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Harnessing Pineapple Stem Starch Film as a Circular Bioeconomy Solution for packaging Fruits and Vegetables
Researchers have developed a low-cost and green method to make films prepared from pineapple stem starch for food…
Nematodes joy ride across electric voltages
Many living organisms are known to make use of electric fields. Some fish species use them to detect…
New recycling process could find markets for ‘junk’ plastic waste
The new method could increase the economic incentives for plastic recycling and open a door to recycling new…
Researchers unveil the anticancer potential of ISL in treating pancreatic cancer
Researchers found that isoliquiritigenin (ISL), a flavonoid isolated from the Chinese herbal medicine licorice, can inhibit pancreatic cancer progression.
Before the vacuum
Engineers seen preparing a test inside the largest vacuum chamber of the ESA Propulsion Laboratory – this CORONA…
Protein protectors of fertility
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Last of Nepal’s car porters recalls life without roads
By Ammu Kannampilly | AFP Chitlang (Nepal) (AFP) – At 92, Dhan Bahadur Gole is the last known survivor of a generation of porters who carried luxury cars on foot across steep mountain passes to Nepal’s rulers in Kathmandu. Before the Himalayan nation built its first highway in 1956 only the capital city had paved roads, […]
University of Malaya young researcher won the Outstanding Journal Article Award at the AECT 2014 convention in USA
Dr. Farrah Dina Yusop, the Deputy Director of the Curriculum Development Center and senior lecturer of the Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Malaysia has been awarded the prestigious Outstanding…
Materials Research Society Announces New Board Appointment for 2015
WARRENDALE, PA – The Materials Research Society (MRS) announces a new appointment to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2015. David J. Parrillo, Global Research and Development Director, Packaging and Specialty Plastics…
Government of Myanmar and regional knowledge centre collaborate to promote ecotourism and the conservation of protected areas
Kathmandu– On Thursday, 30 October, in the presence of Union Minister U Htay Aung of the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism and the Union Minister U Win Tun of the…