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• Today's Healthcare
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  Beer and Wine
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  In Hospitals, Air Ducts with Silver-Based Coating Stay Germ-Free

  Preventing hospital infections -- from such stubborn bugs as Staphylococcus aureus -- could get a little easier with a new non-toxic, silver-based material. Used in coating, it helps keep hospital ... > more
• Insects (including Butterflies)
  Endangered Plants
  Cloning
  Nature
  Endangered Animals
  Birds
   
  

  Insect Ecologist Spearheads Creation of Oases for Endangered Butterflies

  Waystations for monarch butterflies are sprouting up around the country. With milkweed plants and flowers such as zinnias that produce lots of nectar, these gardens will provide oases for the ... > more
• Soil Types
  Organic
  Fungus
  Hazardous Waste
  Landslides
  Endangered Plants
   
  

  Soil Chemists Plant Ferns to Soak Up Backyard Poisons

  Planting ferns can be a cheaper, greener way to soak up poisons such as arsenic from the soil. Ferns absorb arsenic through their roots and store it in their leaves, which can then be cut off. ... > more
• Trees
  Genetics
  Cell Biology
  Molecular Biology
  Soil Types
  Organic Chemistry
   
  

  Chemist's Glue Borrows Unique Amino Acid from Mollusk

  Chemists combined an exotic form of an amino acid -- used by mussels to stick to rocks -- with soy flour to make a new, high-strength adhesive. The new glue helps in manufacturing natural-looking ... > more

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