When you buy a new electronic appliance, shoes, medicines or even some food items, you often find a small paper sachet with the warning: "silica gel, do not eat."
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A new diagnostic tool developed by physicians and scientists from UNSW Sydney that analyzes a person's breath for signs of silicosis has the potential to catch the disease earlier rather than wait for irreversible lung damage ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Concern has been rising over the use of a feed supplement, Bovaer 10, to reduce methane production in cows.
Dec 9, 2024
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The 'ultrasound-photoacoustic dual-modal imaging system' combines molecular imaging contrast with ultrasound imaging, and it can visualize molecular and structural information inside the body in real time without any ionizing ...
Mar 11, 2024
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E551, more commonly known as silicon dioxide, is a powder composed of nanoparticles (i.e., particles < 100 nm in size). It serves as an anti-caking agent in an array of dry and powdered foods, including soups, spices, cereal-based ...
Feb 21, 2024
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Scientists at the IUF—Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, have shown that tire wear, age and temperature accelerate neurodegeneration (i.e. the decline of nerve cells) in models of ...
Jun 1, 2023
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Common food additives known as metal oxide nanoparticles may have negative effects on your gut health, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University of New York and Cornell University.
May 4, 2023
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University classrooms are forums for intellectual exchange. But the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how important it is for classrooms to also be sites of efficient air exchange—that is, good ventilation.
Nov 9, 2022
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Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside dentinal tubules and boost the success of root canal treatments, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) ...
May 16, 2022
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Scientists have successfully tested in the lab a tiny biosensor they developed that can detect biomarkers tied to traumatic brain injuries.
Feb 3, 2022
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