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Cancer Researchers Identify 'Achilles Heel' in Metabolic Pathway That Could Lead to New Treatments for Lung Cancer
Released 7 Oct 2014 2 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom UT Southwestern Medical Center more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Cell MetabolismOct 8 2014 DALLAS – Oct 7 ... - Read MorePollution linked to lethal sea turtle tumors
Pollution in urban and farm runoff in Hawaii is causing tumors in endangered sea turtles a new study finds The study published Tuesday in the peer reviewed open access journal PeerJ shows that nitrogen in ... - Read MorePlatinum meets its match in quantum dots from coal: New catalyst for fuel cells outperforms platinum
Graphene quantum dots created at Rice University grab onto graphene platelets like barnacles attach themselves to the hull of a boat But these dots enhance the properties of the mothership making them better than platinum ... - Read MoreNew drug-delivery capsule may replace injections
Given a choice most patients would prefer to take a drug orally instead of getting an injection Unfortunately many drugs especially those made from large proteins cannot be given as a pill because they get ... - Read MoreOld Drug May Be Key to New Antibiotics
Released 22 Sep 2014 3 05 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations eLifeSep 23 2014 Hamilton ON September 22 2014 – McMaster ... - Read MoreResearchers Study Vital 'On/Off Switches' That Control When Bacteria Turn Deadly
No matter how many times it’s demonstrated it’s still hard to envision bacteria as social communicating creatures But by using a signaling system called “quorum sensing ” these single celled organisms radically alter their behavior ... - Read MoreBacterial communication: And so they beat on, flagella against the cantilever
A team of researchers at Boston University and Stanford University School of Medicine has developed a new model to study the motion patterns of bacteria in real time and to determine how these motions relate ... - Read MoreMicrofluidics: Lab on a breathing chip
Human nasal epithelial cells cultured on a microchip react to air pollutants just like they would in the upper airway The upper respiratory tract is the first line of defense against air pollutants including allergens ... - Read MoreLiposome research meets nanotechnology to improve cancer treatment
In the race to find more effective ways to treat cancer Boise State University biophysicist Daniel Fologea is working outside the rules of general mathematics that say one plus one equals two In his world ... - Read MoreRemoving odor from wastewater using bacteria
The company EcoVerde by Mexican Humberto Uribe Luis Lobo designed a new filtration system that removes odor and other pollutants from wastewater through a biological process based on bacteria that feed on hydrogen sulfide a ... - 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 ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
More Medicinal Chemistry’s Latest News
Introducing the multi-tasking nanoparticle
no picKit Lam and colleagues from UC Davis and other institutions have created dynamic nanoparticles NPs that could provide an arsenal of applications to diagnose and treat cancer Built on an easy to make polymer these ... - Read MoreSynthesis produces new fungus-derived antibiotic
no picA fortuitous collaboration at Rice University has led to the total synthesis of a recently discovered natural antibiotic The laboratory recreation of a fungus derived antibiotic viridicatumtoxin B may someday help bolster the fight against ... - Read MoreDrug Shows Promise Against Sudan Strain of Ebola in Mice
no picResearchers from Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and other institutions have developed a potential antibody therapy for Sudan ebolavirus SUDV one of the two most lethal strains of Ebola A different strain ... - Read MoreGraphene 'droplets' open up possibilities in drug delivery, disease detection
no picA chance discovery about the 'wonder material' graphene already exciting scientists because of its potential uses in electronics energy storage and energy generation takes it a step closer to being used in medicine and human ... - Read MoreBiomotor discovered in many bacteria and viruses
no picScientists at the University of Kentucky led by nano biotechnologist Peixuan Guo have made some critical discoveries over the past year into the operation of biomotors the molecular machines used by viruses and bacteria in ... - Read MoreGeochemistry
Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metalsIf you put a camera in the ice machine and watched water turn into ice the process would look simple But the mechanism behind liquids turning to solids is actually quite complex and understanding it ...
