Algae could one day be major hydrogen fuel source April 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 26 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. | |
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 ... | |
'Recordable' proteins as next-generation memory storage materials February 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Move over, compact discs, DVDs, and hard drives. Researchers in Japan report progress toward developing a new protein-based memory device that could provide an alternative to conventional magnetic and optical storage systems, ... | |
Chemists solve biological challenge January 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 34 vote(s)
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Chemistry professor Ronald Kluger and PhD candidate Svetlana Tzvetkova have made discoveries that could not only allow scientists to generate new kinds of proteins —the building blocks of life—but also eventually lead to ... | |
Solar Cells Can Take the Heat January 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Solar cells have attracted global attention as one of the cornerstones of alternative energy. In theory, it seems to make abundant sense to tap into the energy of the sun to convert light to electricity with little or no ... | |
Stripping away lead-based paint in a flash December 11, 2006 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new paint stripper that combines the principles of a vacuum cleaner and a pulsed lamp shows promise as a much-needed new technology for removing dangerous lead-based paint from older housing, scientists in Massachusetts ... | |
Cranberry juice creates energy barrier that keeps bacteria away from cells, study shows July 21, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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For generations, people have consumed cranberry juice, convinced of its power to ward off urinary tract infections, though the exact mechanism of its action has not been well understood. A new study by researchers at Worcester ... | |
Chemists use 'green chemistry' to produce amines, chemical compounds used widely in industry June 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Chemists at UC Riverside have discovered an inexpensive, clean and quick way to prepare amines – nitrogen-containing organic compounds derived from ammonia that have wide industrial applications such as solvents, additives, ... | |
A simple, low-cost carbon filter removes 90% of carbon dioxide from smokestack gases May 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Researchers in Wyoming report development of a low-cost carbon filter that can remove 90 percent of carbon dioxide gas from the smokestacks of electric power plants that burn coal and other fossil fuels. Their study is scheduled ... | |
 Put the Trees in the Ground: A solution for the global carbon dioxide problem? May 13, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Of the current global environmental problems, the excessive release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels and the related global warming is one of the most pressing. | |
 New clues to how proteins dissolve and crystallize May 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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In the late 19th century the Czech scientist Franz Hofmeister observed that some salts (ionic compounds) aided the solution of proteins in egg white, some caused the proteins to destabilize and precipitate, ... | |
 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 ... | |
 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 ... | |
 'Designer enzymes' created by chemists March 19, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 25 vote(s)
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Chemists from UCLA and the University of Washington have succeeded in creating "designer enzymes," a major milestone in computational chemistry and protein engineering. | |
 Researchers Prove Bridge from Conventional to Molecular Electronics Possible March 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have set the stage for building the “evolutionary link” between the microelectronics of today built from semiconductor compounds and future ... | |
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