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Rice - Commodity
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Rising temperature may bring down rice production
Deccan Herald
Kalyan Ray, New Delhi, Sep 2, DHNS: Thursday, September 02, 2010 --> | Rice production in vast tracts of India may decline in the coming years because of a steady rise in average minimum temperature. | Carefully analysing the pattern of increase in the maximum and minimum temperature, an internation...
Fish Oil  -  Omega 3 Fatty Acid  -  Food Supplement
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Why fish oils work swimmingly against diabetes
PhysOrg
--> | These are fish oil capsules. Credit: UC San Diego | Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation and insulin resistance. | The discovery could lead ...
Why fish oils work swimmingly against diabetes
PhysOrg
--> | These are fish oil capsules. Credit: UC San Diego | Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the molecular mechanism that makes omega-3 fatty acids so effective in reducing chronic inflammation a...
Scientists pinpoint how most aggressive breast cancers grow
The Daily Mail
| Researchers say the new findings meant they can look much closer at where the breast cancer forms and the genes involved | Scientists searching for the source of aggressive breast cancers may have been looking in the wrong place, research suggests....
Organic strawberries 'are more nutritious'
DNA India
| Scientists have revealed that organic strawberries are both tastier and better for health. | Naturally produced strawberries also have a longer shelf life and a richer, fruitier flavour, according to the researchers. | 'We show that you can hav...
Organic strawberries ‘are more nutritious’
Zeenews
London:Scientists have revealed that organic strawberries are both tastier and better for health. | Naturally produced strawberries also have a longer shelf life and a richer, fruitier flavour, according to the researchers. According to them, they ha...
Rice - Crop - Farming - Agriculture
WN / Rubielyn Bunag
 Warmer temperatures to reduce crop yields
Independent online
| Hong Kong - With the climate set to get warmer from greenhouse gases, Chinese scientists predicted on Thursday that freshwater for agriculture will shrink further in China, reduc...
Woman Breast
Creative Commons / jillyemm
New program targets breast, ovarian cancer
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
| Scientists and researchers have long struggled to turn the latest advances in the laboratory into actual treatments for sick patients. | A new center at the University of Pittsbu...
India to study impact of mobile towers on birds, bees
Deccan Herald
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Wednesday, September 01, 2010 --> | India will study the harmful impact of mobile phone towers on birds and bees, with the environment ministry constituting a committee that is also tasked with formulating guidelines on their ...
Genetic excuse for obesity 'is a myth'
The Daily Telegraph
Obesity researchers have dismissed as a 'myth' the excuse that we are 'slaves' to our genes. | The woman's long-term partner has infuriated medical workers by bringing her junk food Photo: PA | Academics found that people could work off around 40 per...
Sports
Pakistan's one-day captain Shahid Afridi, top center right, huddles with the rest of his team before the one-day cricket match  between Somerset County Cricket Club and Pakistan at the County Ground in Taunton, England, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010.
(photo: AP / Matt Dunham)
Cricket: Pakistan three to sit out the rest of tour
NZ Herald
5:30 AM Friday Sep 3, 2010 Share Email Print | TAUNTON - Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed says the three players at the centre of fixing allegations will not play in the T20 and one-day international matches against England. | Saeed says that Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have not been suspended but that they will not play in the re...
Entertainment
Gov. Ted Strickland speaks at a news conference Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 in Columbus, Ohio as he announces a new $640 million state budget gap, the third deficit this budget cycle, and said the next two-year budget could be as much as $7.3 billion in the red. The state is facing an unprecedented economic crisis that will only get worse without direct federal help, Strickland said. The governor flatly ruled out a tax increase, saying it could make things worse under the current conditions.
(photo: AP / Kiichiro Sato)
Ohio gov spares killer who claimed innocence
Herald Tribune
| COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has spared the life of a condemned killer who says he is innocent of a 1994 shooting that killed three people, including a 4-year-old girl. AC = 1234 | --> | Strickland says he believes Kevin Keith is likely guilty of the killings but says he's troubled by evidence used to convict Keith. | Strickland ques...



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