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- Global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
- Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
Photochemistry
Glimpsing pathway of sunlight to electricityFour pulses of laser light on nanoparticle photocells in a University of Oregon spectroscopy experiment has opened a window on how captured sunlight can be converted into electricity The work which potentially could inspire devices ...
- High-tech materials purify water with sunlight
- Promising news for producing fuels through artificial photosynthesis
- Solar-power device would use heat to enhance efficiency
- Photosynthesis mechanism: Tofu-like crystalline catalysts for producing clean energy
- General in the Solar Army to High School and College Students: 'We Are Recruiting'
Crystallography
Liquid crystal as lubricantThanks to a new lubricant small gears can run with virtually no friction Made from liquid crystalline fluid these lubricants drastically reduce friction and wear Lubricants are used in motors axels ventilators and manufacturing machines ...
- Definitive evidence of how zeolites grow: Tracking crystal growth in real time
- Researchers grow liquid crystal 'flowers' that can be used as lenses
- Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source: Device is like a photonic crystal, but smaller and tunable
- Crystal Mysteries Spiral Deeper
- Vaterite: Crystal within a crystal helps resolve an old puzzle
Chemical Industry
Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells InsteadReleased 4 Mar 2015 4 30 PM ESTSource Newsroom Pacific Northwest National Laboratory more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Fuel CellsMar 6 2015 RICHLAND Wash – Large ...
- Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimates
- Combination of imaging methods improves diagnostics
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified
- Detecting gases wirelessly, cheaply
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Metabolic path to improved biofuel productionResearchers with the Energy Biosciences Institute EBI a partnership that includes the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab and the University of California UC Berkeley have found a way to increase the production of fuels ...
Chemistry Education
OMG Moment Affects GPAsReleased 24 Feb 2015 1 00 PM ESTSource Newsroom Wake Forest University more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Feb 25 2015 Professor Angela King had an OMG moment ...
- No Joke: Chemistry Thesis Transmuted Into Comic Book
- Lead negatively impacts cognitive functions of boys more than girls
- Esther Conwell, Pioneering Professor of Chemistry, Dead at 92
- Do cycle lanes increase safety of cyclists from overtaking vehicles?
- Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Should 'Spark Imagination of Would-Be Scientists Everywhere,' Says Cornell Chemist
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
Bioorganic Chemistry
Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solvedFrom a practical standpoint the wiring of the human eye a product of our evolutionary baggage doesn't make a lot of sense In vertebrates photoreceptors are located behind the neurons in the back of the ...
Acid-base Chemistry
Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsionsMIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures known as emulsions that could have many applications in drug delivery sensing cleaning up pollutants and performing chemical reactions Many drugs vaccines cosmetics ...
- 'Seeing' hydrogen atoms to unveil enzyme catalysis that may play key role in cancer drug development
- "Seeing" Hydrogen Atoms to Unveil Enzyme Catalysis
- Chemists identify role of soil in pollution control
- New material makes water and oil roll off
- Single-atom gold catalysts may offer path to low-cost production of fuel and chemicals
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- Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the year
- Hidden hazards found in 'green' products
- Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
- Lightning plus volcanic ash make glass
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- Democratizing synthetic biology
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-D
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Medical nanoparticles: local treatment of lung cancer
- Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Chemists develop 'looking glass' for spotting sound molecular structures
- Biomolecular force generation based on principle of a gas spring
- The Making of a Geochemist: Q&A with Andrew Stack
- Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells Instead
- NYU Chemists Develop "Looking Glass" for Spotting Sound Molecular Structures
- American Chemical Society Presidential Symposia: Nanoscience, International Chemistry
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Flower-like magnetic nanoparticles target difficult tumors
- Graphene Research: Electrons Moving along Defined Snake States
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- The rub with friction: News rules of friction at the microscopic level
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Smart crystallization
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
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