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Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity
Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
PCBs are everywhere: Problem exists in industrial city and rural community
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 MoreMicroscopic dust particles found in underground railways may pose health risk
New research from the University of Southampton has found that working or travelling on an underground railway for a sustained period of time could have health implications Share This See Also Workplace Health Health Policy ... - Read MoreSpecial E. coli bacteria produce diesel on demand
Pollution plumes in Paris air are richer in gaseous aromatic compounds than in Los Angeles
Paper-thin skin patch collects vitals: E-health made easier and more comfortable
E-health made easier, and more comfortable: Paper-thin skin patch collects vitals
Rigid growth matrix: A key to success of cardiac tissue engineering
A new study by researchers at UCLA suggests that the elasticity of the physical matrix used for growing heart muscle cells outside of the body may be critical to the success of cardiac tissue engineering ... - 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
More Medicinal Chemistry’s Latest News
Implantable, bioengineered rat kidney: Transplanted organ produces urine, but further refinement is needed
Overcoming a Major Barrier to Medical and Other Uses of 'Microrockets' and 'Micromotors'
no picacids bases and hydrogen peroxide depending upon its surroundings Therefore we can use these motors in many more environments than ever before ” The scientists are working on extending the lifetimes of the vehicles so ... - Read MoreGUMBOS Technology Promises New Drugs, Electronic Devices
no picparticles so small that 100 000 could fit across the width of a human hair “We believe that these GUMBOS represent a truly different approach to micro and nanotechnology ” said Professor Isiah Warner Ph ... - Read MoreMoving cells with light holds medical promise
'Pharmaceutical' approach boosts oil production from algae
no picTaking an approach similar to that used for discovering new therapeutic drugs chemists at the University of California Davis have found several compounds that can boost oil production by green microscopic algae a potential source ... - Read MoreGeochemistry
Unique Chemistry Reveals Eruption of Ancient Materials Once at Earth's Surfacewas subducted into the mantle more than 2.5 billion years ago and recycled into the mantle source of the Mangaia lavas ” said Rita Cabral the study’s primary author and a graduate student in Boston ...
- Unique sulfur isotopes in plume lavas reveal deep mantle storage of archean crust
- Ancient Earth crust stored in deep mantle
- Unique Sulfur Isotopes in Plume Lavas Reveal Deep Mantle Storage of Archean Crust
- Discovery of 1,800-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' for tropical ice cores
- Thin clouds drove Greenland's record-breaking 2012 ice melt
Theoretical Chemistry
Physicists may have created the smallest drops of liquid ever made in the lab That possibility has been raised by the results of a recent experiment conducted by Vanderbilt physicist Julia Velkovska and her colleagues ...
- Natural 'keystone molecules' punch over their weight in ecosystems
- Engineers manipulate a buckyball by inserting a single water molecule
- Movement of pyrrole molecules defy 'classical' physics
- Bold move forward in molecular analyses
- Scientists map all possible drug-like chemical compounds: Library of millions of small, carbon-based molecules chemists might synthesize
Molecular Biology
The miniaturization of electronics continues to create unprecedented capabilities in computer and communications applications enabling handheld wireless devices with tremendous computing performance operating on battery power This same miniaturization of electronic systems is also creating ...
Spectroscopy
Elucidating energy shifts in optical tweezersPhysicists are providing an all in one guide to help calculate the effect the use of optical tweezers has on the energy levels of atoms under study A small piece of paper sticks to an ...
- 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
- Plasmonics: Model makes light work of nanocircuits
- High-resolution endoscope as thin as a human hair
Synthetic chemistry
Most Americans want the U S to place more emphasis on developing solar power recent polls suggest A major impediment however is the cost to manufacture install and maintain solar panels Simply put most people ...
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
Agrochemistry
Bioenergy crops such as Miscanthus and switchgrass appear to be promising resources for renewable energy but these new crops did not come with a manual on how to measure details on their sustainability impacts Jody ...
- 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
- Smoke signals: How burning plants tell seeds to rise from the ashes
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 ...
