Aloe vera coating may prolong freshness, safety of fruits and vegetables
gel is best known for its therapeutic effect on burned or irritated skin, but in the future you could be eating the gel as a healthful additive to your fruits and veggies. Researchers in Spain say they have developed a gel from the tropical plant that can be used as an edible coating to prolong the quality and safety of fresh produce. The gel, which does not appear to affect fo...New research puts a fresh spin on current thinking of speech evolution in humans
A study, published today in the prestigious journal Nature by Dr. Michael Petrides and colleagues at the Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) at McGill University, challenges current thinking that speech developed as a result of new structures that evolved in the human brain. Dr. Petrides and colleagues have identified a distinct brain region that controls jaw movements in macaque monkeys that i...Fresh water affected by salt from deicing roads
Scientists have found that fresh water systems from across the northeastern United States including Baltimore, Maryland the Hudson River Valley, New York and the White Mountains of New Hampshire are becoming saltier due to deicer use on roads during the winter. Not only are there more roads, but the amount of deicing that occurs is increasing and gradually adding salt to fresh water systems repo...Relic of life in that Martian meteorite? A fresh look
Since the mid-1990s a great debate has raged over whether organic compounds and tiny globules of carbonate minerals imbedded in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001 were processed by living creatures from the Red Planet. The materials have been under intense scrutiny ever since. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory, with colleagues,1 have taken a fresh look a...Aging cells, aging body: Fresh evidence for a connection
Brown University biologists have uncovered intriguing evidence to support the theory that old cells help make old bodies. In a study of baboons, scientists showed that as these animals age, the number of aging cells in their skin significantly increases. Over time, cells lose their ability to divide, a state known as replicative senescence. The new research, published in an advanced online...Stabilizing RNA in Fresh and Frozen Tissues for RNA Isolation
Tissue Collection: RNA Stabilization Solution for Freshly Dissected Tissue and Cells. Successful RNA isolation requires rapid processing or appropriate storage of the tissue or cell samples. Tissue samples must be quickly dissected...DNA Isolation From 300 to 450 mg Dried or 600 to 1,200 mg Fresh Leaf Tissue
Catalog #732-6340 Expected yield range: 90900 g DNA 1. Add 300-450 mg dried tissue (finely ground) or 6001,200 mg frozen tissue (which may be finely ground with a mortar and pestle in liquid...Monitoring Bacterial Genetic Diversity in a Freshwater Lake Using TTGE and DNA Sequence Analysis
School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK Microbial ecology is now firmly focused on the genotypic analysis of naturally-occurring assemblages as facilitated by the development of molecular biological techniques t...Wisconsin astronomers provide fresh look at nearby galaxy
....Fresh water could be a deep economic wellspring for Wisconsin
Like many of his ideas, often delivered off-the-cuff to mask the fact he had actually thought about them, this Dreyfus proposa...Fresh approach to TB treatment
A NOVEL approach to the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) has been investigated by a team of molecular geneticists in the United Kingdom, following the direction of a new gene in mycobacteria, one type of which causes the disease.//The presence of the gene opens up opportunities for the use of azole drugs which are already available for ht etreatment of fungal infections. These treatments...Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill
Reports of five deaths after consumption of abortion pill cause concern to women consuming Mifeprex.// Danco Laboratories has given warnings to all physicians regarding the latest reports of death of 5 women after taking their companies abortion pill RU-486. The pill is also called as Mifeprex or Mifepristone. Mifeprex is an approved drug for terminating a pregnancy of 49 days or less...Refreshing Assam Tea Now At The Nearest Post Office
Guwahati: The next time you can't control the urge to have your cup of the world-famous, rich and malty Assam Tea, just hop over to the nearest post office and get it over the counter//. Tea aficionados, at least those across India, who swear by the mesmerizing aroma of a blend produced in one of the most popular tea growing regions of the world, Assam, will now have access to their f...Fresh Cases of Bird-Flu Prepares the Ground for More Chicken Martyrs
India: Samples taken from 13 new towns and villages in western India have tested positive for bird flu, implying that bird flu had indeed spread its wings// in many more regions, even beyond the areas from where it was formerly reported. According to, state animal husbandry commissioner Bijay Kumar, workers are getting their act together again to put to sleep some 300,000 chickens in...Epidemic Studies Call For A Ban In Sales Of Fresh Chicken In New Zealand
Reports indicate New Zealand is recording the world's highest infection rates for the Campylobacter bacteria. In this regard the researchers from the// University of Otago are seeking a ban on the sale of fresh chicken. A study conducted by the university's Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, that has been published in the international journal Epidemiology and Infectio...