Wednesday | Edmonton Journal
Kids like veggie choices, but may not eat them
Since vegetable eating is generally not popular among youngsters, Dr. Cees de Graaf, at Wageningen University in the Netherlands, and colleagues compared whether offering 4 to 6 year old children their choice of a vegetable before or at dinner, or no choice, might alter the amount of vegetable the kids actually ate.
Wednesday | Science Daily
Two sides of the same coin: Speech and gesture mutually interact to enhance comprehension
Psychological scientist Spencer Kelly from Colgate University, along with Asli zyrek and Eric Maris from Radboud University Nijmegen were interested in the interaction between speech and gesturing and how important this relationship is for language.
Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Rival gangs clash in Dutch town
The town of Culemborg was the scene of renewed disturbances on Sunday evening, in the latest in a series of clashes between youths from the Moluccan and Moroccan communities.
VIDEO: Chasing a Ferrari 458 Italia in The Netherlands
We don't know the driver's affiliation is with the dealer that brought this spanking new Ferrari 548 Italia to the Netherlands - maybe he's a client, perhaps he's a salesperson or even the owner - but case is that Youtube member 'Jorie 2' spotted the Italian supercar at Kroymans in Hilversum and decided to follow and film the Prancing Horse model ...
Phil Taylor Wins 15th World Darts Title
Phil Taylor won his 15th world darts championship title with a 7-3 victory over unseeded Australian Simon Whitlock.
IFFCO to set up agriculture varsity
NELLORE: The Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited which is coming up with a Kisan-Special Economic Zone in about 2,800 acres in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district is planning to set up an Agriculture University in the SEZ.
Direct detection of HSulf-1 and HSulf-2 activities on extracellular...
Glycobiology Advance Access originally published online on October 12, 2009 Glycobiology 2010 20 :175-186; doi:10.1093/glycob/cwp159 3 Section of Pathophysiology and Neurobiology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, 36-3 Gengo, Morioka, Obu, Aichi 474-8522, Japan 4 Department of Anatomy, Program in Immunology, University of California, San ...
OriginOil CEO to Address Algae Fuels Conference at World Biofuels Markets
The Algae Fuels Conference will headline Europe's largest biofuels event, featuring presentations by Shell's joint venture Cellana, Dow Chemical, Algenol, SBAE Industries, Sapphire Energy, Wageningen University & Research, The Carbon Trust, University of Sevilla-CSIC, A2BE, Aurora Biofuels, the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory, KIT ...
Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Runaway sailgirl's grandparents blame carers
The grandparents of teenager Laura Dekker who wants to sail around the world have spoken out sharply against the Dutch Child Care Agency.
Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Geert Mak and the soft power of Europe
In 1999 Geert Mak began his journey through the 'old continent', a trip that resulted in the bestseller In Europe.
Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
Temperatures dropped sharply throughout the Netherlands on Friday night and the early hours of Saturday morning.
Centers for Disease Control and Preve...
Otomastoiditis Caused by Mycobacterium abscessus, the Netherlands
Frank Looijmans, Piet Mirck, Richard Dekhuijzen, Martin Boeree, and Dick van Soolingen Author affiliations: Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands ; National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, the Netherlands ; and Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, the Netherlands To the Editor: ...
Young sailor Dekker flies back to the Netherlands
Teenage Dutch sailor Laura Dekker faced the possibility of being removed from her father's custody Tuesday as she returned to the Netherlands after disappearing from home and flying to the Caribbean.
Rider Position, Horse Back Movement Evaluated
Rising trot is less loading to a horse's back than sitting trot, producing less vertical force as measured through new biomechanical techniques, according to Dutch researchers.
Physics in Medicine and Biology lates...
An anatomically shaped lower body model for CT scanning of cadaver femurs
E-mail: e.tanck@orthop.umcn.nl Abstract. Bone specific, CT-based finite element analyses have great potential to accurately predict the fracture risk of deteriorated bones.
Netherlands Short Course Championships: Three National Records Fall
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, December 20. THE Netherlands Short Course Championships produced three national records over the three-day meet.
Fighting obesity with food aromas
A new weapon in the war on obesity may be the satiating effect of food aromas, Dutch researchers suggest.
Why Women Wrinkle Around Mouth
Dec. 16, 2009 -- Biology may be the reason why women are more prone than men to developing wrinkles around the lips -- called perioral wrinkles-- and deeper ones, too, a new study says.
Global CTO Interview --Rene Penning de Vries, Senior Vice President & CTO, NXP Semiconductors
In an exclusive interview with Dataquest, Rene says innovation and differentiation can happen only by investing in R&D Tuesday, December 15, 2009 Rene is responsible for overseeing the product creation processes, focusing on the key areas of Innovation, Technology and Research.
DC-SCRIPT found to have prognostic value in breast cancer
SCRIPT, or dendritic cell-specific transcript, is a key regulator of nuclear receptor activity that may have prognostic value in breast cancer, according to a new study published online December 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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