Daily Herald

Gum from tree sap to synthetic substitute

"How is gum made?" a participant in the Libertyville Parks Teen Travelers bike camp asked. The story of gum is not all sweet and snappy. Chewing gum goes way back - about 2,000 years. People through ...
Financial Advisor

Synthetic Equity, The Sugar Substitute

The first sugar substitutes, like saccharine, became commonly used during the First World War when real sugar became scarce. They weren’t a way to lose weight. They were a way to replace what was no ...
WTVD

Raleigh scientists developing synthetic blood platelets amid crisis-level human blood shortages

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Research work on a potential game-changer in the nation's blood supply shortage is underway in Raleigh. Scientists are working on an artificial blood component that they hope ...
The Baltimore Sun

Using synthetic crab blood substitute in biomedical testing could help save horseshoe crabs and shorebirds

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X For the first time in decades, Glenn Gauvry is lamenting the sight of so many horseshoe crabs ...