A voltaic pile is a set of individual Galvanic cells placed in series. The voltaic pile, invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800, was the first electric battery. Building on Galvani's...

Global influenza vaccine manufacturing capacity is insufficient to meet demand in a pandemic and in the absence of a multilateral system of benefit sharing, some Member States, particularly developing countries,...

The fact is, ALL foods may contain these bacteria. Actually, there has never been a case of listeria, the most dangerous of these pathogens, from raw fluid milk. If the...

Concentrations of Prozac as low as 1 microgram per liter (?g/L), a concentration that has been found in many freshwater environments, were found to significantly impact the mating behavior of...

The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill requiring GMO labeling, but the battle between food and biotech giants and GMO labeling advocates may just be beginning. Only two state senators opposed...

The need for better sanitation in the developing world is clear. Forty percent of the world’s population—2.5 billion people—practice open defecation or lack adequate sanitation facilities, and the consequences can...

A manufacturer of sweeteners and starches made from corn will not buy Syngenta's new GM corn MIR 162 due to China's rejection of the crop China has turned away 1.25...

A journal of one man's path toward spiritual enlightenment by physical and mental purity, fasting, raw food diet, few words, natural living, good works, right thinking, and exhilaration of the...

Here we have a school that has a policy, not with safety in mind – only as an afterthought – but one that hinges on strict adherence to said policy....

Russia has suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage. Separately, the European Food Safety Authority(EFSA), has...