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Consumer advocates find BPA in food packaging
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A consumer advocacy group's analysis of canned goods has found measurable levels of the chemical additive bisphenol A across a range of foods, including some labeled "BPA-free."
Chemical Additive Could Make Old Antibiotics Viable Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs
Sep 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A Texas Tech researcher said a recently patented chemical additive could break down the shield of certain types of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Major advance in cell reprogramming technology
Apr 23, 2009 |
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In a paper publishing online April 23rd in Cell Stem Cell, a Cell Press journal, Dr. Sheng Ding and colleagues from the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, report an important step forward in the race to mak ...
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Slippery Customer: A Greener Antiwear Additive for Engine Oils
Jul 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Titanium, a protean element with applications from pigments to aerospace alloys, could get a new role as an environmentally friendly additive for automotive oil, thanks to work by materials ...
A new acceleration additive for making 'ice that burns'
Oct 23, 2006 |
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Japanese scientists are reporting discovery of an additive that can speed up the formation of methane hydrates. Those strange substances have sparked excitement about their potential as a new energy resource and a deep freeze ...
Regulation of chemical in plastics probed
Apr 28, 2008 |
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U.S. congressional Democrats said they are investigating the regulation of a potentially hazardous chemical compound used in baby bottles and other plastics.
Viscosity-Enhancing Nanomaterials May Double Service Life of Concrete
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are patenting a method that is expected to double the service life of concrete. The key, according to a new paper*, is a nano-sized ...
Arsenic in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans
Apr 09, 2007 |
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Pets may not be the only organisms endangered by some food additives. An arsenic-based additive used in chicken feed may pose health risks to humans who eat meat from chickens that are raised on the feed, according to an ...
New recipe for self-healing plastic includes dash of food additive
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Adding a food additive to damaged polymers can help restore them to full strength, say scientists at the University of Illinois who cooked up the novel, self-healing system.
Two food additives with previously unrecognized estrogen-like effects in two food additives
Mar 02, 2009 |
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Scientists in Italy are reporting development and successful use of a fast new method to identify food additives that act as so-called "xenoestrogens" — substances with estrogen-like effects that are stirring ...
Household chemical may affect breast development
Dec 06, 2007 |
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A chemical found in household fittings has been found to affect the development of the mammary gland in rats and further studies will be required to determine if the presence of this chemical could lead to breast cancer. ...
New techniques create butanol -- biofuel superior to ethanol
Jan 15, 2008 |
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A team of researchers headed by an environmental engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is plying new techniques to produce a biofuel superior to ethanol.
Two-step chemical process turns raw biomass into biofuel
Feb 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Taking a chemical approach, researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a two-step method to convert the cellulose in raw biomass into a promising biofuel. The process, which is described ...
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