Video: The chemistry behind kibble
Have you ever thought about how strange it is that dogs eat these dry, weird-smelling bits of food for their entire lives and never get sick of them?
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A new process for full utilization of softwood bark
In the Finnish mechanical and chemical forestry industry, three million tonnes of softwood bark are produced annually, presently mainly used for energy production. Using a method developed by VTT, a high yield of pure tannins ...
Materials Science
Oct 25, 2018
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Finding trace material in waste materials
Last year Empa's inorganic analytics lab was granted the status of "Reference Laboratory" within the scope of the ProSUM project, funded by the EU. Fine-grained samples of shredder waste from scrapped cars, e-waste or mine ...
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Apr 26, 2018
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Shutdown of coal-fired power plant results in significant fetal health improvement in downwind areas
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moves to dismantle the Clean Power Plan touting a return to "cooperative federalism," the results of a new study focused on the downwind impact on fetal health of emissions ...
Environment
Dec 21, 2017
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Poodle gets tumor that's a third of its body weight removed
A poodle named Oreo is on the mend after having a 6.4-pound (2.9-kilogram) tumor removed—nearly a third of its body weight.
Plants & Animals
Aug 23, 2017
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QVC parent buying HSN as shopping shifts online
QVC's parent company is taking control of the Home Shopping Network for about $2.6 billion in stock to create what they say will be the third-largest e-commerce company in the United States.
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Jul 6, 2017
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Cutting-edge analytics allows health to be improved through nutrition
The company Lipigenia, which specialises in setting out guidelines on appropriate nutrition to achieve well-being on the basis of state-of-the-art blood analytics, has partnered with AZTI, the Italian enterprise CNR-ISOF ...
Biochemistry
Feb 9, 2017
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Cincinnati Zoo says premature hippo gets some mother's milk
The Cincinnati Zoo says a prematurely born baby hippo is getting some of her mother's milk.
Plants & Animals
Jan 27, 2017
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How a major immigration raid affected infant health
On May 12, 2008, 900 federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, armed with military-grade weapons and vehicles, stormed the Agriprocessors meat processing plant in Postville, Iowa, in what was, at the time, the ...
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2017
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Stroking helps calves develop a better relationship with humans and increases weight gain
Gentle interactions improve the relationship between humans and animals. In a recent study published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, researchers at the Vetmeduni Vienna show that calves that were stroked ...
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