 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 ... | |
Researchers solve decade-old mystery of hydrogen storage material February 27, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 56 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, ... | |
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 ... | |
 Hair Reveals Where Murder Victims Drank Water February 25, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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University of Utah scientists developed a new crime-fighting tool by showing that human hair reveals the general location where a person drank water, helping police track past movements of criminal suspects ... | |
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 ... | |
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. | |
 Capturing Sunlight: Indoline Dyes Improve Efficiency of Solar Cells February 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 33 vote(s)
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Solar cell technology is marching ahead, though it still struggles with the two problems: efficiency and high production costs. In collaboration with Satoshi Uchida at the University of Tokyo, Michael Grätzel ... | |
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 ... | |
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 ... | |
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, ... | |
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. | |
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 ... | |
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, ... | |
 Researchers develop inexpensive, easy process to produce solar panels July 18, 2007 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 213 vote(s)
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Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. | |
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