 How sweet it is: 'Revolutionary' process points to sugar-fueled cars April 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without ... | |
Researchers uncover process behind heart muscle contraction April 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after discovering the previously unknown role of two enzymes in heart muscle contraction, ... | |
 14-year-old CEO makes chemistry a game with 'Elementeo' April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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Age seems to be no obstacle when it comes to starting a business. That’s the case with 14-year-old Anshul Samar, CEO of Alchemist Empire, Inc., who invented a trading card game, “Elementeo,” that aims to teach ... | |
 DVDs and CD-ROMs that thwart global warming April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Carbon dioxide removed from smokestack emissions in order to slow global warming in the future could become a valuable raw material for the production of DVDs, beverage bottles and other products made from ... | |
Making sure the wonder materials don't become the wonder pollutant April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Carbon nanotubes are 10,000 times thinner than a human hair, yet stronger than steel and more durable than diamonds. They conduct heat and electricity with efficiency that rivals copper wires and silicon chips, with possible ... | |
Scientists develop safe 'green' decontamination method April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Research by two Queen’s scientists has resulted in an exciting new method for rapidly and safely destroying toxic agents such as chemical weapons and pesticides. | |
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. | |
 Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow’s stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists. | |
Versatile coating for biomedical devices lets them interact with live cells April 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new type of plastic coating made from vapor could lead to better biomedical devices such as stents and catheters that are "bioactive," meaning they can interact with the living cells around them in unique ways. | |
 Faster test reported for detecting fake Tamiflu in fight against counterfeit drugs April 07, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Chemists in Georgia are reporting development of a fast new method to detect fake Tamiflu, the mainstay medication for preventing and treating bird flu. Tamiflu has become a target for counterfeiters as recent ... | |
 Money doesn't grow on trees, but gasoline might April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 31 vote(s)
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Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. | |
 Crime scene investigations: Gunshot residue analysis on a single gunpowder particle April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Scientists in Texas are reporting development of an highly dependable, rapid, and inexpensive new method for identifying the presence of gunshot residue (GSR). The test fills a GSR-detection gap that results ... | |
 Alligator blood may put the bite on antibiotic-resistant infections April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 66 vote(s)
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Despite their reputation for deadly attacks on humans and pets, alligators are wiggling their way toward a new role as potential lifesavers in medicine, biochemists in Louisiana reported today at the 235th ... | |
 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. | |
 Nuclear scientists eye future landfall on a second 'island of stability' April 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 39 vote(s)
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Modern-day scientific Magellans and Columbus’s, exploring the uncharted seas at the fringes of the Periodic Table of the Elements, have landed on one long-sought island — the fabled Island of Stability, home ... | |
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