From: Max M (maxm@mxm.dk)
Date: Wed Jan 08 2003 - 03:46:16 MST
http://www.futureport.dk/news - 2003-01-08 (9 articles)
[Aging]
Life Extension Daily - Eat Less, Live Longer ; Roy Walford's Research on
Restrictive Dieting Gains Wider Acceptance
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http://www.lef.org/news/aging/2003/01/06/REC/0000-0300-KEYWORD.Missing.html
For nearly three decades, Dr. Roy Walford has lived in a red- brick
industrial building a half-block from the daily carnival and weekend
hucksters of Venice Beach, Calif. And for much of that time, Walford, a
University of California, Los Angeles, professor who pioneered the
concept of a severely calorie-restrictive diet as a path to human
longevity, was commonly viewed as a bit of an oddball, even in a
neighborhood known for eccentric behavior. His unconventional lifestyle,
be it studying with yoga masters in India or living for two years as the
chief physician at the Biosphere 2 experiment, did little to enhance his
image as a serious scientist.
[Health]
Life Extension Foundation - Scientists Say Flavonoids Are Beginning to
Find Favor in Nutrition
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http://www.lef.org/news/nutrition/2003/01/05/TPKA/0000-4337-KEYWORD.Missing.html
A food compound with an unusual name is fast becoming a shining star in
human nutrition. Scientists are finding increasing evidence that a diet
rich in flavonoids --- common in many plant foods --- helps decrease the
risks of heart disease, cancer, osteoporosis, blood cholesterol and
other chronic diseases.
[Health]
The Globe And Mail - Obesity cuts life span dramatically, studies find
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http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030108/UOBESN/national/national/national_temp/4/4/23/
The bigger your waistline, the less time you should spend planning your
retirement. Research shows that the consequences of being overweight
when young are more dramatic than previously believed: Obesity at age 20
reduces a man's life expectancy by up to 20 years, and cuts as many as
eight years off a woman's life. Another study finds that being
overweight reduces life expectancy more than smoking does.
[Nanotech]
EurekAlert - Computer program reveals optimum microstructure for new
materials
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-01/pu-cpr010703.php
Salvatore Torquato and colleagues used computers to calculate the
optimum structure for any material that is a composite of two substances
with differing properties. The achievement is the first simple example
of a mathematically rigorous method for optimizing the design of
multifunctional composites, which are an increasingly common kind of
material.
[Nanotech]
EurekAlert - Next-generation solar cells could put power stations in space
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-01/riot-nsc010703.php
Someday, large-scale solar power stations in space could beam
electricity to the surface of the moon, the earth and other planets,
decreasing our dependence on a dwindling fossil-fuel supply. Scientists
at Rochester Institute of Technology are developing the next generation
of solar cells, advancing the technology that could put a solar power
system into earth's orbit.
[Science]
Nature - Physicist proposes deeper layer of reality
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http://www.nature.com/nsu/030106/030106-6.html
Returning to Einstein's nagging doubts about quantum mechanics, Nobel
laureate Gerard 't Hooft of Utrecht University has begun to outline a
way in which its apparent play of chance might be underpinned by precise
physical laws that describe the way the world works...
[Science]
New Scientist - First speed of gravity measurement revealed
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http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993232
The speed of gravity has been measured for the first time. The landmark
experiment shows that it travels at the speed of light, meaning that
Einstein's general theory of relativity has passed another test with
flying colours.
[Skeptiscism]
MSNBC - Clonaid says no DNA tests on baby
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http://www.msnbc.com/news/852027.asp
Parents want guarantee child won’t be taken, says company. The company
that claims to have produced the first human clone said Tuesday the
baby’s parents will not allow any DNA testing unless they receive
guarantees the child will not be taken from them...
[Space]
Space.com - Way-Out World: New Technique Finds Most Distant Planet Ever
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http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planet_transit_030106.html
The most distant known planet, a large and hot world pelted by iron rain
and orbiting a star about 5,000 light-years away, has been found with a
new and promising search technique. The discovery extends astronomers
capabilities for planet hunting beyond the roughly 160 light-years of
nearby space in which other planets had been found. The number of stars
that can now be examined jumps from 40,000 to 100 million or more, said
the scientists involved in the discovery.
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-- hilsen/regards Max M http://www.futureport.dk/ Fremtiden, videnskab, skeptiscisme og transhumanisme
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