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Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.
Computer predicts reactions between molecules and surfaces, with 'chemical precision'
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Good news for heterogeneous catalysis and the hydrogen economy: computers can now be used to make accurate predictions of the reactions of (hydrogen) molecules with surfaces. An international team of researchers, headed by ...
Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer with an Upside
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found by collaborating scientists at Rutgers University and the Woods Hole ...
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Map of Human Bacterial Diversity Shows Wide Interpersonal Differences
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New Synthetic Molecules Trigger Immune Response to HIV and Prostate Cancer
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Toward home-brewed electricity with 'personalized solar energy'
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Mimicking nature, scientists can now extend redox potentials
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Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs
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New Digital 'Electronics' Concept May Continue Moore's Law,
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Tiny Music Player Made from Wire Bridge (w/ Video),
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Stars Fueled by Dark Matter Could Hold Secrets to the Universe,
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Creating a six-qubit cluster state,
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Second Law of Thermodynamics May Explain Economic Evolution,
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered an already-FDA-approved compound that can effectively “silence” a cell receptor shown to interfere with chemotherapy.
New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas
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Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process described ...
An inexpensive 'dipstick' test for pesticides in foods
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Hybrid molecules show promise for exploring, treating Alzheimer's
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NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein
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Searching for a needle in a haystack may seem futile, but it's worth it if the needle is a hard-to-detect protein that may identify a person at high risk of a heart attack circulating within a haystack of ...
Clean algae biofuel project leads world in productivity
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Australian scientists are achieving the world's best production rates of oil from algae grown in open saline ponds, taking them a step closer to creating commercial quantities of clean biofuel for the future.
Curry-cure? Spicing up the effectiveness of a potential disease-fighter
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Scientists are reporting development of a nano-size capsule that boosts the body's uptake of curcumin, an ingredient in yellow curry now being evaluated in clinical trials for treatment of several diseases. ...
New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Researchers at UAB in collaboration with the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, have discovered the structure of the PPC descarboxilase (PPCDC) enzyme present in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a very important ...
Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...
Researchers reconstitute enzyme that synthesizes cholesterol drug lovastatin
Nov 03, 2009 |
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Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have for the first time successfully reconstituted in the laboratory the enzyme responsible for producing the blockbuster cholesterol-lowering ...
Researchers design new strategy to find drugs to treat neglected infection
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Using an unconventional approach that they designed, University of Pittsburgh drug discoverers and their collaborators at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research have identified compounds that hold promise for treating leishmaniasis, ...
Hybrid composite for root canal treatment
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A dentist carrying out root canal treatment will need to use a variety of compounds. These do not always bond together properly and sometimes expensive follow-up treatment has to be performed. ...
Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease (w/ Video)
Nov 02, 2009 |
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The immune system's T cells have the unique responsibilities of being both jury and executioner. They examine other cells for signs of disease, including cancers or infections, and, if such evidence is found, ...
New activity found for a potential anti-cancer agent
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Pateamine A (PatA), a natural product first isolated from marine sponges, has attracted considerable attention as a potential anti-cancer agent, and now a new activity has been found for it, which may reveal yet another anti-cancer ...
The 'e-Nose': Scientists try to develop an electronic sniffer
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Sniff, sniff, sniff -- Yum! Sniff, sniff, sniff -- Oh, yuck!!! For almost 25 years, chemists and other scientists have tried to build a machine that can do exactly that.
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Porphyrin Dimers Increase Efficiency of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
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Heavy metals accumulate more in some mushrooms than in others
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Eco-friendly metal coating replacement for chromate
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Red, White Wine, Fish And Science
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Researchers create nanoparticle coating to prevent freezing rain buildup (w/ Video)
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Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme
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Improved adhesive for products like transparent tape could benefit biofuels economy
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'Feel-good' hormone serotonin regulates blood sugar concentration
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Pumpkin skin may scare away germs
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Statins show dramatic drug and cell dependent effects in the brain
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Scientists Make Ink Disappear, Make Paper Reusable
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Scientists Show Strontium's Swimming Skills
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Scientists Are First To Observe The Global Motions Of An Enzyme Copyinng DNA
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Podcast: Tiny sea creature and a new medical adhesive
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Identifying Molecules in Infrared Could Lead to New Medicines
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Researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans
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New look for antiques: Paintings and gilt surfaces can be effectively and gently restored with water-based microemulsion
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Common weed could provide clues on aging and cancer
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Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time
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EphA4 -- the molecular transformer
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