Warsaw, IN–based medical device manufacturer Biomet Inc. announced on March 7 that it had filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a proposed an initial public offering of common stock. The announcement states ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the City of Bellflower, Calif. yesterday celebrated the grand opening of "Fronk's," a new restaurant built on a former gas station with help from $65,000 in funds from EPA's Brownfields and ...
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An international team of marine biologists has found mesopelagic fish in the earth's oceans constitute 10 to 30 times more biomass than previously thought. UWA Professor Carlos Duarte says mesopelagic fish – fish that live between ...
FDA proposed format nutrition labels The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed to update the Nutrition Facts label for packaged foods to reflect the latest scientific information, including the link between diet and chronic ...
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Food packaging is not dangerous, Australian experts have said Australian experts have reassured Australians that the chemicals in plastic food packaging are not harmful to human health. Dr Ian Musgrave, a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty ...
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PowerICE announced today that its frozen hydration bars, designed to enhance performance in athletes by cooling the core body temperature while replenishing lost electrolytes, are now made with 100% all-natural ingredients. The company also ...
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Carmit Candy Industries launches a new line of gluten-free chocolate clusters for healthy indulgence at Natural Products Expo West, Anaheim, March 7-9, booth #571. The new line will be available in multiple international markets. "Our new ...
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A study looking at pathogen transmission during the translocation of endangered western ringtail possums (Pseudocheirus occidentalis) has provided an insight into assessing the disease risk for populations. The research from Murdoch ...
Researchers at Columbia University have made a significant step toward visualizing small biomolecules inside living biological systems with minimum disturbance, a longstanding goal in the scientific community. In a study published March 2nd ...
Americans spent more in January, but the increase came from a surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. in spending on heating bills during the harsh winter. Spending in areas such as autos and ...
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Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Alpha), one of the nation's largest coal companies, Alpha Appalachian Holdings (formerly Massey Energy), and 66 subsidiaries have agreed to spend an estimated $200 million to install and operate wastewater ...
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The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) today unveiled its national consumer education campaign to bolster awareness and understanding of Facts Up Front. The nutrient-based labeling system will ...
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The success of coconut water, which surged from zero in 2006 to an almost US$1 billion business in North America and Europe by 2013, is just the first step in a massive trend, according to global nutrition business analysts New Nutrition ...
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National and international businesses will find out how the University of Sheffield's world-class scientists and state-of-the-art facilities can take their research and development to the next level during a free networking event on ...
Organ transplant patients routinely receive drugs that stop their immune systems from attacking newly implanted hearts, livers, kidneys or lungs, which the body sees as foreign. But new research at Washington University School of Medicine ...