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Toxicologists have long held that the dose makes the poison: A substance can cause harm only in amounts high enough to overwhelm the body’s defenses.
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The University of Delaware invites nominations for the 2013 Karl W. Böer Solar Energy Medal of Merit. Nomination forms are available at this website. Nominations are due by Sept. 11.
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They may be small in scale, but they have big implications for a range of fields – such as targeted drug delivery or cleaning up oil spills.
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The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been selected as a new member of the nonprofit Association of European Distributed Energy Resources Laboratories (DERlab).
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Pittcon is pleased to announce the launch of a new website for 2013 (www.pittcon.org) with improved navigation, overall functionality, and for quick viewing, a mobile version.
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Microfluidics expert Dolomite, has launched a Productizing Science™ Competition challenging the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of researchers, scientists and engineers.
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The WHO has upgraded exhaust fumes from diesel engines from a “probable” carcinogen to a toxin that does cause cancer.
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The Senate approves an increase of about 0.3 percent for the 2013 NIH budget, but the Department of Energy doesn’t fare as well.
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Researchers find a slew of new fungal species inhabiting the human gut and suggest a link to an inflammatory bowel disease.
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When it comes to cocaine, users of the drug in Lubbock abuse up to a third more on the weekends.
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A startup company based on technology developed at the Georgia Institute of Technology is creating an efficient, safe and repeatable delivery method that protects cells from death and migration from the treatment site.
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An Indiana University team of researchers has conducted the most in-depth and diverse genetic analysis of the defense systems that trillions of micro-organisms in the human body use to fend off viruses.
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