A new study conducted by researchers at Duke University Medical Centre in Durham, North Carolina has revealed that environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may suppress a gene important to nerve cell function and to the development of ...
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Tour de France hero Greg LeMond said he expects to begin selling bicycles again, possibly showing prototype models as early as this year's Interbike. "I've got quite a few different ideas," LeMond said in a Skype interview with BRAIN this ...
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LEWISVILLE, NC (BRAIN) — Recumbent bike retailer Neighborhood Transportation is closing after six years in business as owner Bruce Hermann contends with health issues. Hermann was struck by a motorist while riding his recumbent four ...
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Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pushing science fiction closer to reality with a wraparound virtual world where a researcher wearing 3-D ...
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Just slightly bigger than a smartphone, the latest text to speech communication device from Toby Churchill has been designed for literate people to help them communicate more confidently and fluently with anyone. It enables users to ...
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (BRAIN) — Zipp’s new Vuka Stealth is an integrated carbon aero handlebar and stem system that the company said offers nearly endless custom positioning options. The stem, basebar and mounting hardware are ...
Post Foods has expanded its cereal stable in the US to include a Sesame Street line targeted at children. Post Sesame Street is a wholegrain oat-based cereal for toddlers available in two variants: A is for Apple and B is for Banana. Post ...
Women can create a time-lapse video of their pregnancy – and get health tips along the way – through a new, free, interactive iPhone app called CineMama available from the March of Dimes. Time-lapse pregnancy slideshows and ...
Post Foods, a US-based cereal brands manufacturer, has introduced Post Sesame Street Cereal - whole grain oat-based cereal - for infants. The new Post Sesame Street Cereal is available in two naturally-flavored varieties such as A is for ...
Phytopharm has announced results of its Phase II, randomised trial of Cogane in unmedicated patients with Parkinson's disease. More than four hundred subjects with early-stage Parkinson's disease were randomly chosen to receive either ...
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BOULDER, CO (BRAIN) — Are cyclists interested in sustainability? An industry group is looking to measure consumers' attitudes and behaviors before the Bicycle Leadership Conference holds a session on sustainability in April in ...
SANTA CRUZ, CA (BRAIN) — A new company, Retrofitz, will convert nearly any street shoe into an SPD cleat-compatible cycling shoe. Among its standard offerings is a cross-country running shoe converted into a super light "race day" ...
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BLOOMINGTON, MN (BRAIN) — QBP will soon begin distributing a selection of products from Canadian brand Louis Garneau, which also will continue dealer direct sales of its complete product line. QBP will carry Garneau products ...
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OSAKA, Japan (BRAIN) — Shimano sales gained 11 percent last year to $2.6 billion (245.8 billion yen). Sales of Shimano bicycle products were $2.1 billion (198.2 billion yen) a 12 percent increase, while fishing sales were up 8 percent ...
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LONG BEACH, CA (BRAIN) — Italian fork brand Marzocchi has moved its U.S. operations from Valencia to Long Beach, California, and following a difficult year in 2012, says it is ready to return strongly to the OE market for the 2014 ...
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