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Skimmed milk, Straight from cow

Herds of cows producing skimmed milk could soon be roaming our pastures, reports Cath O'Driscoll in Chemistry & Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Scientists in New Zealand have discovered that some cows have genes that give them a natural ability to produce skimmed milk and plan to use this information to breed herds of milkers producing only skimmed milk.

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Allergy Alert from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Undeclared Milk, Sesame Seeds, Soy and Sulphites in Various Brands of Croutons and Snack Mixes

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Scientists make liquid crystal discovery

What do milk, paint, ink and liquid crystals have in common? Colloids. Findings of Kent State University scientists indicate that manipulating the size of colloids, micron-sized or nanometer-sized particles, can produce huge changes in the material properties of liquid crystals.

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