First adopted in Australia in 1988, polymer banknotes have now become increasingly popular due to their improved security against counterfeiting and their enhanced durability. Many countries have...
Condoms are not used often enough, leading to more cases of STIs and unplanned pregnancies. But now a revolutionary new design may be able to encourage safer sex. A British biotechnology firm has...
Why is chicken breast white and dark meat dark? 聽It all has to do with different kinds of muscle. 聽Dark meat is a result of the predominant presence of slow oxidative muscle fibres used for...
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the subject of much recent controversy due to reports that it can cause birth defects, impaired sugar control as well as other health problems in rodents. 聽Bisphenol A is...
Stereochemistry refers to a branch of chemistry that studies the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules. Some drugs are mixtures of different stereoisomers of a molecule in which...
An international research team has recently linked the common migraine with a genetic risk factor. 聽It seems that people suffering from migraines have a variation in their DNA, specifically on...
Among the treasures discovered during the famous 1922 archaeological excavation of King Tutankhamun鈥檚 tomb was a jar of honey. 聽Archaeologists tasted it (brave souls those archeologists), and to...
If you see a product label that lists 鈥済uar gum or cellulose gum鈥� among its ingredients you would probably expect to chew rather than lick. 聽But these substances are critical to making a smooth...
We can now add the newest element to the periodic table. 聽It has been named Copernicium in honour of Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543), the Polish astronomer who first hypothesized that the Earth...
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