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Bees and other pollinating insects are just one factor in food production
Setting the standard for sustainable bioenergy crops
Soil may harbor answer to reducing arsenic in rice
New plant protein discoveries could ease global food and fuel demands
Amphibians living close to farm fields are more resistant to common insecticides
Ecological knowledge offers perspectives for sustainable agriculture
A smart combination of different crops such as beans and maize can significantly cut the use of crop protection agents and at the same time reduce the need for fertilizers Integrating ecological knowledge from nature ... - Read MoreSmoke signals: How burning plants tell seeds to rise from the ashes
Strengthening legumes to tackle fertilizer pollution
Fertilizer That Fizzles in a Homemade Bomb Could Save Lives Around the World
doesn’t make sense ” he said Danger to soldiers Sandia could have patented the formula but opted to waive ownership rights for humanitarian reasons “One of Sandia’s priorities is deploying the technologies that result from ... - Read MoreFertilizer Expert - Chemical Storage Appears 'Highly Risky' at Texas Explosion Site
Expert Pitch Released 4 19 2013 4 30 PM EDTSource Newsroom Cornell University more news from this source Harold Van Es is a professor of Soil and Water Management and the former chair of the ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter with support from Shell has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand While the technology still faces many significant ...
How you get the chameleon of the molecules to settle on a particular look has been discovered by RUB chemists led by Professor Dominik Marx The molecule CH5+ is normally not to be described by ...
The research team led by Academy Research Fellow Heikki M Tuononen has been able to identify the mechanism which enables some non metal compounds to mimic the reactivity of their metal based counterparts Chemical reactivity ...
By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury which is far more toxic scientists have just taken a significant step toward protecting human health Share This See Also Genes Human Biology Dentistry Chemistry ...
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Population Boom Poses Interconnected Challenges of Energy, Food, Water
no picwe have to move the technology from the bench to the real world so that solutions see the light of day which the industry speakers in the session can address Regulatory policies have to keep ... - Read MoreReducing Waste of Food: A Key Element in Feeding Billions More People
no picwe throw away about 4 out of every 10 pounds of food produced each year ” Government studies show for instance that the average family in the United States throws away 20 pounds of food ... - Read MoreNew approaches for controlling pesticide exposure in children
no picNew research on household pesticide contamination emphasizes the need for less reliance on pesticides and more emphasis on neatness blocking cracks where insects can enter and other so called integrated pest management IPM measures scientists ... - Read MoreHidden layer of genome unveils how plants may adapt to environments throughout the world
New insights into plant evolution
Chemical Kinetics
From methanol to formaldehyde this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics Using catalysts made of gold particles formaldehyde could be produced without the environmentally hazardous waste generated in conventional ...
- Reaction rates of second key atmospheric component measured
- Cost-Saving Measure to Upgrade Ethanol to Butanol -- A Better Alternative to Gasoline
- Catalyst for green chemistry: Amberlyst-15 can act as a catalyst for the acylation of phenols and alcohols
- Breakthrough research shows chemical reaction in real time
- Catalysts that produce 'green' fuel
Spectroscopy
Metamaterials: Leading light waves astrayThe development of structured synthetic materials with unusual electromagnetic properties so called metamaterials promises to provide access to special physical effects of great technological interest Metamaterials have already been fabricated that have a negative refractive ...
- New method for tailoring optical processors
- Elucidating energy shifts in optical tweezers
- Invisible pattern can put a stop to counterfeit designer clothing
- Researchers devise method for enhancing CEST MRI
- Insights into deadly coral bleaching could help preserve reefs: Surprising result from study of 1893 World's Fair corals
Materials Science
Researchers from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology UNIST S Korea developed a novel simple method to synthesize hierarchically nanoporous frameworks of nanocrystalline metal oxides such as magnesia and ceria by the thermal conversion ...
- Artificial bone: Designing synthetic materials and quickly turning the design into reality with 3-D printing
- Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
- Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives
- Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
- Silicon-based nanoparticles could make LEDs cheaper, greener to produce
Synthetic chemistry
Screens made of organic light diodes promise unfathomable possibilities Yet high production costs often prevent their widespread use A new kind of production saves not only costs but also improves the radiance of the OLED ...
Medicinal Chemistry
Tiny implants to monitor bodily functions or to provide insulin or any other drug based on immediate need would be an advancement in personalized medicine but a problem inherent in implants is the tendency of ...
- Life underground: Microbes active far beneath seafloor
- Nanofiber sensor detects diabetes or lung cancer faster and easier
- Natural Products Drug Discovery Group explores plant potential
- Dense hydrogen in a new light
- Study Links Chemicals Widely Found in Plastics and Processed Food to Elevated Blood Pressure in Children and Teens
Supramolecular Chemistry
Chemists at Indiana University Bloomington have created a symmetrical five sided macrocycle that is easy to synthesize and has characteristics that may help expand the molecular tool box available to researchers in biology chemistry and ...
