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Stanley Miller's Forgotten Experiments, Analyzed
Released 6 25 2014 12 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Georgia Institute of Technology more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations National Science Foundation NASA Astrobiology Program NSF CHE ... - Read MoreResearchers See Possible Answer to Chemo Pain in a Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Released 6 23 2014 12 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Saint Louis University Medical Center more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Journal of Biological ChemistryJun 24 2014 ST ... - Read MoreNature's Chem Lab: How Microorganisms Manufacture Drugs
all with diverse complementary expertise that enable game changing discoveries like this Håkansson said Skiniotis Sherman and Smith are faculty members in the U M Life Sciences Institute where their laboratories are located and research ... - Read MoreAntibodies from desert as guides to diseased cells
The use of nanoparticles in cancer research is considered as a promising approach in detecting and fighting tumor cells The method has however often failed because the human immune system recognizes the particles as foreign ... - Read MoreForging new ground in oil forensics: Deepwater Horizon Oil on shore even years later, after most has degraded
Years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil spill oil continues to wash ashore as oil soaked sand patties persists in salt marshes abutting the Gulf of Mexico and questions remain about how much oil has ... - Read MoreLong-range tunneling of quantum particles
One of the most remarkable consequences of the rules in quantum mechanics is the capability of a quantum particle to penetrate through a potential barrier even though its energy would not allow for the corresponding ... - Read MoreIdentifying cyst-laden meat: Sarcocystis thermostable PCR detection kit developed
Consumption of undercooked cyst laden meat from cattle sheep and goats may cause infection in humans Researchers from Universiti Teknologi MARA have successfully invented a PCR kit which provides a suitable and feasible means of ... - Read MoreResearchers 'cage' water to see it change form
Scientists are using a pioneering method of 'caging' and cooling water molecules to study the change in orientation of the magnetic nuclei at the centre of each hydrogen atom a process which transforms the molecule ... - Read MoreBreakthrough for information technology using Heusler materials: May lead to very high performance spintronic components
It is the breakthrough that physicists and chemists around the world have long anticipated and it will play a pivotal role in information technology in coming years Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz JGU have ... - Read MoreToward 24-7 glucose monitoring to help manage diabetes
Nearly half a million people with diabetes end up in emergency rooms around the U S every year due to the seizures and other consequences of dropping or spiking blood sugar levels associated with 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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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'Onion' vesicles for drug delivery developed
no picOne of the defining features of cells is their membranes Each cell's repository of DNA and protein making machinery must be kept stable and secure from invaders and toxins Scientists have attempted to replicate these ... - Read MoreTechnology using microwave heating may impact electronics manufacturing
no picEngineers at Oregon State University have successfully shown that a continuous flow reactor can produce high quality nanoparticles by using microwave assisted heating essentially the same forces that heat up leftover food with such efficiency ... - Read MoreSnowballs to soot: The clumping density of many things seems to be a standard
no picParticles of soot floating through the air and comets hurtling through space have at least one thing in common 0.36. That reports a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST is ... - Read MoreCharging portable electronics in 10 minutes: New architecture for lithium-ion battery anodes far outperform the current standard
no picResearchers at the University of California Riverside Bourns College of Engineering have developed a three dimensional silicon decorated cone shaped carbon nanotube cluster architecture for lithium ion battery anodes that could enable charging of portable ... - Read MoreInfection prevention implanted directly into bones
no picHospital germs can be fatal since they are resistant to antibiotics As a result alternative methods of defense against bacteria are in demand Fortunately a German French research team has been able to develop bone ... - Read More- «
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Bioinorganic Chemistry
Solving a case of intercellular entrapmentOptogenetics which uses light to control cellular events is poised to become an important technology in molecular biology and beyond The Reich Group in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has made a ...
- That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers
- Optogenetics: Identifying new targets for intervention
- Complementary light switchable proteins and superresolution reveal moving protein complexes in live cells at single molecule level
- Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the hidden states of enzyme active sites
- The dodo: New insights into an old bird
Sonochemistry
Ultrasound cuts costs in producing aluminium alloysScientists at Brunel University London have confirmed that treating molten metal with ultrasound is a cleaner greener and more efficient route to produce high quality castings Molten aluminium alloys at 700 °C naturally contain a ...
