you probably weren’t wearing your weather forecasting Suunto Lumi) you’ll know that a newspaper can make for a half-decent substitute umbrella. But holding it over your head while trying to keep yourself and whatever else you’re carrying dry can be difficult.
Earth’s Cries as Heard from Space
A White Male Figure in the Sky is Shedding Tears for The Planet?
Scientists knew that Earth is crying since the 1970s, but they’ve just recently been able to listen to it.
The “cry” is actually a series of chirp and whistles created by solar wind particles colliding with the Earth’s magnetic field high above the planet, […]
Watermelon is Nature’s Viagra
If you thought watermelon is just a fruit that refreshes parched throats, here’s something you should know - the juicy fruit has ingredients that deliver Viagra-like effects to the body’s blood vessels and may even increase libido.
Study: Cell Phones Pose No Health Risk
Even though there is no health risk does not mean cell phone don’t cause psychological brain damage
Those who worry that mobile phones and their transmission towers are health hazards can now relax following studies coordinated by the Berlin-based Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS).
German Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said more than 50 studies in the […]
Chembots - A New Kind of Formable, Squishy Robot
ChemBots are “soft, flexible, mobile objects that can identify and maneuver
through openings smaller than their static structural dimensions”
Soft and squishy chemical robots will one day squeeze through tight spots then expand to 10 times larger, offering an advantage over rigid robots. Once a mission is complete, a chembot would biodegrade.
The chembots could get into a […]