- Molecular 'sieves' harness ultraviolet irradiation for greener power generation
- Self-assembled nanostructures for hostile environments
- Building better blood vessels could advance tissue engineering
- Designing interlocking building blocks to create complex tissues
- Cell movement explained by molecular recycling
Bioinorganic Chemistry
A new study shows how complex biochemical transformations may have been possible under conditions that existed when life began on the early Earth The study shows that RNA is capable of catalyzing electron transfer under ...
Food Chemistry
The six noble gases do not normally dissolve into minerals leaving earth scientists to wonder how they are subducted back into the Earth Researchers at Brown have discovered that the lattice structure of minerals such ...
- Luminous bacterial proteins detect chemicals in water
- Deep biosphere harbors active, growing communities of microorganisms
- Detection of apple juices and cereals which exceed permitted levels of mycotoxins
- Water governs cell movement: Aquaporins play key role, new research finds
- Competing for milk can be a stressful thing for hyena twin siblings
Natural Product Chemistry
Scientists may not know for certain whether life exists in outer space but new research from a team of scientists led by a University of South Florida astrobiologist now shows that one key element that ...
- Roman seawater concrete holds the secret to cutting carbon emissions
- Oxygen consumption of individual cells measured: Scanning electrochemical microscopy decisively optimized
- CO2 Released From Burning Fuel Today Goes Back Into New Fuels Tomorrow
- Carbon dioxide released from burning fuel today goes back into new fuels tomorrow
- New technology measures oxygen in individual red blood cells in real time
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- Stress Hormone Could Trigger Mechanism for the Onset of Alzheimer's
- Underwater springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
- Predators affect the carbon cycle, study shows
- Coatings could help medical implants function better
- Efficient and inexpensive: Researchers develop catalyst material for fuel cells
- Simple and inexpensive process to make a material for carbon dioxide adsorption
- Uniquely shaped enzyme amazes chemists
- Polymer-coated catalyst protects 'artificial leaf'
- Researchers unmask Janus-faced nature of mechanical forces with supercomputer
- Artificial bone: Designing synthetic materials and quickly turning the design into reality with 3-D printing
- New 'embryonic' subduction zone found
- 'Cold snap' 116 million years ago triggered marine ecosystem crisis
- Global cooling as significant as global warming, study of marine ecosystems during Cretaceous period shows
- Noble gases hitch a ride on hydrous minerals
- Star-shaped macromolecule grabs large anions
- Secrets of biological soil crusts uncovered
- Bioenergy potential unearthed in leaf-cutter ant communities
- New Findings Regarding DNA Damage Checkpoint Mechanism in Oxidative Stress
- Memory-Boosting Chemical Is Identified in Mice
- Detecting homemade explosives, not toothpaste
- Study of oceans' past raises worries about their future
- Odors from human skin cells can be used to identify melanoma
- Autonomous energy-scavenging micro devices will test water quality, monitor bridges, more
- Prefab houses that are glued, not nailed, together
- Unzipped nanotubes unlock potential for batteries
- New catalyst neutralizes gases responsible for climate change
- Nanoparticle opens the door to clean-energy alternatives
- Research Identifies Scent of Melanoma
- Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atom
- 'Self-cleaning' pollution-control technology could do more harm than good, study suggests
- Light-carved 'nano-volcanoes' hold promise for drug delivery
- DNA brings materials to life: DNA-coated colloids help create novel self-assembling materials
- Silicon-based nanoparticles could make LEDs cheaper, greener to produce
- Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics
- Molecular 'sieves' harness ultraviolet irradiation for greener power generation
- Fossil kangaroo teeth reveal mosaic of Pliocene ecosystems in Queensland
- Luminous bacterial proteins detect chemicals in water
- Rapid adaptation is purple sea urchins' weapon against ocean acidification
- New quantum dot technique combines best of optical and electron microscopy
- Nano-thermometer enables first atomic-scale heat transfer measurements
- Deep biosphere harbors active, growing communities of microorganisms
- Cameras five times more sensitive to light? An ultrasensitive molybdenum-based image sensor developed
- Filmmaking magic with polymers
- Carbon dioxide absorption in Antarctic seas
- Researchers sequence the genome of global deep ocean
- Iron fertilization, process of putting iron into ocean to help capture carbon, could backfire
- Moving Iron in Antarctica
- Chalking up a marine blooming alga: Genome fills a gap in the tree of life
- Life underground: Microbes active far beneath seafloor
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