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Thank your microbiome—gut microbes are behind chocolate’s health benefits

By April Gocha / March 27, 2014

An artificial gut has helped researchers explain dark chocolate’s positive health benefits by revealing that gut microbes help digest cocoa’s anti-inflammatory polyphenols.

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Doped yttrium silicate ceramics perform antibacterial upconversion magic trick

By April Gocha / March 11, 2014

Scientists have created antimicrobial ceramics from yttrium silicate that can perform photon upconversion to kill bacteria on the ceramic’s surfaces.

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