A drink or two a day could mean less chance of developing Type 2 diabetes. Researchers say moderate drinkers have better odds of beating the fastest growing form of diabetes than heavy drinkers or even non-drinkers. Scientists looking at the connection between alcohol and diabetes say healthy lifestyles alone do not explain the lower levels. Moderate drinking is a drink per day for women and up to two drinks a day for men. Source Link
There could be sky-high savings if the federal government would move to “cloud” computing, but privacy and security issues are still grounding the effort. Allowing government offices to store programs on centralized servers rather than desktop computers could cut hardware costs and save energy by allowing more telecommuting. But lawmakers want assurances that a new system would be safe from malicious attacks, snooping enemy governments or theft by criminal organizations. Source Link
When it comes to garbage, it doesn’t get much worse than a discarded cigarette butt. But even this most common form of trash may be turned into a treasure. Chinese scientists say they’ve discovered that chemicals derived from soaking cigarette butts in water can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting. It’s estimated that the Chinese consume about one-third of the 4.5 trillion cigarettes that are smoked worldwide each year. Source Link
There could be sky-high savings if the federal government would move to “cloud” computing, but privacy and security issues are still grounding the effort. Allowing government offices to store programs on centralized servers rather than desktop computers could cut hardware costs and save energy by allowing more telecommuting. But lawmakers want assurances that a new system would be safe from malicious attacks, snooping enemy governments or theft by criminal organizations. Source Link
When it comes to garbage, it doesn’t get much worse than a discarded cigarette butt. But even this most common form of trash may be turned into a treasure. Chinese scientists say they’ve discovered that chemicals derived from soaking cigarette butts in water can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting. It’s estimated that the Chinese consume about one-third of the 4.5 trillion cigarettes that are smoked worldwide each year. Source Link
