The term 鈥渁romatherapy鈥� was first coined in 1937 by Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, a French chemist, whose badly burned arm was supposedly miraculously cured by the use of lavender oil. Jean Valnet...
The majority of people have cellulite to some degree. However, women are more susceptible to cellulite than men due to the presence of female sex hormones: estrogen and progesterone. In addition,...
First adopted in Australia in 1988, polymer banknotes have now become increasingly popular due to their improved security against counterfeiting and their enhanced durability. Many countries have...
Condoms are not used often enough, leading to more cases of STIs and unplanned pregnancies. But now a revolutionary new design may be able to encourage safer sex. A British biotechnology firm has...
Why is chicken breast white and dark meat dark? 聽It all has to do with different kinds of muscle. 聽Dark meat is a result of the predominant presence of slow oxidative muscle fibres used for...
Bisphenol A (BPA) has been the subject of much recent controversy due to reports that it can cause birth defects, impaired sugar control as well as other health problems in rodents. 聽Bisphenol A is...
Stereochemistry refers to a branch of chemistry that studies the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within molecules. Some drugs are mixtures of different stereoisomers of a molecule in which...
An international research team has recently linked the common migraine with a genetic risk factor. 聽It seems that people suffering from migraines have a variation in their DNA, specifically on...
Among the treasures discovered during the famous 1922 archaeological excavation of King Tutankhamun鈥檚 tomb was a jar of honey. 聽Archaeologists tasted it (brave souls those archeologists), and to...
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