All Life articles – Page 88
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OpinionSticky situations
Ali Bouzari reveals how mastering the science of stickiness can improve flavours or ease food preparation
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ResearchTest to tell if your mince is telling porkies
Metabolites offer a new way to check for ham in your hamburger
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PodcastBrominated vegetable oil
Too much cola can mess with your brain. The effects of excess brominated vegetable oil explained
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ResearchCatalyst offers cheaper route to disinfect water
Nanoparticles can be used to produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide with less precious metals in straightforward process
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Business
BASF to cut 350 jobs in plant science research
Company will also close field trial sites in Hawaii, India and Puerto Rico
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ResearchCleaning solution test doesn’t move contact lens wearers to tears
Microfluidic device personalises contact lens care
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PodcastOseltamivir
Oseltamivir, or Tamiflu, stockpiling during the 2009 H1N1 epidemic highlighted significant problems with drugs trials policy
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ResearchPenguin feathers’ ice-resistant design revealed
Polymer surface based on feathers might one day lead to coating to protect ship and planes from deadly build-ups of ice
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NewsThe huge impact of ‘mini-brains’
‘Mini-brains’ created by Johns Hopkins researchers in the US could revolutionise how drugs and compounds are tested for safety and effectiveness
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NewsUpdated European regulation spells uncertainty for food nanomaterials
Questions over nanomaterial definition could hamper use in foods
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ResearchNew buzz around vibrational smell theory
Controversial theory bolstered by discovery that ordinary and deuterated odour compounds elicit different responses in honeybee brains
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News‘Map’ of chemical landscape could cut animal testing
Searchable database of 10,000 chemicals could help to create safety profiles for untested compounds
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PodcastFlibanserin
Flibanserin was touted to be the female Viagra. Martha Henriques explains why it failed to live up to the hype.
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ResearchEnzyme mutagenesis sweetens prebiotics
Cheaper and cleaner route to health-boosting carbohydrate that could replace conventional sugar in food
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Research3D printed tissues grow and develop in animal tests
Muscle, bone and cartilage successfully transplanted as limitations of printing technology overcome