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The melamine scare: Its impact on the global food supply chain

December 11, 2008
Feature
Recent news reports about melamine-tainted infant formula have sparked new concerns about the safety of the global food supply chain. Reminiscent of a similar scare in March 2007 involving pet...
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Antibiotics: Good for the body, bad for the environment?

November 13, 2008
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Antibiotics have changed the face of medicine, but their impact on the environment is now becoming a real concern. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry has the power to shed light on...
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Microbiology targets food safety

September 16, 2008
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As producers and retailers increasingly source materials from around the world, the challenge of ensuring the microbiological safety and quality of the food supply has become a global one. Here...
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How much protein is in your beans?

September 11, 2008
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Healthy high protein, low fat foods such as beans are becomingly increasingly prevalent in the food market with people taking a growing interest in their dietary health. Here we learn...
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Tomatoes to carry Alzheimer’s vaccine

August 13, 2008
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Korean researchers have taken a promising first step towards finding an edible vaccine against the neurodegenerative disease – and to do so they have turned to the humble tomato.
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Get some direction in your lab

July 15, 2008
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Microbes are involved in many industrial biological processes, and improving them could increase output and decrease waste – but how can this be possible? One company think that a spot...
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Can Science Feed Africa?

July 4, 2008
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A new £2.8 million study will bring together researchers from medicine, plant science, ecology, social policy and the environment to focus on preventing future food crises in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Stem cell breakthrough closes gap between mouse and human studies

July 2, 2008
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Scientists have shown for the first time that embryonic stem cells are able to self-renew without the natural chemicals that scientists have so far used to maintain them and grow...
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Scientists uncover slimy cheats

April 21, 2008
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A new study examining social behaviour suggests certain individuals are genetically programmed to cheat and often will do… providing they can get away with it.
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Keeping baby bug free

April 2, 2008
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Powdered milk formula is not sterile and microbial contamination can occur – here we learn how to detect potentially hazardous bacteria in baby's' favorite treat
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Microbes hold key to climate change

March 21, 2008
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We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to researchers...
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Brilliant noise

March 20, 2008
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From 2005 to 2006 UK artists Ruth Jarman and Joseph Gerhardt – known as Semiconductor – explored the Space Sciences Laboratories in the US. Here we learn how the scientists...
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Sprouts can damage ecosystem

March 12, 2008
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Children and greenfly may have something else in common apart from being little pests – neither is keen on Brussels sprouts.
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Climate change could spark insect invasion

March 10, 2008
News
Insatiable insects will feast upon plants and crops if temperatures warm and atmospheric carbon dioxide increases, according to a team of researchers from the US.
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Beating the mosquito at its own game

February 26, 2008
Feature
When tackling one of the world's most prolific killers – a bit of mimicry was just the thing to lure this airborne disease spreader
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A brief history of atomic time

February 21, 2008
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Our concept of time is based on what we see around us - the planets and stars - but, says Fiona Auty, to be really useful, time needs to come...
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The war against West Nile Virus

February 2, 2008
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In 2002, West Nile Virus arrived in New York and rapidly spread across the USA causing the death of almost 300 people. Barry Hill examines the background behind this disease...
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Xmas carbon emissions over the moon

January 9, 2008
News
The season’s festivities are over and you are back to work with a bump, but new research suggests the xmas excess didn’t just bulge your waistline.
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Real answers in real time

December 25, 2007
Feature
Have this spin-out company from Southampton found the holy grail of biological threat detection? Dr Richard Williams thinks not – but they have come very close
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Image and imagination: overhauling the reputation of scientists

December 18, 2007
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Scientists have long suffered from an image problem, a situation that doesn't help the uneasiness many people already feel about science and where it is heading. LabLit.com is trying to...
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