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Research Exposes the Risk to Infants from the Chemicals Used in Liquid Medicines

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of medical scientists from the University of Leicester has published research which looks into the harmful substances in liquid medicines that premature babies are being exposed to.





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New findings on Mother Earth's earthy scent

Chemistry /

created Jul 21, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 0

That evocative "earthy" scent of the soil returning to life in spring — and nasty earthy tastes and odors in fish and drinking water — actually results from two substances released by soil bacteria. Researchers in Rhode Island ...


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A Change for the better: Improving properties of enzymes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An international team of scientists from the Czech Republic, Germany and Japan have developed a new method for improving the properties of enzymes. The method has potential for wide application in the chemical, ...


Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances

Airway cells use 'tasting' mechanism to detect and clear harmful substances

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The same mechanism that helps you detect bad-tasting and potentially poisonous foods may also play a role in protecting your airway from harmful substances, according to a study by scientists at the University ...


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Developing Brains: Alcohol Worse than Marijuana

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (34) | comments 14 weblog

(PhysOrg.com) -- It appears that when it comes to teen brain development, parents should be more worried about alcohol abuse than marijuana abuse. Two recent studies have been published showing that alcohol ...


Calif regulators find pot smoke causes cancer

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created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- Marijuana smoke has joined tobacco smoke and hundreds of other chemicals on a list of substances California regulators say cause cancer.


Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues

Getting plants to rid themselves of pesticide residues

Chemistry / Other

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists in China are reporting the "intriguing" discovery that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is scheduled for the Sept. 23 ...


The tummy's taste for red wine with red meat

The tummy's taste for red wine with red meat

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created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 1

What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine's bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances ...


Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff — placed between lip and gum — has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's ...


Novel bacterial strains clear algal toxins from drinking water

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel bacterial strains capable of neutralizing toxins produced by blue-green algae have been identified by researchers at Robert Gordon's University, Aberdeen. Aakash Welgama presented the group's findings during the Society ...


From the glass to the brain in 6 minutes

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Just one drink can quickly go to your head. Researchers in Heidelberg tested this well-known adage. Only six minutes after consuming an amount of alcohol equivalent to three glasses of beer or two glasses of wine, leading ...



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