Johnson City Press (subscription) US Nitrogen, a subsidiary of Austin Powder Co., plans to produce ammonium nitrate, an ingredient used in industrial explosives, at the plant in Midway. The plan calls for taking water from the Nolichucky River and returning the treated water to the ...
KENS 5 TV Texas Children's Hospital, one of the largest epilepsy centers in the country, has been chosen as one of 10 sites for the first clinical trial of a marijuana-based drug called Epidiolex, a highly purified extract of the cannabis plant containing pure ...
Nanotechnology News (press release) "The reason for this phenomenon is that nanoparticles stabilized with plant extracts contain proteins and various fibers on their surface," Dr. Sadeqi explaining about the process said. He noted that in this case, it is more probable for them to enter ...
Huffington Post The sugar substitute is extracted from the stevia plant . A species called Stevia rebaudiana is naturally grown in Brazil and Paraguay, where it has been used for hundreds of years to sweeten foods and treat burns and stomach discomfort, LiveScience ...
Reuters Some health experts caution the sweetener contains additives as well as the plant extract . Questions also remain whether its taste can really match the flavor of sugar. Still, U.S. consumers will eat and drink about 597 tonnes of stevia in manufactured ... and more »
ABC Online ELEANOR HALL: US medical researchers have identified an extraordinary new treatment for autism: an extract from the humble broccoli sprout. ... But for the ...
ProHealth It may surprise you to learn that some of the compounds your skin naturally uses to maintain moisture can also be found in . . . wheat. These biologically active moisturizing oils are known as ceramides, whose name derives from Ceres, the Roman goddess ...
Mining Innovation Research from the University of Queensland suggests that future mining projects could use biotechnology to extract minerals on projects that are not suitable for traditional mining or on waste ground. University researchers have been exploring the ...
swissinfo.ch The Cero Agua dairy factory that opened in western Mexico this week is the globe's only zero-water plant , squeezing 1.6 million liters (422,000 gallons) of the liquid a day out of cow's milk it condenses into powder. That will reduce Nestle's water ... and more »
