Month: October 2015

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Pharmaceutical Excipients: Just how “Inactive” are they?

– A classical pharmaceutical formulation consists of an active pharmaceutical ingredient as well as a number...
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Genetically-Modified Pets: Markets, Concerns and Possible Solutions

– Sus domesticus, often called swine or hog, or more commonly and simply, just “pig”, have...
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What Overeating Can Do to Your Body

– It has perhaps happened to all of us sometimes in our life: the urge to...
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IoT Industrial Revolution: Towards the Next Societal Disruption

– [Part 1] “IoT represents the next major economic and societal disruption enabled by the Internet...
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Scientists Develop Biofortified Rice with High Folate Stability

– Folate or folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an essential nutrient involved in...
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Self-Propelling Powder that Stops Bleeding in Hard to Reach Areas

– UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA. Researchers developed the world’s first self-propelled particles that...
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Using 3D Printed Teeth for a Bacteria-Free Mouth

– UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN, GRONINGEN, NETHERLANDS. A team developed an antimicrobial plastic that can be used...
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2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Research on DNA Repair Mechanisms

– After spending a whole week of holiday on the sunny beach of the Mediterranean Sea,...
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The Nobel Prize 2015: A Resurgence of Neglected Tropical Diseases Research

– In the early hours of October the 5th, Professor Urban Lendahl, secretary of the Nobel...
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Could Synthetic Genomics Save Bananas?

– What is loved about bananas is that you can just peel it and it’s ready...
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Microbial Fuel Cells: Turning Waste to Power

– One of the major challenges for the energy industry in the coming century is to...
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Innovative Sunblock Doesn’t Penetrate Skin, Eliminating Serious Health Concerns

– YALE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, YALE UNIVERSITY IN CONNECTICUT, USA. A new sunblock made from bioadhesive...
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Hybrid Biomaterials Form a Co-assembling Nanowire

– Applications of man-made biomolecular nanostructures made from proteins or DNA range from drug delivery systems...

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