News tagged with poisoning
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Beware the smell of bitter almonds: Why do many food plants contain cyanide?
(PhysOrg.com) -- In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almonds wafting from the corpse. The detective knows what many of us might find surprising — that ...
Jul 21, 2010 |
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New catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells resists CO contamination
(PhysOrg.com) -- Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles promise faster refueling and the ability to travel longer distances before refueling than battery-powered cars, but they are susceptible to poisoning by carbon ...
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Monitoring water through a snake's eyes
Although most Americans take the safety of their drinking water for granted, that ordinary tap water could become deadly within minutes, says Prof. Abraham Katzir of Tel Aviv University's School of Physics ...
May 12, 2009 |
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Swedish hi-tech 'snake' blazes trail to safer firefighting
Firefighting, arguably one of the world's most dangerous jobs, is about to get a lot safer thanks to a revolutionary technique developed in Sweden.
Jul 19, 2009 |
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Ocean geo-engineering produces toxic blooms of plankton
(PhysOrg.com) -- New research led by The University of Western Ontario warns of the potential for ecological harm caused by the fertilization of oceanic waters with the trace element iron. This fertilization ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 15, 2010 |
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New study overturns orthodoxy on how macrophages kill bacteria
For decades, microbiologists assumed that macrophages, immune cells that can engulf and poison bacteria and other pathogens, killed microbes by damaging their DNA. A new study from the University of Illinois ...
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Study finds link between Parkinson's disease genes and manganese poisoning
A connection between genetic and environmental causes of Parkinson's disease has been discovered by a research team led by Aaron D. Gitler, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Cell and Developmental ...
Feb 01, 2009 |
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Researchers make blood poisoning breakthrough
(PhysOrg.com) -- The lives of millions of people struck down by blood poisoning - or sepsis - could be saved after a team of researchers, including an expert from the University of Glasgow, made a medical breakthrough in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 04, 2010 |
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Climate change makes food more dangerous
Global warming has the potential to make what we eat more dangerous and expensive, and the world already is feeling the effects, according to experts.
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Voyages of discovery or necessity? Fish poisoning may be why Polynesians left paradise
Fish poisoning, or ciguatera could be the reason that New Zealand, Easter Island and, possibly, Hawaii in the 11th to 15th centuries became colonized by masses of migrating Polynesians.
May 18, 2009 |
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The end of hamburger disease
Hamburger disease, a debilitating form of food poisoning, may be a thing of the past. New findings from an international research collaboration conducted by the French National Institute for Agronomic Research ...
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Hair analysis proves it: Legendary racehorse Phar Lap died of arsenic poisoning in 1932
(PhysOrg.com) -- Phar Lap was a legendary racehorse that won many notable races. After its triumph in the famous Agua Caliente Handicap in 1932 in Mexico, the animal died in agony under mysterious circumstances ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
May 04, 2010 |
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'Dawning of a new age' in bacteria research
Lowly bacteria are turning out to be much more complex than previously thought.
Jul 12, 2010 |
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Genetic analysis reveals secrets of scorpion venom
Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Genomics have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arach ...
Jul 01, 2009 |
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Snake spills venomous secrets: Research shows how the bite of a small texas snake causes extreme pain
Examining venom from a variety of poisonous snakes, a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has discovered why the bite of one small black, yellow and red serpent called the Texas ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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