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Tracing the traces: Nanogram concentrations of a toxic compound detected in chlorinated tap water
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Dec 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking water can transmit a number of diseases, including typhoid, dysentery, cholera, and diarrhea, which can then spread explosively throughout an entire service area. To avoid this problem, drinking ...
Adjusting acidity with impunity
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique ...
Glowing channels: Microanalysis system for rapid mercury detection
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Dec 22, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Water contaminated with mercury is very dangerous for both people and the environment, as mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals. Though laboratory analyses do deliver precise quantitative measurements, ...
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Researchers discover novel method for detecting MIRCERA
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Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Secret behind the composition of the varnish on Stradivari violins revealed
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Researchers develop cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' to perform formerly complex synthesis
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A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone
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Immersive Game System Allows Physical Interaction Between Players,
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Machine Translates Thoughts into Speech in Real Time,
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More precise measurements of the W boson,
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Light-Driven Nanorod Could Roll on Water,
Dec 18, 2009 |
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New Study of Meteorite Provides More Evidence for Ancient Life on Mars,
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'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them
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Dec 02, 2009 |
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Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its smell. In a report in ACS' Analytical Chemistry, a semi-monthly journal, they describe develo ...
Research sheds light on workings of anti-cancer drug
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Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The copper sequestering drug tetrathiomolybdate (TM) has been shown in studies to be effective in the treatment of Wilson disease, a disease caused by an overload of copper, and certain metastatic cancers. ...
GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...
IBM scientists create rapid disease diagnostic chip (w/ Video)
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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IBM scientists have created a one-step point-of-care-diagnostic test, based on an innovative silicon chip, that requires less sample volume, is significantly faster, portable, easy to use, and can test for ...
'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...
Form of Mercury in Older Dental Fillings Unlikely to be Toxic: Study
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Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Amid the on-going controversy over the safety of mercury-containing dental fillings, a University of Saskatchewan research team has shed new light on how the chemical forms of mercury at the surface of fillings ...
Telling an old book by its smell: Aroma hints at ways of preserving treasured documents
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Scientists may not be able to tell a good book by its cover, but they now can tell the condition of an old book by its odor. In a report published in the American Chemical Society's Analytical Chemistry they d ...
Researchers to develop novel drug detection technology using software that acts like a robotic scientist
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Nov 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Every time a person snorts cocaine, it doesn’t just go to his or her head: It also provokes a response in the immune system, creating special biomolecules that may serve as a permanent record of each exposure.
Computer predicts reactions between molecules and surfaces, with 'chemical precision'
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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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 ...
Tiny injector to speed development of new, safer, cheaper drugs
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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It's no bigger than a stamp packet but it has the potential to allow rapid development of a new generation of drugs and genetic engineering organisms, and to better control in-vitro fertilization.
New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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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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Nov 04, 2009 |
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Scientists in Canada are reporting the development of a fast, inexpensive "dipstick" test to identify small amounts of pesticides that may exist in foods and beverages. Their paper-strip test is more practical ...
NIST quantifies low levels of 'heart attack risk' protein
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Nov 04, 2009 |
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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 ...
The 'e-Nose': Scientists try to develop an electronic sniffer
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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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.
Seeing Previously Invisible Molecules for the First Time
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Harvard chemists led by X. Sunney Xie has developed a new microscopic technique for seeing, in color, molecules with undetectable fluorescence. The room-temperature technique allows ...
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EphA4 -- the molecular transformer
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Oct 23, 2009 |
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Sensor biochips could aid in cancer diagnosis and treatment
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Scientist shines laser light on methane in pursuit of clean fuel
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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New technique paves way for medical discoveries
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Oct 19, 2009 |
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Chemist Develops High-Speed Test to Improve Pathogen Decontamination
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Open Lid Reveals Mercury
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Nanoscale structures revealed on Diamond's latest beamline
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Tracking down the human 'odorprint'
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Oct 14, 2009 |
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Tiny motes sniff out chemical, biological threats
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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New tracer for better melanoma image
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Oct 06, 2009 |
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New technology detects chemical weapons in seconds
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Oct 05, 2009 |
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Researchers: Champagne's aroma comes from bubbles
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Sep 28, 2009 |
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Lab-on-a-Chip Performs 1,000 Chemical Reactions At Once
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Sep 27, 2009 |
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Portable and precise gas sensor could monitor pollution and detect disease
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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Drug discovery process more accurate, less expensive using novel mass spectrometry application
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Sep 17, 2009 |
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Ring closure as warning: New reagent for the detection of organophosphate neurotoxins with an extremely fast response
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Sep 16, 2009 |
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Water quality in orbit: Scientists test H2O disinfection on International Space Station
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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New NIST trace explosives standard slated for homeland security duty
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Sep 09, 2009 |
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New biosensor can detect bacteria instantaneously
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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NIST Calculations May Improve Temperature Measures for Microfluidics
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