KARECoconut oil has more 'bad' fat than beef and butter: heart doctorsReutersReplacing saturated fats with polyunsaturated vegetable oil reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease by about 30 percent, the AHA concludes from its review of trials tha …

News-Medical.netBiomedical engineering professor wins $2 million grant for concussion researchNews-Medical.netBarclay Morrison, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won a $2 million five-year grant from the Paul G. Allen Family …

Common DreamsSouthern Communities Brace for the Impact of Big Oil's Expansion PlansCommon Dreams(There was another reported spill in St. James last week, when a storage tank owned by Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline released over 12,500 gallo …

FOX31 DenverStudy: More cases of childhood leukemia in areas of high-density oil and gas developmentFOX31 DenverAccording to the report, which was published in the journal PLOS One, U.S. oil and gas development has grown rapidly over the past 15 years, and …

Channel NewsAsiaNEA to license used cooking oil collectors from DecemberChannel NewsAsiaSINGAPORE: The National Environment Agency on Wednesday (Nov 30) said it will begin licensing used cooking oil collectors from Dec 1 this year. It is estimated that the …

EurekAlert (press release)New plant engineering method could help fill demand for crucial malaria drugEurekAlert (press release)It also provides a new tool for engineering many other complex pathways, with the potential to increase production of other esse …

ForbesWhite House Signals Support for Plan Allowing Oil ExportsBloombergThe White House signaled support for a deal reached by congressional leaders on a package of spending and tax legislation that would avert a U.S. government shutdown and lift the 40-ye …

Avoiding Oil Pan CorrosionBoating Magazine (press release)If bilge water rusts your engine's steel oil pan and it leaks until the low-oil-pressure alarm sounds, you'll have just seconds to react. If you don't, “you might notice the engine hesit …

Oil from Dutch cargo ship reaches shoreDutchNews.nlflinterstar Oil from the Dutch cargo ship which sank on Tuesday has come ashore on the coast of Zeeland. The Flinterstar collided with a tanker carrying liquid gas off the Belgian coast near Zeebrugge. The …

Yahoo News$338M fund in deadly oil train derailment close to approvalYahoo NewsFILE - In this July 6, 2013 photo, smoke rises from railway cars carrying crude oil after derailing in downtown Lac Megantic, Quebec. A U.S. bankruptcy trustee says he hopes che …