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Review of thousands of food items leads companies to pull products from shelves

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 30, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Some supermarkets, gourmet shops and bakeries routinely sell mislabeled products that pose a danger to children with food allergies, according to Chicago Tribune testing and a comprehensive check of grocery aisles. When informed ...





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Computer Modeling Supplements Dusty Testing

Spirit Rover: Computer Modeling Supplements Dusty Testing

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tests on Earth simulating Spirit's predicament on Mars have reinforced understanding that getting Spirit to rove again will be very difficult.


A better test to detect DNA for diagnosing diease, investigating crimes

A better test to detect DNA for diagnosing diease, investigating crimes

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers in Singapore are reporting development of a new electronic sensor that shows promise as a faster, less expensive, and more practical alternative than tests now used to detect DNA. Such tests are ...


Searching for predictors of asthma attacks

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study of persistent asthma in inner-city adolescents and young adults finds that an extensive set of clinical tests cannot successfully predict the future risk of asthma attacks in participants who both receive care ...


An inexpensive 'dipstick' test for pesticides in foods

An inexpensive 'dipstick' test for pesticides in foods

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists in Canada are reporting the development of a fast, inexpensive "dipstick" test to identify small amounts of pesticides that may exist in foods and beverages. Their paper-strip test is more practical ...


PNNL chemist earns NIH New Innovator Award

PNNL chemist earns NIH New Innovator Award

Chemistry / Other

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

An analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The award will support Wei-Jun ...


Graphene bolsters battery work, biosensors

A flash of light turns graphene into a biosensor

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Biomedical researchers suspect graphene, a novel nanomaterial made of sheets of single carbon atoms, would be useful in a variety of applications. But no one had studied the interaction between ...


Fish-Killing Toxin Could Kill Cancer Cells

Fish-Killing Toxin Could Kill Cancer Cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

A powerful fish-killing toxin could have cancer-killing properties as well, according to collaborative research led by Agricultural Research Service microbiologist Paul V. Zimba and chemist Peter Moeller of ...


Test developed at UQ diagnosed Australia's first swine flu victim

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the first cases of H1N1 Influenza (swine flu) were reported in Mexico in April, UQ researchers got to work developing a test to diagnose the virus.


Blood diagnosis -- chip-based and mobile

Blood diagnosis -- chip-based and mobile

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The analysis takes just a few minutes and the doctor knows straight-away whether there are any pathogens in the blood. An improved marker-free technique provides the basis for faster analysis, whether in a ...


Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests ... including 100s of builders' thumbs

Fingerprint technology beats world's toughest tests... including 100s of builders' thumbs

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Technology developed by the University of Warwick that can identify partial, distorted, scratched, smudged, or otherwise warped fingerprints in just a few seconds has just scored top marks in the world's two ...



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