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Lucky bacteria strike it rich during formation of treatment-resistant colonies: Research could help in battle against infections that do not respond to powerful drugs
In biology we often think of natural selection and survival of the fittest What about survival of the luckiest Like pioneers in search of a better life bacteria on a surface wander around and often ... - Read MoreImplantable, bioengineered rat kidney: Transplanted organ produces urine, but further refinement is needed
3-D scaffolds a new tool to fight cancer
Changing shape makes chemotherapy drugs better at targeting cancer cells
Nanosensors support skin cancer therapy
Unchecked antibiotic use in animals may affect global human health
For drug makers, new 3-D control opens wealth of options
A team of scientists anchored at Yale University has demonstrated a new highly versatile approach for quickly assembling drug like compounds establishing a broad new route to drug discovery and medical treatment They report their ... - 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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Death on a nanometer scale: Study measures holes antibacterials create in cell walls
Agrochemistry
No food for the human race without bees It is not quite as straightforward as that A case study by ecologists from ETH Zurich in a coffee growing area in India reveals that pollinating insects ...
- 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
Chemical Thermodynamics
In findings that could help overcome a major technological hurdle in the road toward smaller and more powerful electronics an international research team involving University of Michigan engineering researchers has shown the unique ways in ...
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 ...
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
Chemical Biology
The scientific cooperation between chemists biotechnologists and physicists from various Catalan institutes headed by Pau Gorostiza from the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia IBEC and Ernest Giralt from the Institute for Research in Biomedicine IRB ...
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
Nuclear Chemistry
Spot-welding graphene nanoribbons atom by atomScientists at Aalto University Finland and Utrecht University the Netherlands have created single atom contacts between gold and graphene nanoribbons In their article published in Nature Communications the research team demonstrates how to make electrical ...
- Nuclear testing from the 1960s helps scientist determine whether adult brains generate new neurons
- Increased NMR/MRI sensitivity through hyperpolarization of nuclei in diamond
- Resistivity switch is window to role of magnetism in iron-based superconductors
- Giant planets offer help in faster research on material surfaces
- Cool electron acceleration: Electron pulses from laser accelerator
Chemical Physics
It's not reruns of The Jetsons but researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have developed a new microscopy technique that uses a process similar to how an old tube television ...
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- Underwater springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
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- Uniquely shaped enzyme amazes chemists
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- 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
- Exposure to air transforms gold alloys into catalytic nanostructures
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