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Noble gases hitch a ride on hydrous minerals
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
Researchers from the University of Granada Spain have analysed the presence of patulin a type of toxin produced by fungi in several commercial apple juices The results show that more than 50% of the samples ... - Read MoreWater governs cell movement: Aquaporins play key role, new research finds
Competing for milk can be a stressful thing for hyena twin siblings
'Seeing' the Flavor of Foods
taste and odor Now we are beginning to understand that flavor depends on parts of the brain that involve taste odor touch and vision The sum total of these signals plus our emotions and past ... - Read MoreRevealing the Scientific Secrets of Why People Can't Stop After Eating One Potato Chip
began coming out of the bag today in research presented at the 245th National Meeting & amp Exposition of the American Chemical Society the world’s largest scientific society The meeting which news media have termed ... - Read MoreHigh Levels of Lead Detected in Rice Imported From Certain Countries
Rice imported from certain countries contains high levels of lead that could pose health risks particularly for infants and children who are especially sensitive to lead’s effects and adults of Asian heritage who consume large ... - Read MoreMajor Symposium on Arsenic Contamination in Food and Water Supplies
manufacturers stopped adding it to common household products ” Other speakers in the symposium focused on the ongoing problem of arsenic contamination in the 21st century Arsenic occurs naturally in elevated concentrations in the soil ... - 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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Widely Used Filtering Material Adds Arsenic to Beers
no picthe risk of alcohol poisoning is a far more realistic concern as stated in previous studies on the topic ” Coelhan pointed out that beers produced in at least six other countries had higher arsenic ... - Read MoreFighting listeria and other food-borne illnesses with nanobiotechnology
Everything You Know About Osmosis Is (Probably) Wrong
no picReleased 3 28 2013 2 30 PM EDTSource Newsroom Dick Jones Communications Mar 28 2013 Osmosis – the flow of a solvent across a semipermeable membrane from a region of lower to higher solute concentration ... - Read MoreBiochemical engineering: Waste not, want not
no picA simple fermentation treatment can convert a by product of biofuel production into a valuable chemical feedstock for a wide range of biomedical products Share This See Also Cell Biology Agriculture and Food Organic Chemistry ... - Read MoreIndustrial chemicals found in food samples
Acid-base Chemistry
Efficient robust and economic catalyst materials hold the key to achieving a breakthrough in fuel cell technology Scientists from Jülich and Berlin have developed a material for converting hydrogen and oxygen to water using a ...
Carbohydrate Chemistry
As spring warms up Wisconsin humans aren't the only ones tending their gardens At the University of Wisconsin Madison Department of Bacteriology colonies of leaf cutter ants cultivate thriving communities of fungi and bacteria using ...
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- Wood not so green a biofuel? Logging may have greater impact on carbon emissions than previously thought
- Metal-free catalyst outperforms platinum in fuel cell
- Catalyst could jump-start e-cars, green energy
- Charge your mobile phone with formic acid?
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 ...
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
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
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 Industry
A newly synthesized material might provide a dramatically improved method for separating the highest octane components of gasoline Measurements at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST have clarified why The research team which ...
- Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in Arkansas
- Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
- Geologists study mystery of 'eternal flames'
- Researchers find a way to make steel without greenhouse-gas emissions
- New mechanism converts natural gas to energy faster, captures carbon dioxide
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 ...
Molecular Biology
Chemists of Radboud University Nijmegen have found that a uniquely shaped enzyme that has never been seen before in biology is real two interlocked ring structures known as catenanes The results have been published early ...
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