 Researchers unveil a new class of fatty acids April 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
CSIRO researchers have discovered a new class of fatty acids – alpha-hydroxy polyacetylenic fatty acids – that could be used as sensors for detecting changes in temperature and mechanical stress loads. | |
 Study calls for action on heart risks from certain anti-cancer drugs April 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Heart damage from certain anti-cancer drugs no longer should be regarded as a rare or relatively unimportant complication, scientists in Italy have concluded in a new overview of research on the cardiotoxicity ... | |
Gel-like material shows promise as oral insulin pill for diabetes April 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers in Texas report development of a gel-like material that could help speed the long-awaited arrival of insulin that can be taken in a pill by mouth, rather than with injections. The study is scheduled for the April ... | |
 A boost for bamboo-based blouses and blankets April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Rising interest in “sustainable” fabrics is fostering a bamboo boom, in which bamboo-based fabrics are hitting the market as a leading eco-friendly textile. | |
Protein shows talent for improvisation April 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Radio and cable are not required for communication within and between living cells. Rather, signal transduction in cells is performed by a multitude of proteins. In order to transfer and interpret these signals correctly, ... | |
 Synthetic molecules may be less expensive alternative to therapeutic antibodies, researchers find April 04, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a simple and inexpensive method to screen small synthetic molecules and pull out a handful that might treat cancer and other diseases less expensively ... | |
Algae could one day be major hydrogen fuel source April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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As gas prices continue to soar to record highs, motorists are crying out for an alternative that won’t cramp their pocketbooks. | |
Researchers look to make environmentally friendly plastics April 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Every year, more than 30 billion water bottles are added to America's landfills, creating a mountainous environmental problem. But if research at Missouri University of Science and Technology is successful, the plastic bottles ... | |
 Researchers engineer new polymers to change their stiffness, strength when exposed to liquids March 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the departments of macromolecular science and engineering and biomedical engineering at the Case School of Engineering and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Department ... | |
Chemical Engineer Discovers Way of Increasing Battery Life with Environmentally Friendly Fuel Cells March 31, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A Drexel University chemical engineering professor Yossef Elabd is exploring a way to increase battery life with an environmentally friendly alternative. Consumer demands are requiring lithium-ion batteries currently used ... | |
Using street theater to channel the lessons of molecules April 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Molecules, any chemist will tell you, have lots to teach us. Giving voice to the lessons of molecules and other props of science, as the lamentable state of science literacy in the United States attests, is no easy task. | |
Researchers solve decade-old mystery of hydrogen storage material February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 55 vote(s)
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Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the market today, ... | |
 'Kind and Gentle' Molecular Machine Could Operate at Near-Equilibrium December 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Molecular machines – tiny machines made of molecules that do mechanical work – are usually thought to operate in a state of non-equilibrium. This makes sense, considering that macro-sized machines operate ... | |
A chemical 'keypad lock' for biomolecular computers March 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Researchers in New York are reporting an advance toward a new generation of ultra-powerful computers built from DNA and enzymes, rather than transistors, silicon chips, and plastic. Their report on development of a key component ... | |
Driving water droplets uphill April 02, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Lab-on-a-chip technology could soon simplify a host of applications, thanks to a new way to move droplets up vertical surfaces on flexible chips. | |
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