Two coffee/caffeine/electricity-generation studies to consider: “Direct power generation from waste coffee grounds in a biomass fuel cell,” Hansaem Jang, Joey D. Ocon, Seunghwa Lee, Jae Kwang Lee, and Jaeyoung Lee, Journal of Power Sources, 296 (2015): 433-439. “Caffeine Improves the Performance and Thermal Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells,” Rui Wang, Jingjing Xue, Lei Meng, Yonghai […]
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Another small effect of drinking coffee on some people who don’t regularly drink coffee
Yet another tiny research tentative discovery about possible small biomedical effects of coffee and/or tea: “Post-study caffeine administration enhances memory consolidation in humans,” Daniel Borota, Elizabeth Murray, Gizem Keceli, Allen Chang, Joseph M Watabe, Maria Ly, John P Toscano and Michael A Yassa [pictured here], Nature Neuroscience, epub 2014. The authors, at Johns Hopkins University […]
Calculated death (or whatever) by coffee
David Ng estimates: A calculation to see how many cups of coffee you would need to drink in order to kill yourself. I thought it might be interesting to do some back of the envelope calculations to bring to you, some information on how many cups of coffee to avoid drinking, so as to not […]
Headline of the Day: Caffeine/Spinal Tap/Headache
Today’s Headline of the Day is from the Health Behavior News Service: Caffeine Can Ease a Spinal Tap Headache People who suffer headaches after a spinal tap might have a relatively simple way to ease the painful throb: a caffeine tablet…. Researchers led by Xavier Basurto Ona of the Hospital de Figueres in Catalonia, Spain, now […]
