News articles tagged with 'clay' (Page 2)
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Why fruit-eating bats eat dirt?
— 23 Apr 2008 14:50 | Biology'Don't eat the green parts of tomatoes, cut the green off the potatoes.' Any child would know that eating these parts of vegetables is a bad idea. The reason behind this is that they…
'Healing clays' show promise for fighting deadly MRSA superbug infections
— 7 Apr 2008 14:03 | HealthMud may be coming to a medicine cabinet or pharmacy near you. Scientists in Arizona report that minerals from clay could form the basis of a new generation of inexpensive, highly-effective…
Staph-killing properties of clay investigated
— 31 Oct 2007 09:59 | Geology and palaeontologyWhat makes some clays such powerful antimicrobial agents capable of killing MRSA and other virulent bacteria? It's a question that University at Buffalo researchers have been studying…