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Oceanic ‘garbage patch’ not nearly as big as portrayed in media
CORVALLIS, Ore. — There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the “Great Garbage Patch” between California and Japan is twice the size of Texas are grossly exaggerated, according to an analysis by an Oregon State…
Sows ears and silk purses: Packing more flavor into modern pork
Perhaps you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear, but scientists are reporting progress in pulling off the same trick with the notoriously bland flavor of pork. They are reporting new insights into the biochemical differences in the meat of an…
Study discovers why females fare better than males after traumatic injury
A study published in the September 2010 issue of SHOCK by Dr. Ed W. Childs and colleagues at Scott & White Healthcare looks at how female versus male rats fared after suffering a trauma and subsequent hemorrhagic shock who were given Estradiol (estr…