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Nano-silver health risk?

May 15, 2014
Dietary supplements containing nano-silver could be harmful to health say Danish researchers who have shown that the small sized particles can penetrate cells and cause damage. Silver has an antibacterial...

Turning cellulose into starch for new food source

May 1, 2013
A potential food source can be created from plants not traditionally thought of as food crops suggests a team at Virginia Tech who have succeeded in transforming cellulose into starch.This...

Turning winemakers’ trash into treasure

April 15, 2013
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) have realised leftover pulp (called pomace) from crushed wine grapes can be turned into useful substances.Wineries typically pay for the pulp to be taken...

Healthier chocolate

August 16, 2012
Chocolate could get healthier as scientists replace half of its fat content with fruit juice.The fruit juice infused chocolate bar has been developed by chemists from the University of Warwick...

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