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Food and Agriculture
by ruth on April 27, 2009
In an animal study, consumption of walnuts has been demonstrated to help ward off breast cancer in mice.
Researchers led by Elaine Hardman, a cell biologist at Marshall University School of Medicine i...
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Diagnostics, Methodologies and Instrumentation
by ruth on April 27, 2009
Researchers have identified a metabolite in urine called NNAL that might predict risk of Lung cancer among smokers.
To evaluate the impact of NNAL, researchers identified 246 current smokers who later...
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Biotech/Science Blogs
, Food and Agriculture
by ruth on April 20, 2009
The Council for Biotechnology Information has launched a blog dedicated to agricultural biotechnology news and information for the 2009 BIO International Convention in Atlanta, Georgia, May 18 to May ...
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Other Biotechnology News
by ruth on April 15, 2009
In Changsha, Hunan Province, China now stands a full-sized California-style home made of bamboo, using the GluBam® technology, tagged by Popular Science in 'Best of What's New in 2008'.
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Energy, Environment and Ecology
by ruth on April 9, 2009
German researchers have developed a varnish alternative in which the majority of petrochemical components have been substituted by vegetable oils and sugars. It has identical properties to the convent...
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Energy, Environment and Ecology
by ruth on April 8, 2009
Researchers have developed a method of converting banana crop waste into briquettes as a source of fuel.
First, the banana skins and leaves are mashed to a pulp in a hand-operated domestic meat mince...
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Corporate and Industrial News
by ruth on April 3, 2009
Google is launching "Google Ventures" a new venture-capital fund which will invest across a range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, clean-tech, bio-tech and health care.
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