米国科学アカデミー紀要（PNAS）にこのほど掲載された研究論文によると、朝に感染したウイルスは増殖が10倍になったという。また、夜間シフト勤務や時差ボケが感染のリスクを高めることも分かった。
米国科学アカデミー紀要（PNAS）にこのほど掲載された研究論文によると、朝に感染したウイルスは増殖が10倍になったという。また、夜間シフト勤務や時差ボケが感染のリスクを高めることも分かった。
ビタミンDのサプリメント摂取によって、英国で300万例以上のかぜやインフルエンザの罹患を減らすことができるとする研究が、このほど発表された。ビタミンDには、免疫システムを助ける効果があるという。
The designer of the iconic Japanese soy sauce bottle has died aged 85. Kenji Ekuan was also responsible for other design classics, including the Yamaha VMAX motorbike and the Narita Express airport train. Ekuan, a former Buddhist monk, designed the funnel shaped soy sauce bottle, with red top in 1961. The design, first used by Japanese food company Kikkoman, became known internationally as the cra
Imagine an American breakfast and what comes to mind? Ham and eggs, with hash browns? Pancakes with maple syrup and bacon? The reality tends to be simpler. Cereal and fruit juice have been breakfast staples for generations - though that now seems to be changing. The breakfast cereal behemoth, Kellogg, announced in July that quarterly global earnings had fallen by a sizable 16% over the year before
Catherine Brown, chief executive of the FSA: "This is completely unacceptable" The meat of some beef lasagne products recalled by Findus earlier this week was 100% horsemeat, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has said. On Monday Findus withdrew from retailers its beef lasagne in 320g, 360g and 500g sizes as a precaution. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson said the findings were "completely unaccept
BBC Newsnight's Joe Lynam looks at what lies beneath the external beauty of Iceland Whisper it - Iceland's economy is on its way back. The frozen island on the edge of the Arctic, which had 10 straight quarters of shrinking GDP, is suddenly on a steady run of seven quarters of growth averaging at 2.5% per annum - something that few European countries can boast. Unemployment has fallen to just belo
Toshimitsu Motegi said higher energy costs must not hamper economic recovery The new government in Japan has announced it will review the planned nuclear power phase-out proposed by the previous administration. Trade and Industry Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said that reactors would be restarted if considered safe by the nuclear authority. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised bold measures to revi
An American company has developed a technique that it says can make bread stay mould-free for 60 days. The bread is zapped in a sophisticated microwave array which kills the spores that cause the problem. The company claims it could significantly reduce the amount of wasted bread - in the UK alone, almost a third of loaves purchased. The technique can also be used with a wide range of foods includ
Sellafield is the UK's largest and most hazardous nuclear site An "intolerable risk" is being posed by hazardous waste stored in run-down buildings at Sellafield nuclear plant, a watchdog has found. The National Audit Office (NAO) also said that for 50 years, the operators of the Cumbria installation failed to develop a long-term plan for waste.
On a sunny morning in 1966 two US Air Force planes collided and dropped four nuclear bombs near the village of Palomares in southern Spain. There was no nuclear blast, but plutonium was scattered over a wide area - and Spain is now asking the US to finish the clean-up. The US government calls nukes that go astray "Broken Arrows" and on 17 January 1966, Palomares got four of them. Overhead, at 31,0
Sales of stilton, real ale and chicken tikka masala are up in France. Are the French learning to love British food?
Iran maintains that its nuclear programme is solely for civilian purposes The White House has denied a report in the New York Times saying that Iran had agreed to one-on-one negotiations over its nuclear programme with the US. The report, quoting unnamed officials, said Iran had agreed to the talks for the first time but would not hold them until after US elections on 6 November.
Everyone using a food bank has been referred by a statutory agency or charity Household incomes in Wales fell by an average of £80 per month in one year, official figures have shown. Office of National Statistics figures from 2009/10 to 2010/11 say average UK weekly income fell from £373 to £359, with average household income in Wales 12% lower than the country as a whole. At the same time over th
The study found that mutation rates were much higher among butterfly collected near Fukushima Exposure to radioactive material released into the environment has caused mutations in butterflies found in Japan, a study suggests. Scientists found an increase in leg, antennae and wing shape mutations among butterflies collected following the 2011 Fukushima accident. The link between the mutations and
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