Dr Wally's Podcast

In this edition:

• The stomach’s healthy reaction to red wine combined with red meat
• Proteins that could relate to increased longevity in women
• A development toward long-range beach forecasts on bacterial contamination

• Rogue proteins called prions are not degraded by conventional sewage treatment processes
• Scientists have developed a new test for more reliable product expiration labels
• New research reports that 12 million molecules share 143 basic shapes

• Coffee’s aroma that kick-starts genes in the brain
• Lake sediments help scientists trace 7,000 years of mining and metal use in China
• Natural plant materials that can regulate starch digestion

• “Super paper:” A new type of nanopaper that’s more break-resistant than cast iron
• Love that garlic? Fresh may be healthier than bottled: the importance of allicin
• An inhalable form of gene-therapy that takes aim at lung cancer and inflammatory lung disease

• Lead leaching and faucet corrosion in PVC home plumbing
• How to keep beer fresher
• A nano-tech process that produces highly stretchable plastics

• Melting glaciers may release DDT and contaminate the Antarctic environment
• Light-driven "molecular brakes" provide a stopping power for nanomachines
• Rice in your gas tank: Boosting biofuel production from rice straw

• A new-generation of artificial cornea that could restore vision for millions worldwide
• The first evidence that bacteria get “touchy-feely” about dangerous biofilms
• Rice that’s grown in the United States contains a less-dangerous form of arsenic

• The identification of abnormal protein levels in diabetic retinopathy
• “Super yeasts�? that produce 300 times more protein than previously possible
• Microwave zapping that kills invasive species before the invasion

• Fighting global warming — at the dinner table
• New insights on the link between early consumption of cows’ milk and Type-1 diabetes
• Boosting “mussel�? power: A new technique for making a key marine mussel protein

• A study calling for action on heart risks from certain anti-cancer drugs
• Pricing that can cut carbon dioxide emissions from electric generators
• Chinese ants that show promise for fighting arthritis and other diseases