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Tracing the traces: Nanogram concentrations of a toxic compound detected in chlorinated tap water

Dec 23, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 6

(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

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(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

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(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, ...

Secret behind the composition of the varnish on Stradivari violins revealed

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (23) | 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Antonio Stradivari is the most famous instrument maker of all time. He was especially famous for his violins, which he produced in Cremona from about 1665 until his death in 1737. In particular, ...

Researchers develop cheap, easy 'kitchen chemistry' to perform formerly complex synthesis

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 04, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (12) | 0

A team at The Scripps Research Institute has made major strides in solving a problem that has been plaguing chemists for many years: how best to break carbon-hydrogen bonds and then to create new bonds to join molecules together. ...

Snowflake chemistry could give clues about ozone depletion

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 07, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

There is more to the snowflake than its ability to delight schoolchildren and snarl traffic.

A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 02, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...

Researchers discover novel method for detecting MIRCERA

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Dec 16, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Austrian researchers have successfully developed a new electrophoretic method for detecting MIRCERA® and other erythropoietins (EPO) in the blood. The technique, using SARCOSYL-PAGE, has specifically enhanced sensitivity ...

'Smell of old books' offers clues to help preserve them

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Dec 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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 ...