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Dog, nappy and football found in Aussie croc
Rangers who shot a saltwater crocodile that was terrorising pets in northern Australia found a dog, a pair of shorts, a football and a nappy in its stomach, according to a local report.
May 16, 2012 |
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Vietnam 'cancer-cure' horn habit threat to world rhinos
For desperate Vietnamese cancer patients ground rhinoceros horn is seen as an elixir of life -- a medically unproven and illegal obsession that threatens the very survival of the world's wild rhinos.
May 08, 2012 |
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Closing in on an ulcer- and cancer-causing bacterium
A research team led by scientists at the Chinese University of Hong Kong is releasing study results this week showing how a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, that causes more than half of peptic ulcers worldw ...
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Raw sewage: Home to millions of undescribed viruses
Biologists have described only a few thousand different viruses so far, but a new study reveals a vast world of unseen viral diversity that exists right under our noses. A paper to be published Tuesday, October 4 in the online ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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From mild-mannered to killer plague: New study explains plague's rapid evolution
In the evolutionary blink of an eye, a bacterium that causes mild stomach irritation evolved into a deadly assassin responsible for the most devastating pandemics in human history. How did the mild-mannered Yersinia pseudotuberculosis become ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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500 years ago, yeast's epic journey gave rise to lager beer
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 15th century, when Europeans first began moving people and goods across the Atlantic, a microscopic stowaway somehow made its way to the caves and monasteries of Bavaria.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Toxic chromium found in Chicago's drinking water
Chicago's first round of testing for a toxic metal called hexavalent chromium found that levels in local drinking water are more than 11 times higher than a health standard California adopted last month.
Aug 08, 2011 |
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German probe fixes on restaurant's food chain
Investigators searching for the origin of a killer bacteria were attempting to track supplies made to a north German restaurant where 17 guests fell ill, the press reported here Sunday.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 05, 2011 |
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The NutriSmart system would put RFIDs into your food for enhanced information
(PhysOrg.com) -- RFID, short for Radio Frequency ID, tags have found their way into a wide variety of applications. These pellets, which are often roughly the same size as a grain of rice, can help us to be ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
May 31, 2011 |
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New fusion gene plays role in some stomach cancers
A newly discovered hybrid gene appears to play a direct role in some stomach cancers, according to an international team of scientists led by researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore.
Apr 06, 2011 |
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High salt diets damaging Australian men's sex lives
While the adverse affects of high blood pressure on men's sex lives is clear, the direct link between salt and sex is yet to be proven. There is, however, a huge body of evidence showing that salt is the main cause of high ...
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Study of an ancient bacterial gene sheds light on movement of North American peoples
(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA from the stomach bacteria of a young man who died hundreds of years ago is shedding light on movement patterns of North American peoples and when they came in contact with Europeans.
Feb 18, 2011 |
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Natural history of heartburn
A research team from Iceland studied the natural history and prevalence of heartburn at a 10-year interval, and the effect of heartburn on various symptoms and activities. The results showed that heartburn is a common and ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 07, 2011 |
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Remote-controlled capsule endoscope safely examines the stomach
A study from researchers in Germany showed that magnetic maneuvering of a modified capsule endoscope in the stomach of healthy volunteers under clinical conditions is safe, well-tolerated, and technically feasible. Maneuverability ...
Jan 18, 2011 |
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US orders more testing of chromium-6 in tap water
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked local US communities to test more carefully for hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen.
Jan 13, 2011 |
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