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Approximately 30% of the population drinks coffee occasionally, but much more of the millennial population regularly consumes coffee, leading to some major changes within the industry. According to BBC News, an increasing number of millennial coffee drinkers are choosing to pay more for coffee if they can find out exactly where the product came from…

Dentists use composite materials in order to perform restorative procedures. However, these materials can be vulnerable to plaque, a sticky biofilm and can cause tooth decay. A recent study from the University of Pennsylvania looked at a new dental material that included an antimicrobial compound that can both resist the growth of biofilm and kill…

Businesses all around the world spend a lot of time and effort in order to prepare for trade shows and other conferences. However, these events are usually full of other businesses within the same industry. And with 81% of attendees at a trade show having buying authority, it’s important for each business to know how…

Impulse buying — we’ve all done it; we’re all guilty of it. We know how hard it can be when you’re standing in the check-out line to resist picking up that candy bar that keeps calling your name or to pretend you don’t see that new chapstick that just made its way out on the…

Diabetes affects roughly 30 million Americans but patients might be able to rely on a new diet to fight back against this metabolic disease. At any given moment in the U.S., about 50% of Americans are on some kind of diet. Many of those diets, however, rarely work, but dieters have more to work for…

Technology has certainly changed the world in many ways, and the security industry can thank various innovations for its success in recent years. It’s estimated that roughly 67% of all burglaries can be avoided simply by installing a high-tech video surveillance system. Though security cameras are a must for effective security, another type of technology…

Most gardeners would agree that well-landscaped and maintained lawns can add value to a property and can even reduce allergens. But sometimes, mowing your grass can be downright dangerous. That’s the unfortunate lesson Senator Rand Paul learned last month, when he was unexpectedly attacked by a neighbor while running his riding lawnmower. Since it occurred,…

This year’s hurricane season brought total destruction to dozens of parts of the United States. There are damaging hurricanes every year, but it seemed as if this year was far worse than any in recent memory. According to a Houzz report, Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, and Irma took the lives of 257 people living in the…

Pollution just isn’t a global annoyance, it’s a deadly killer. According to CBS News, pollution is now linked to approximately 9 million deaths per year. That’s three times as many deaths as malaria, tuberculosis, and AIDS combined. The new unfortunate information was published in The Lancet — saying that pollution played a role in one…