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Microbes in mud flats clean up oil spill chemicals

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Micro-organisms occurring naturally in coastal mudflats have an essential role to play in cleaning up pollution by breaking down petrochemical residues. Research by Dr Efe Aganbi and colleagues from the University of Essex, ...





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Component of mothballs is present in deep-space clouds

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Interstellar clouds, drifting through the unimaginable vastness of space, may be the stuff dreams are made of. But it turns out there's an unexpectedly strange component in those clouds, and it's not dreams ...


New cannabis-like drugs could block pain without affecting brain, says study

Cannabis alters human DNA

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 16, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (32) | comments 41

A new study published by University of Leicester researchers has found "convincing evidence" that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans.


Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer

Activated stem cells in damaged lungs could be first step toward cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cells that respond after a severe injury in the lungs of mice may be a source of rapidly dividing cells that lead to lung cancer, according to a team of American and British researchers.


Money doesn't grow on trees, but gasoline might

Money doesn't grow on trees, but gasoline might

Chemistry /

created Apr 07, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (32) | comments 5

Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees.


Scientists May Have Solved Mystery Of Carcinogenic Mothballs

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created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Chemical compounds in household products like mothballs and air fresheners can cause cancer by blocking the normal process of "cell suicide" in living organisms, according to a new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado ...



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