Blue Economy Alliance is a new way of designing
business

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Buckwheat is one of the most efficient producers of plant protein, unmatched by any other grain (even though it is classified as a fruit due to its pyramidical shape). The human body can digest 74 percent of buckwheat?s protein content which includes 8 essential amino acids, Vitamin E and nearly the entire spectrum of B-complex which helps the body to respond to insulin needs. Honey from buckwheat flowers has up to 20 times more anti-oxidants than any other honey, offering a prime quality by-product. The hulls are used as packaging material, as base material for heating pads, as raw material for mattresses, and as the filler for hypo-allergenic pillows that offer excellent neck support. However, advertising has shifted the image of buckwheat and the local population increasingly prefers imported white rice

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UPLB hosts DOH Secretary's Cup

post from University of the Philippines Los Baños on 27 September 2012 11:57:20 AM. © University of the Philippines Los Baños

UPLB, in partnership with The Parliament: UPLB Debate Society, hosted the Department of Health (DOH) Secretary's Cup Luzon Elimination Rounds on September 1 at the NCAS Auditorium.

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Deaf Toddler Receives Bionic Ear, Weeks Later
Speaks Her First Word

post from Singularity Hub on 27 September 2012 11:15:38 AM. © Singularity Hub

A two-year old British girl born severely deaf due to a developmental disorder has spoken her first word after receiving a bionic ear. The medical team led by Dr. Vittorio Colletti, the leading surgeon for installing ear implants in pediatric patients, performed the surgery on Evie Small last June in [...]

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Scattering moss can restore key carbon sink

post from New Scientist - Environment on 27 September 2012 11:08:00 AM. © New Scientist - Environment

Peat bogs help keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, so a new project aims to rebuild them by scattering beads of moss

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TED: Ben Goldacre: What doctors don't know about
the drugs they prescribe - Ben Goldacre (2012)

post from TEDTalks (video) on 27 September 2012 11:01:44 AM. © TEDTalks (video)

When a new drug gets tested, the results of the trials should be published for the rest of the medical world -- except much of the time, negative or inconclusive findings go unreported, leaving doctors and researchers in the dark. In this impassioned talk, Ben Goldacre explains why these unreported instances of negative data are especially misleading and dangerous.

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Big Quakes Signal Changes Coming to Earth's
Crust

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 27 September 2012 10:42:30 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Science: On April 11 of this year, an extraordinary cluster of earthquakes struck off Sumatra. The largest shock, magnitude 8.7, produced stronger ground-shaking than any earthquake ever recorded. And it surprised seismologists by triggering more than a dozen moderate earthquakes ar

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World of Warcraft Has Lost Its Cool

post from CR4 - Recent Blog Entries on 27 September 2012 10:41:34 AM. © CR4 - Recent Blog Entries

From Wired Top Stories: It wasn't that long ago that Blizzard's massively multiplayer online game seemed poised on the edge of becoming something much more than just an extremely popular pastime of geeks and shut-ins. But with the release of the game's fourth expansion pack Mists of Pand

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Male DNA Commonly Found in Women's Brains

From ScienceDaily: Latest Science News: Male DNA is commonly found in the brains of women, most likely derived from prior pregnancy with a male fetus, according to first-of-its-kind research conducted at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. While the medical implications of male DNA a

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The Graffiti Code Breaker

From Discover Magazine | rsslist: To mark their territory and warn off rivals, 21st-century gangsters still depend on the street language of graffiti. "Graffiti is a big part of how gangs tell their story and pick their turf," says Steven Schafer, a detective in the criminal gang unit of

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The Humble Business Card Gets Superpowers With
NFC

From Tech News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Apple may have skipped near-field communication in the iPhone 5, but that hasn't stopped everyone else from getting on board the NFC train. The latest passenger: Moo.com, which just started experimenting with NFC business cards, with a planned roll

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