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• Boston Restaurants and Buttermilk Pancakes: The Boston Globe in 60 seconds

  Published: July 29, 2007, 9:15 am

  Tags: Boston Globe, Boston Globe Magazine Restaurant Issue, Boston Restaurants, Boston Com, Bostonglobe, Cookingwithalicia Com, Corn Cakes, Corn Relish, Eggs, Mussels, Pancakes, Pickles, Roasted Peppers, Wagamama

  Pancakes, Corn Cakes, Smoked Mussels, Corn Relish, and Too Simple For Words Roasted Peppers. Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Mussels and Maine Lobster: The Boston Globe in 60 seconds

  Published: August 5, 2007, 8:10 am

  Tags: Boston Globe, Boston Com, Cookbooks, Corn On The Cob, Cornonthecob, Ketchup Mustard, Maine Lobster, Mainelobster, Muffins, Mussels, No Reservations, Noreservations, Oaxacan Potatoes, Pasta Sauce

  This week's recipes: Mussels with Wine, Mussels with Saffron and Tomatoes, Oaxacan Potatoes, Plum Ketchup, Ballpark Mustard, and Peach-Cornmeal Muffins. Permalink   Email this   Comments

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• Sticky mussels inspire biomedical engineer yet again

  Published: October 18, 2007, 3:58 pm

  Tags: Science, Mussels, Polydopamine

  Mussels are delicious when cooked in a white wine broth, but they also have two other well-known qualities before they're put in a pot: they stick to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, and they stick with amazing tenacity.

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• Sticky Mussels Inspire Biomedical Engineer Yet Again

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:55 am

  Tags: Molluscks, Mollusks, Mussels, Green Mussel

  Mussels are delicious when cooked in a white wine broth, but they also have two other well-known qualities before they're put in a pot: they stick to virtually all inorganic and organic surfaces, and they stick with amazing tenacity Northwestern University biomedical engineer Phillip B. Messersmith already has developed a material that mimics

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• Study Reveals Details Of Mussels' Tenacious Bonds

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:50 am

  Tags: Molluscks, Mollusks, Mussels

  the adhesive strategies of mussels, information that could be used to develop adherents or repellants for use in medical implants.This is the first-ever single molecule study to focus on the key amino acid 3,4-L-dihydroxyphenylalanine (DOPA), a tyrosine derivative that is found in high concentration in the "glue" proteins of mussels.The

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• Mussels in Red Sauce Recipe

  Published: April 9, 2008, 11:00 am

  Tags: Recipes, Mussels, Red, Sauce

  1/2teaspoonpepper 4lbsmussels, live, cleaned and rinsed DIRECTIONS Pour juice from tomatoes into a bowl; chop tomatoes, do not puree. Add the chopped tomatoes to the bowl and set aside. In a stock

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• Tiny, Clingy and Destructive, Mussel Makes Its Way West

  Published: June 18, 2008, 9:54 am

  Tags: Dive In, Natural Waterfront, Invasive Species, Mussels

  Kneeling at the edge of the dock, Wen Baldwin began hauling on a length of nylon rope that disappeared into the depths of Lake Mead. One after another, an odd assemblage of objects a water bottle, a chunk of concrete, a pair of flip-flops, a steel anchor emerged from the emerald-green waters. Isaac [...]

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• Nanoparticles Have Negative Impact On Mussels

  Published: June 19, 2008, 12:24 am

  Tags: Mussels, Green Mussel

  to study nanoparticles in mussels. This mollusk is often utilized to measure water pollution levels, says Sauv . But it's the first time we use them to measure the potential toxicity of nanoparticles. At the lowest concentration tested, or 1.6 milligrams of nanoparticles per liter, the researchers found a reduction in cell

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