U.S. physicians bring up sex in 65 percent of annual visits with their teen patients, but the conversations average less than 36 seconds, researchers say. Lead author Stewart Alexander, an associate professor of medicine at Duke Medicine, ...
Food preferences, cooking ability, involvement of children in food preparation, nutritional knowledge, and prior familiarity with MyPyramid were predictors of MyPlate awareness and use Most Americans know about MyPyramid - the triangle ...
Preliminary research from Purdue found that on average, farms could spend an additional $7.50 for polled genetics and break even with the average costs of dehorning. At the annual meeting of the American Dairy Science Association this ...
Tags: Polled Genetics, Food
Low corn prices on the heels of near-record yields this year could mean increased demand from ethanol producers, export markets and biofuels consumers, Purdue University Extension agricultural economist Chris Hurt says. A proposal by the ...
Tags: Ethanol, low corn prices, biofuels
There's a lot of bearish news for corn lately. But, there's hope for the bulls in the hog business. No, it's not going to get any easier for you to add value to your grain by feeding a few hogs on your place like what was the case in ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture, Food
DNA nanotechnology has become one of the great hopes of molecular manufacturing in which large-scale objects could potentially be assembled from the most basic building blocks, atom-by-atom. Research is slowly revealing that many of the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Toys that help children figure how to turn their ideas into reality by designing and building are a first step in a career in the sciences, U.S. researchers say. Beth Holloway, director of the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue ...
Farm equipment manufacturers report strong sales heading into the fourth quarter of 2013. According to the Association of Equipment Manufacturers' latest report (issued in August), U.S. unit retail sales showed double-digit growth in most ...
Tags: Farm Machinery, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery, Farm equipment
A recent U.S. Department of Agriculture blog entry introduces Purdue University's research resulgs on LED grow lights. Banks of LED illuminate plants in greenhouses. Purdue University researchers discovered that LEDs can provide a more ...
SK Capital, a private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors, is expected to close the acquisition of the Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses from ...
Tags: specialty materials, Textile
IPC Sports recently announced the expansion of its product line to include new collegiate Fan Bands. Officially licensed Fan Bands are now available for football and basketball teams for 28 of the nation's largest and most popular schools. ...
Tags: IPC Sports, Fan Bands
Herff Jones further expands eco-offerings with the unveiling of EarthGrad, the first ever rental commencement gown made entirely from REPREVE recycled fiber. REPREVE is created from recycled plastic bottles and made by Unifi, Inc., a ...
Tags: Purdue Scholars, Eco-Gowns
Several major U.S. banks are beta-testing a new way to give you access to your mobile banking account, which could mark the beginning of the end for your password headaches, according to Toby Rush, CEO of EyeVerify, a Kansas City, Kan., ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Smart Phone, Phone
This “pinkhouse” at Caliber Biotherapeutics in Texas, grows 2.2 million plants under the glow of blue and red LEDs. The practice of vertical farming could potentially undergo a transformation that will make urban food centres ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Lighting
Westlake Chemical Corporation announced that Mr. Michael J. Graff (57) and Mr. R. Bruce Northcutt (53) have been elected to the company's board of directors. Mr. Graff is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Air Liquide ...
Tags: Westlake Chemical, BoD, Metallurgy, Mineral&Energy