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What if plastic wasn’t made from oil or natural gas? What if it was made from bacteria? Would it be safer for the environment? Would it be safer for us? What if the bacteria were genetically engineered Escherichia coli (E. coli)?
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As the swine flu epidemic was not yet ended another disease has hit the floor. 489 dengue cases have been recorded in New Delhi. Now it’s time for the people to get...
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Ukraine is in the midst of what some might call swine-flu hysteria. The country is in virtual lockdown mode, with the government closing schools, universities and movie...
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And here I was thinking that I live in a Democratic India where the Government is by the people, of the people, for the people and so on and so forth.And erroneously...
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“They’re happy, they’re full,” she said as the young leeches, squirming and swollen from their meal, settled into the containers that would be...
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Diarrhea kills 1.5 million young children a year in developing countries — more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined — but only 4 in 10 of those who need the...
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Discovered cases of infection with H1N1 virus in Jordan are increasing drastically in number; approximating a number of around 100 cases a day. Strategies of dealing...
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Her Execellency Mrs. Margaret Peter Obi (First Lady Anambra State) in collaboration with Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, was yesterday launches...
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Ten new cases of H1N1 were detected recently with students of aprivate school in the city if Fez after one of the patients came back from a country that was affected by...
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Well we have our Sharukh and Aamir both in their 40’s training to have a six pack body. In Italy they have a Romanian Giuliano Stroe a five year old who has this...
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September began with torrential rains every where. As if HINI virus is not enough for the miseries, chickengunya and dengu have made a come back. These are cataclysmic...
made popular Oct 26 2009
Ever wonder if the organic-labeled milk you’re drinking is really organic? If you purchased it at Target, it might not be. The Cornucopia Institute, a food and...
made popular Oct 21 2009
Overweight people always grieve against the abuses they face in their daily life. In a horrific case in UK, Marsha Coupe, was beaten up black and blue by another woman...
made popular Oct 21 2009
Public volunteers and navy divers gathered on Saturday under the 2009 Clean Up the World dive campaign in Aqaba to clean the area. Volunteers removed around one tonne...
made popular Oct 21 2009
The swine flu outbreak that has affected various schools in the country has led the ministry of health to issue a ban stopping parents and guardians visiting students...
made popular Oct 19 2009
Around 8 months after banning smoking in public places in Jordan, Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad issues a decree banning smoking in public places and public...
made popular Oct 19 2009
The Russia’s scientists and theologians are surprised with the spontaneous emergence of inscriptions on the body of a toddler of Dagestan.
According to European...
made popular Oct 18 2009
When a strict anti-tobacco law came into effect three years ago, Maria Eugenia Avila scoffed. She had no intention of quitting the two packs a day she was delightfully...
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A fatal accident occurs around Enugu-Onisha Express Way. The incident was as a result of a Truck full of Petrol (Fuel) that broke down at the Express way.
The road...
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Just as always is the case following torrential rains during the onset of the rainy season, diseases like water borne diseases like cholera and typhoid wreck havoc.
In...
made popular Oct 13 2009
The second round of testing on humans starting next week with 20 - 50 volunteers.
Dr. Hannah Kibuuka, the director clinical programmes at the Makerere University Water...
made popular Oct 12 2009
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Substances harvested from cannabis plants could soon outshine conventional antibiotics in the escalating battle against drug-resistant bacteria. The compounds, called...
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Marijuana may be something of a wonder drug — though perhaps not in the way you might think.
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Food sustains and nourishes us. Without it we would literally starve to death, and yet, some foods themselves can actually make us very sick, even causing death. For...
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Is there a more potent symbol of purity than the fluffy white snowflake, wafting from heaven and landing — ping! — on the tip of your tongue?
Well, along comes the...
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“Life finds a way.” Thanks to a research time involving Princeton, Indiana University, and others, that isn’t just a sappy Disney quote - it’s...
made popular May 5 2008
Your computer keyboard could be dirtier than your toilet.
A study from Which? Computing in England has found some keyboards contained more bacteria than the average...
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Tracing the origins of viruses is difficult because they don’t leave fossils and because of the tricks they use to make copies of themselves within the cells...
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Scientist’s are using the most minuscule organism “bacteria” for the production of the electricity in the near future. The new study attributed in the journal...
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Infections are caused by microscopic organisms such as bacteria , viruses and fungi and hence we can’t see them spread .There are billions of harmless micro...
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‘Gulps of goodness’ are functional foods that contain added ingredients to make them more nutritious or healthy.
Margarines that reduce cholesterol,...
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