 Meteorites delivered the 'seeds' of Earth's left-hand life April 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 89 vote(s)
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Flash back three or four billion years — Earth is a hot, dry and lifeless place. All is still. Without warning, a meteor slams into the desert plains at over ten thousand miles per hour. With it, this violent ... | |
 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 ... | |
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. | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
Yeast in an Egg Shell March 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Nature’s eggshells have inspired Chinese researchers: A team led by Ruikang Tang at Zhejiang University have successfully equipped living yeast cells with an artificial mineral coating. As reported in the journal Angewandte ... | |
Femtogram-level chemical measurements now possible March 27, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Finding a simple and convenient technique that combines nanoscale structural measurements and chemical identification has been an elusive goal. With current analytical instruments, spatial resolution is too low, signal-to-noise ... | |
Basis created for directing and filming blood vessels March 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new method of filming blood-vessel cells that move in accordance with targeted signals has been developed by researchers at Uppsala University in collaboration with researchers at the University of California. The method ... | |
Statistics are insufficient for study of proteins' signal system March 26, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Ten years ago great attention was attracted by the discovery that it was possible to demonstrate signal transfer in proteins using statistical methods. In an article in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ... | |
New ionic liquid in thermometers beats mercury on range, performance and safety March 26, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Poisonous mercury in thermometers has been replaced by harmless and better performing ionic liquids in research by scientists from Europe and the US, published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Green Chemistry. | |
Fruit fly phlebotomy holds neuroscience promise March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Drawing blood from a fruit fly may only be slightly easier than getting it from a proverbial stone or turnip, but success could provide substantial benefits for neuroscientists. | |
Artificial photosynthesis moves a step closer March 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Jülich scientists have made an important step on the long road to artificially mimicking photosynthesis. They were able to synthesise a stable inorganic metal oxide cluster, which enables the fast and effective oxidation ... | |
CSI fact catching up with fiction as chemists develop new technology March 24, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Real-life crime scene analysis of bloodstains, fingerprints, and other evidence does not match the speed and certainty on television shows such as CSI. But thanks to advances in chemistry, fact is catching up with fiction ... | |
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 ... | |
 New triple-threat weapon needed in war between man and microbe March 24, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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Mankind’s age-old battle against infectious diseases stands to rage on and on, unless scientists develop a new generation of triple-action antibiotics, according to an article scheduled for the March 28 issue ... | |
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