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Food supplements pass health check
Despite continued reports of DNA damage associated with chromium picolinate intake, the UK Food Standards Association (FSA) has stopped advising people against this supplement.
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In Brief February 2005
IPFMA; World Year of of Physics; Einstein Year; Rotarix; Iressa; AstraZeneca; Iressa; Bayer Healthcare; Levitra
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Indigoid dyes in artworks
Analysing organic dyes should improve the restoration of historic paintings
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Injecting powdered drugs
European researchers have developed two methods for separating and transporting tiny amounts of dry powders in microfluidic chips
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It's half time, bring on the hydrogel
Damage to cartilage could be fixed with a gel based on hyaluronic acid
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Linking gene differences to disease
Now that the human genome is safely stored in databases and we can look up our shared genetic heritage
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Markers for irradiated food
Gamma-ray treated food can be distinguished from untreated equivalent
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Measuring with sensitivity
Biological samples can be tested for ultra trace levels of uranium and plutonium with higher sensitivity than has been possible in the past.
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Bright future for LCD-TVs...
New materials with better properties could soon be coming to a LCD-TV near you
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Molecular motor turns both ways
First two-way artificial molecular motor obeys the laws of thermodynamics
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New, easy way to build drugs
A new class of a specific organic reaction looks set to provide a useful approach to making functionalised organic building blocks for natural products.
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Optimising organic chemistry
The best way to do a reaction could be easier to work out thanks to a microreactor developed by a team of US and Swiss scientists.
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Pharmaceuticals: Spotlight on drug regulators
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to tighten drug safety following allegations that two withdrawn drugs - Merck's arthritis drug Vioxx and Bayer's cholesterol reducing drug Baycol - could have been withdrawn sooner.
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Radioactive discharge measurement
New methods for detecting radioactive output from nuclear power stations
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Reading polymer chains in Reading
Sequence-recognition in synthetic chemistry akin to biological systems