Scientific Communication
A new type of soil property maps for Africa has been launched by ISRIC − World Soil Information in Wageningen Netherlands The maps are freely accessible Share This See Also Geography Landslides Acid Rain Global ...
- Collaborations Between Cooks and Chemists Push the Boundaries of Taste
- Global Leaders of $3.5 Trillion Enterprise Gathering for Two Days of Talks
- Communicating the science of the '6x°C egg'
- Communicating the Science of the '6x deg.C Egg' -- and Much More
- Energy and Food Are the Focus of the American Chemical Society Meeting in 'The Big Easy'
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- Opening doors to foldable electronics with inkjet-printed graphene
- Non-wetting fabric that drains sweat invented
- Origins of life: In early Earth, iron helped RNA catalyze electron transfer
- Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rainforest
- Fastest measurements ever made of ion channel proteins
- Kinks and curves at the nanoscale: New research shows 'perfect twin boundaries' are not so perfect
- Nanoantennas improve infrared sensing
- Advance in nanotech gene sequencing technique
- Bacteria use hydrogen, carbon dioxide to produce electricity
- Earth's iron core is surprisingly weak
- In Early Earth, Iron Helped RNA Catalyze Electron Transfer
- Reading rock to understand how climate change unfolds
- Add boron for better batteries
- X-ray tomography of living frog embryo
- World's smallest liquid droplets ever made in the lab, experiment suggests
- Team wins Cubesat berth to gather Earth energy imbalance measurements
- Research into carbon storage in Arctic tundra reveals unexpected insight into ecosystem resiliency
- Beautiful 'flowers' self-assemble in a beaker
- Artificial forest for solar water-splitting: First fully integrated artificial photosynthesis nanosystem
- Carbon in a twirl: The science behind a self-assembled nano-carbon helix
- New insights into how materials transfer heat could lead to improved electronics
- DNA-guided assembly yields novel ribbon-like nanostructures
- Groundwater unaffected by shale gas production in Arkansas
- Fall warming on Antarctic Peninsula driven by tropically forced circulation
- Billion-year-old water could hold clues to life on Earth and Mars
- Nanoscavengers could usher in next generation water purification
- Natural 'keystone molecules' punch over their weight in ecosystems
- Physicists light 'magnetic fire' to reveal energy's path
- First precise MEMS output measurement technique unveiled
- Solar panels as inexpensive as paint?
- Chemists demonstrate nanoscale alloys so bright they could have potential medical applications
- New uses for tiny carbon nanotubes: Adding ionic liquid to nanotube films could build smaller gadgets
- Significant improvement in performance of solar-powered hydrogen generation
- Electronics comes to paper: Paper, being light and foldable, works well for electrically conducting structures
- Obtaining polymers with à la carte optical and electrical properties
- Friction in the nano-world: Physicists discover a new kind of friction
- Cotton offers a new ecologically friendly way to clean up oil spills
- Observation of second sound in a quantum gas
- Better dyes for imaging technology
- Oxygen consumption of individual cells measured: Scanning electrochemical microscopy decisively optimized
- Molecular basis of strawberry aroma
- Water governs cell movement: Aquaporins play key role, new research finds
- Engineered biomaterial could improve success of medical implants
- Squishy hydrogels may be the ticket for studying biological effects of nanoparticles
- Low-Grade Cotton Offers More Ecologically-Friendly Way to Clean Oil Spills
- Zinc: The Goldilocks Metal for Bioabsorbable Stents?
- Research On Cilia Heats Up: Implications For Hearing, Vision Loss And Kidney Disease
- Revealing hidden fungal species using DNA: The importance of recognizing cryptic diversity
- New magnetic graphene may revolutionize electronics
- Flawed diamonds promise sensory perfection: Electron spin extended for incredibly tiny magnetic detectors
- Perfectly doped quantum dots yield 'colors to dye for'
- New Test for H7N9 Bird Flu in China May Help Slow Outbreak, Prevent Pandemic
- Loss of eastern hemlock will affect forest water use
- Dust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
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