- Bottling up sound waves: Acoustic bottle beams hold promise for imaging, cloaking, levitation and more
- New ultrasound device may add in detecting risk for heart attack, stroke
- Unlocking the brain's secrets using sound
- Fantastic phonons: Blocking sound, channeling heat with 'unprecedented precision'
- Levitation: Droplets surfing on sound waves
Bioorganic Chemistry
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapesMIT biological engineers have created a new computer model that allows them to design the most complex three dimensional DNA shapes ever produced including rings bowls and geometric structures such as icosahedrons that resemble viral ...
Immunochemistry
New technique efficiently turns antibodies into highly tuned 'nanobodies'Antibodies in charge of recognizing and homing in on molecular targets are among the most useful tools in biology and medicine Nanobodies antibodies' tiny cousins can do the same tasks for example marking molecules for ...
Biophysical Chemistry
Watching protein crystal nucleation in real timeA major hurdle in structural biology and pharmacology is growing crystals to determine the structure of the biomolecules and pharmaceuticals under study Researchers at the University of Tübingen working with colleagues from Oxford and Grenoble ...
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules; Scientists use X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera
- X-ray laser reveals how bacterial protein morphs in response to light
- Unravelling the complexity of proteins
- Magnetic memory filmed in super slow motion
Spectroscopy
Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block lightResearchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign have experimentally demonstrated for the first time the phenomenon of Brillouin Scattering Induced Transparency BSIT which can be used to slow down speed up and block ...
Separation Processes
Deep within spinach leaves, vibrations enhance efficiency of photosynthesisBiophysics researchers at the University of Michigan have used short pulses of light to peer into the mechanics of photosynthesis and illuminate the role that molecule vibrations play in the energy conversion process that powers ...
- Broadening the scope for synthesizing optically active compounds
- Lab-on-a-chip realizes potential
- Game changer for synthesizing new materials: Method synthesizes thousands of new compounds with ultra low thermal conductivity
- Evaporation: Tiny temperature differences are primary driving force in droplet evaporation
- Chemists Find New Compounds to Curb Staph Infection
Scientific Communication
Predicting properties of the surface of titanium dioxide crystalsAn article in Physical Review Letters which was written by a group of researchers led by Qinggao Wang from MIPT's Laboratory of Computer Design of New Materials investigates the surface of titanium dioxide crystals We ...
- Citizen science increases environmental awareness, advocacy
- On environment, Republicans closer to Independents than Tea Party
- New techniques to control cork stoppers
- Under the Microscope: 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; AIP Congratulates Eric Betzig, Stefan Hell and William Moerner
- Online games and remote experiments could reduce scientific fraud, cherry-picking
Chemical Biology
Detecting chemical weapons quickly with a color-changing filmIn today's world in which the threat of terrorism looms there is an urgent need for fast reliable tools to detect the release of deadly chemical warfare agents CWAs In the journal ACS Macro Letters ...
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- 'Bulletproof' Battery: Kevlar Membrane for Safer, Thinner Lithium Rechargeables
- Researchers tune friction in ionic solids at the nanoscale
- Nanoscale mirrored cavities amplify, connect quantum memories
- Researchers use sound to slow down, speed up, and block light
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- Missing link in metal physics explains Earth's magnetic field
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- Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiled
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- Nanoshuttle wear and tear: It’s the mileage, not the age
- Visualizing interacting electrons in a molecule
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- The latest fashion: Graphene edges can be tailor-made
- Ocean could hold key to predicting recurring extreme winters
- Scientists search for new ways to deal with U. S. uranium ore processing legacy
- New technique helps probe performance of organic solar cell materials
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- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
- Soils could keep contaminants in wastewater from reaching groundwater, streams
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- New research re-creates planet formation, super-Earths and giant planets in the laboratory
- Path to artificial photosynthesis? Manganese catalyst's electronic states characterized
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- Fine motor skills for robotic hands
- Gold 'nano-drills' help with DNA analysis
- Exotic, gigantic molecules fit inside each other like Russian nesting dolls
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- New conductive coatings for flexible touchscreens
- Electroluminescent light sheets: Printable luminous particles enable cost-effective, large and curved luminous surfaces
- Decorative and flexible solar panels become part of interior design and the appearance of objects
- Sequestration on shaky ground: Natural impediment to long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells
- Individual protons and neutrons in atomic nuclei do not behave according to predictions
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