Scientists determine drug target for the most potent botulinum neurotoxin April 29, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Botulinum neurotoxin – responsible for the deadly food poisoning disease botulism and for the beneficial effects of smoothing out facial wrinkles – can also be used as a dreaded biological weapon. When ingested or inhaled, ... | |
 Scientists make chemical cousin of DNA for use as new nanotechnology building block April 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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In the rapid and fast-growing world of nanotechnology, researchers are continually on the lookout for new building blocks to push innovation and discovery to scales much smaller than the tiniest speck of dust. | |
Insulin pill could replace injections for diabetes April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Insulin pills to replace the injections necessary for those suffering from diabetes appear closer to reality through new research by chemical and biomedical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. | |
 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. | |
Idaho lab develops a quicker way to catch a thief April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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(AP) -- Federal researchers say they've developed a human identification test that's faster and possibly cheaper than DNA testing. It would be a handy new weapon in the arsenal for detectives, forensic experts and the military, ... | |
 A dash of salt grows healthier tomatoes April 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Watering tomatoes with diluted seawater can boost their content of disease-fighting antioxidants and may lead to healthier salads, appetizers, and other tomato-based foods, scientists in Italy report. Their ... | |
 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 ... | |
Technological breakthrough in the fight to cut greenhouse gases April 24, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Scientists at Newcastle University have pioneered breakthrough technology in the fight to cut greenhouse gases. The Newcastle University team, led by Michael North, Professor of Organic Chemistry, has developed a highly energy-efficient ... | |
First-class protein crystals thanks to weightlessness on earth April 23, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Dutch chemist Paul Poodt has developed two attractive alternatives for allowing protein crystals to grow under weightless conditions. If the crystals are grown upside down in a strong magnetic field, fluid flows that disrupt ... | |
First atomic-level look at a protein that causes brain disease April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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For the first time, researchers have peered deeply at the atomic level into the protein that causes hereditary cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) -- a disease thought to cause stroke and dementia. The study pinpointed a tiny ... | |
 Findings a step toward making new optical materials April 22, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Chemical engineers have developed a "self-assembling" method that could lead to an inexpensive way of making diamondlike crystals to improve optical communications and other technologies. | |
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, ... | |
 Chemists reproduce the rose's 'petal effect' April 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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The lotus flower is nature’s “slip n’ slide,” where water beads skate along each petal’s surface like liquid metal. Now, chemists reveal the ying to the lotus’ frictionless yang: rose petals. Chemists have ... | |
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 ... | |
Green Gel: Hybrid material made from polymers and proteins fluoresces and respnods to pH value and temperature April 18, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have now developed a new strategy for the formation of hybrid materials from synthetic polymers and proteins. They have thus been able to fuse the specific biological ... | |
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