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Analyzing Food And Beverages With Magnetic LevitationWashington DC (SPX) Jun 25, 2010 Scientists are reporting development of a new use for magnetic levitation, or "maglev," the futuristic technology best known for enabling high-speed passenger trains to float above the tracks. In ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they describe putting maglev to use in an inexpensive sensor for analyzing food, water, and other beverages. George Whitesides and colleagues note that measurements of a substance's density are important in the food industry, health care, an ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 22, 2010US food giant Archer Daniels Midland will invest up to 200 million US dollars at Agricultural Bank of China's upcoming share sale, a report said Tuesday, in what could be the world's largest initial public offering. The purchase would put the US company among several other major investors at the massive IPO next month, including the sovereign investment funds of Qatar and Kuwait, Britain's S ... more
London (AFP) June 22, 2010British bees will be fitted with radio tags to monitor their movements and see if they are damaged by pesticides, in one of several studies unveiled Tuesday to probe a decline in pollinating insects. The research will examine whether agricultural chemicals are damaging bees' brains and affecting their ability to gather food, navigate and perform their so-called "waggle dance" which tells oth ... more  
Damascus (AFP) June 22, 2010A severe four-year drought is devastating Syria's rural communities, forcing them to abandon the country's traditional breadbasket in the northeast for cities in search of employment. Earlier this month, the World Food Programme started delivering food aid to nearly 200,000 people in the provinces of Al-Hasakeh, Al-Raqqa and Deir Ezzor, areas worst hit by the drought. The WFP says tens o ... more |
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Amid drought, Red Cross buys starving cattle to feed MaliansToya, Mali (AFP) June 22, 2010 In single file, hundreds of residents of Toya wait patiently for meat distributed by the Red Cross who bought up thousands of starving animals to feed Mali's drought-stricken population. With containers in hand they await the meat from four cows slaughtered in the village in the north-west of the country last week which had lost too much weight from lack of grazing and water. Children scream with joy at the prospect of the meat coming their way. "The International Committee of the Red C ... read more |
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