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Mercury is a toxic element found throughout the environment. Its mobile nature allows it to diffuse through the air, soils and ultimately into water systems. Fish have the ability to bio-accumulate mercury (in its methylated form) at much higher concentrations than the waters they inhabit. People and wildlife that consume fish high in mercury are at risk.
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Virginia Commonwealth University announced Wednesday it has received a $20 million grant the largest federal award in its history from the National Institutes of Health to become part of a nationwide consortium of research institutions working to tur
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For the first time, the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is pleased to partner with the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) and identify a recipient of the SLAS Young Scientists Poster Award at the 2010 IFT Annual Meeting Scientific Program July 17-20, 2010 in Chicago, Ill.
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This August, JEOL USA will demonstrate the first correlative microscope to enable concurrent light microscopy and atmospheric scanning electron microscopy (ASEM) for observation of and experimentation on samples in their native state. The new JEOL ClairScope will make its debut in the United States at Microscopy & Microanalysis (M&M) in Portland, Oregon August 2-5, 2010, just prior to installation at Northwestern Universitys Biological Imaging Facility where it will be used for demonstrations and applications development.
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