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  Cooking and Chemistry
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  Chemistry and cooking—at first blush the only thing these two words would appear to have in common is their first letter. But with a moment’s reflection it becomes obvious that chemistry is intertwined with cooking. After all, cooking combines numerous chemicals found in edible...

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  Japan's Plutonium Reprocessing Increases the Risk of Nuclear Terrorism
  Article by Charles F Barnaby

  The risks involved in maintaining large stocks of plutonium that can be readily used to fabricate nuclear weapons are...

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  Spare the Genetically Modified Swine
  Topic by Peter Haugen

  Pity the pigs. The pigs must die. Not for bacon's sake. Not for the barbecue pit must they perish. Nor will they become juicy pork-chops for carnivorous Canadians. No these swine—called Enviropigs because of their relatively non-polluting poop—must die because there's no more money for the...

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  The Porous Nature of Concrete As It Relates to Molds
  Article by Rod Danz

  This article defines a novel way to understand why structures are susceptible to the entry of molds. It elucidates th...

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  Alzheimer's Disease: The Demographics of Aging
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  The numbers are sobering. The fastest growing segment of the American population, is the 85 year and older group. There are 6 million now, in less than 40 years, by 2050, projects the National Institute on Aging, that number will more than triple to over 20 million. And that ushers in...

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  Advancing Translational Research Requires Return to Contract Program at NIH
  Article by Robert E Baier

  There is a long-unfulfilled need for instrumentation which allows continuous or even intermittent monitoring of the b...

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  100 Years Ago, Biochemist Funk Was First to Identify a Vitamin
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  The millions of Americans who pop a pill or two with breakfast—that is, a vitamin pill—might want to pause a moment as they practice their daily ritual-and remember a biochemist named Casmir Funk. It is to this Polish-born scientist that they owe their being able to supplement their...

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  The Cost of Dementia in the United States
  Article by Michael Gordon

  The main component of the costs attributable to dementia is the cost for institutional and home-based long-term care ...

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  Heart Disease in Women: An Underestimated Problem
  Topic by Harvey K Black

  The disease women fear most is not the one that is their biggest killer. The most recent poll, taken in 2005, shows that approximately two and half times more women fear breast cancer than heart disease.(Twenty-two percent fear breast cancer; 9 percent fear heart disease.). Yet,...