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Cock-Bird-Bird flu-India
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Bird and swine flu 'super-lab' at St Pancras site
London Evening Standard
A maximum security laboratory next to St Pancras station will be at the front line of Britain's fight against the next flu pandemic. | The £600 million "super lab" will be one of the largest in Europe and employ 1,250 scientists, many of whom will work in a bunker to prevent the spread of airborne d...
Under a low magnification of 2X, this photograph depicted a number of Legionella pneumophila colonies that had been cultivated on Feeley-Gorman (FG) agar. Note the cut-glass appearance displayed by the round, off-white colored colonies. FG agar is used particularly in the cultivation of Legionella spp. bacteria, and is composed of casein (acid hydrolyzed), agar, beef extract, starch, cysteine and iron (III) pyrophosphate (Fe4(P2O7)3).
(photo: US CDC / Dr. Jim Feeley)
'Jailbreak' bacteria can trigger heart disease
PhysOrg
--> | Plaque-causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham. | Professor Howard Jenkinson, from the University of Bristol explains how oral bacteria can ...
'Jailbreak' bacteria can trigger heart disease
PhysOrg
--> | Plaque-causing bacteria can jailbreak from the mouth into the bloodstream and increase your risk of heart attack says a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's autumn meeting in Nottingham. | Professor Howard Jenkinson, from the Uni...
Why not brushing your teeth can kill you
The Daily Telegraph
Scientists have found the reason why not cleaning your teeth can cause heart attacks. | Mouth bacteria can get into the blood and cause clots leading to heart attacks, scientists found Photo: GETTY | A link between poor oral hygiene and increased ris...
Yes, junk food is addictive - but meat's the deadliest drug
The Daily Mail
| We're told junk food is a s addictive cocaine or heroin. true - have you ever tried to give up bottled mayonnaise? | For years I haven't been able to eat a sandwich without smearing the bread with my secret guilty pleasure: a big dollop of that smo...
RP scientists note massive bleaching of coral reefs
Inquirer
| MANILA, Philippines—A disaster is unfolding under our waters. | For several months now, marine scientists and divers have been witnessing and recording the massive bleaching of coral reefs all over the country, which is being caused by warmer-than-...
Rice - Agriculture - Crop - Farming
WN / Sweet Radoc
Group Awarded $9.9M To Develop 'Super Rice'
redOrbit
Scientists seek to develop a rice strain that is better capable of withstanding drought and poorer soils and produces higher yields than current forms of domesticated rice. | A Uni...
Pregnancy
Creative Commons / virexmachina
A diet of beans and hard cheese if you want a baby girl
The Daily Telegraph Australia
| CUTTING out salt and going on a diet of beans and hard cheese gives mothers a better chance of giving birth to a girl say scientists, the Mail on Sunday in the UK reported. | The...
Laziness may all be in the genes
DNA India
| Why does it feel like the toughest thing in the world to get up on a Saturday and hit the gym or to get off the couch and do the laundry? It's all in your genes, says a new study. | Scientists now claim a desire to keep fit and do regular exerc...
A new target to control Alzheimer's
Indian Express
| In a year when news about Alzheimer's disease seems to swing between encouraging and disheartening, a new discovery by an 84-year-old scientist has illuminated a new direction. | The scientist, Paul Greengard, who was awarded a Nobel Prize in 2000 ...
Sports
Lauren Conrad
(photo: AP / )
Lauren Conrad: Will you give your fans a future?
The Examiner
| Lauren Conrad has impacted our pop culture so much, she's inspired young girls, and guys to follow in her footsteps, with fashion and career plans. | Aside from Lauren shining on MTV, LA Candy, and at Kohl's, how can Lauren use her celebrity status to give those fans of hers a future? | Yes, fighting against dating abuse and texting to help Haiti...
Entertainment
Cock-Bird-Bird flu-India
(photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
Bird and swine flu 'super-lab' at St Pancras site
London Evening Standard
A maximum security laboratory next to St Pancras station will be at the front line of Britain's fight against the next flu pandemic. | The £600 million "super lab" will be one of the largest in Europe and employ 1,250 scientists, many of whom will work in a bunker to prevent the spread of airborne disease. | The UK Centre for Medical Research and I...



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