When food products reach the stores, they’ve already traveled through a number of different locations and processes. (Photo: Courtesy of IBM Food Trust)IBM Food Trust What would you like with your turkey or Romaine lettuce? Some gravy? Some dressing? How about some blockchain? Not a block of cheese. Not a sausage chain. But blockchain. The… Read More »
Emily CappielloNov 27 Your body burns calories when you’re just lazing about, and it burns even more during certain times of the day. Here’s when you’re at your calorie-burning peak. MR. WATCHARA POOTO/Shutterstock Your body burns calories all day long to keep your organs humming, your blood pumping, and your lungs breathing—not to mention maintaining… Read More »
We all have days when we’d rather just skip our workout and kick back on the couch. Missing one sweat session might not be a big deal, but calling it quits one day for no good reason can make it even easier to skip the next workout, which could kickstart a bad pattern. If you’re… Read More »
Smart sock maker Sensoria is teaming up with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and independent research group Neuroscience Research Australia to launch a 100-patient clinical trial looking at what smart textiles in socks can do for Parkinson’s disease patients. The trial, called Standing Tall-PD, is supported by a grant from MJFF. The first part of… Read More »
Almost one in five Irish workers is under continual stress in their jobs, a study has shown. New research by the Economic and Social Research Institute shows that job stress doubled over a five year period. The study counted an employee as experiencing job stress if they said that they felt stressed at work “always”… Read More »