MIT Media Lab alumna and entrepreneur Ayah Bdeir SM '06 wants to help all people worldwide, tech savvy or not, understand and build creatively with electronics. It's the ambitious mission powering her fast-growing startup littleBits, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Getting ready to exercise? First get the go-ahead from your doctor, then make sure you take some precautions before you get going. The Harvard Medical School suggests: Warm up before and cool down after exercise for five to 10 ...
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Smart Lids hope to expand to US market using crowdfunding Australian packaging firm Smart Lid Systems is hoping to expanded their heat sensitive takeaway coffee lids to the US, making the lids available directly to US households through ...
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Caffeine may help long-term memory Whether it's a mug full of coffee, a cup of hot tea, or a can of soft drink, consuming caffeine is the energy boost of choice for millions who want to wake up or stay up. But the popular stimulant could ...
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The new Slendier "high dietary fibre" drink Australian health food manufacturer D'lite Food Pacific has launched a new range of drinks called Slendier Drinks in Australia, which it says are "high in dietary fibre" and designed to "keep ...
Tags: D'lite Food Pacific, Slendier Drinks, dietary fibre, low calorie
The Australian brand Organic Stevia Plant-derived sweetener stevia has been quietly gaining traction with consumers and usurping the traditional pecking order of more established sweeteners, according to a new report from market research ...
Tags: Organic Stevia, sweetener stevia, intense sweeteners, Food Research
Beam has been acquired by Suntory Holdings Japanese beverage company Suntory Holdings is set to acquire all outstanding shares of premium alcoholic spirits company Beam Inc for US$83.50 per share in cash or total consideration of ...
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A couple of years ago, after reports surfaced about deaths that might be attributable to popular energy drinks, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) demanded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigate the potentially dangerous ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Energy drinks
A University of Liverpool researcher, part of Action on Sugar, which aims to reduce unnecessary amounts of sugar in the diet, says sugar is the new tobacco. Professor Simon Capewell of the university's Institute of Psychology, Health and ...
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Amcor is in the process of acquiring some of the assets of PET pioneer company, Constar International Holdings LLC. Constar goes back to the 1960s and developed the two litre PET soda bottle in the 1980s. Constar has been working its way ...
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Is craft beer becoming 'mainstream' in the UK? Following the introduction in the UK of the Small Breweries' Relief Act in June 2002, there has been a boom in the number of UK breweries, and many are now moving the craft movement firmly up ...
Tags: UK breweries, craft beer, Mintel, beer market
Almost one in 10 people will someday experience a kidney stone, which creates what is described as the most intense pain imaginable. This increasingly common condition leads to hundreds of thousands of surgeries in the United States each ...
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To ring in the New Year and and beyond, CalNaturale Svelte®, the premium line of USDA Certified organic protein shakes that provides great taste, sustained nutrition and energy through pure and simple ingredients, is offering simple ...
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President Nixon funded research to wage a war on cancer, a long battle that we're still fighting today. While the last 40 years haven't brought us a cure, we have made some meaningful progress in developing tools and knowledge to take a ...
Tags: cancer risk, lifestyle changes, preventive screenings, healthy choices
Nearly two thirds (59 per cent) of US consumers who are currently energy drink or shot users say they worry about the safety of energy drinks and shots, according to new findings from market research organisation Mintel. However, despite ...
Tags: Energy Drink, Safety, Food Safety