Posted on 3. March, 2014.

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Posted on 28. February, 2014.

The analysis of metals in wines is of great importance for authenticity purposes and quality control. The elements can influence the wine-making process or change its taste and quality.

Posted on 28. February, 2014.

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Posted on 27. February, 2014.

Bird species, like plants and other animals are facing an unprecedented decline. Captive breeding as a conservation tool can be used as a substitute for wild populations in research and education, to provide demographic and genetic reservoirs for reinforcing or founding wild populations, and as a last resort for species that have no immediate opportunity for survival in nature.

Posted on 26. February, 2014.

One hundred and eighty one years after the death of Napoleon I, the circumstances of his death remain very controversial. Until relatively recently, it was assumed that he had died of stomach cancer. This diagnosis was essentially supported by the data in the remarkable autopsy performed and reported by his last doctor in Saint Helena, Francesco Antommarchi.

Posted on 26. February, 2014.

Peptides are an amazing, diverse and multi-faceted class of compounds constructed from relatively simple building blocks, the amino acids. They are components of tissues and exhibit a remarkable range of biological properties acting as antibiotics, hormones, food additives, poisons or pain-killers.

Posted on 25. February, 2014.

The variability of hormone levels in avian eggs has often been accounted for by adaptive yolk hormone-mediated maternal effects by which the phenotype of the next generation can be adjusted to environmental conditions experienced by the mother. The environment, therefore, represents an important variable that can create variations in the relative amounts of yolk hormones.