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A new study shows that napping for 90 minutes can boost motor skills and memory, helping both the body and the mind. Researchers at Northwestern University have found that sleep can enhance a [...]

Japanese researchers from the  University of Tokyo discovered how to turn food waste into robust construction materials that retain their edible nature. Vacuum-dried, pulverized seaweed, cabbage leaves and orange, onion, pumpkin and banana peels were used to make materials that were at least as strong as concrete. The researchers borrowed the “heat pressing” concept, which is used to make construction materials from wood powder. But instead of pulverized wood, they used pulverized foo...