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Machine Converts CO2 into Gasoline, Diesel, and Jet Fuel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

19 hours ago | 4.4 / 5 (19) | 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have built a machine that uses the sun's energy to convert carbon dioxide waste from power plants into transportation fuels such as gasoline, diesel, ...

Rescuing male turkey chicks

Chemistry / Biochemistry

16 hours ago | not rated yet | 0

A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in ...

Microbes to Take Over Ethanol Production?

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 20, 2009 | 3.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not too long ago, it seemed that ethanol production was the wave of the future. The use of trash, wood chips or different types of plants -- usually grass or corn -- to make ethanol was considered ...

Researchers create 'fly paper' to capture circulating cancer cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (5) | 1

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

Saliva proteins change as women age

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

In a step toward using human saliva to tell whether those stiff joints, memory lapses, and other telltale signs of aging are normal or red flags for disease, scientists are describing how the protein content ...

Toward explaining why hepatitis B hits men harder than women

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 18, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Scientists in China are reporting discovery of unusual liver proteins, found only in males, that may help explain the long-standing mystery of why the hepatitis B virus (HBV) sexually discriminates -- hitting ...

The protein Srebp2 drives cholesterol formation in prion-infected neuronal cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 18, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Prions are causing fatal and infectious diseases of the nervous system, such as the mad cow disease (BSE), scrapie in sheep or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans. Scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München and Technische Universität ...

Research describes connections between Circadian and metabolic systems

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 17, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper by University of Notre Dame biologist Giles Duffield and a team of researchers offers new insights into a gene that plays a key role in modulating the body’s Circadian system and may ...

Stem cells alleviate tumor treatment side effects

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 17, 2009 | 3 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Human embryonic stem cells could help people with learning and memory deficits after radiation treatment for brain tumors, suggests a new UC Irvine study.

Fungi May Hold Key to Reducing Grapefruit Juice Interactions with Medications

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 17, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fungus may help solve a problem of a grapefruit compound that interacts negatively with certain prescription drugs, according to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

Accidental discovery produces durable new blue pigment for multiple applications

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 16, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (32) | 6

An accidental discovery in a laboratory at Oregon State University has apparently solved a quest that over thousands of years has absorbed the energies of ancient Egyptians, the Han dynasty in China, Mayan ...

Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 16, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (6) | 1

When we think of genetic engineering, our minds often jump to giant tomatoes and animal cloning. However, this is not always the case.

Scientists guide immune cells with light and microparticles (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 16, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

A team led by Yale University scientists has developed a new approach to studying how immune cells chase down bacteria in our bodies. Their findings are described in the November 15 issue of Nature Methods Advanc ...

Study reveals why certain drug combinations backfire

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 13, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (4) | 0

Combination drug therapy has become a staple for treating many infections. For instance, doctors treat extensively drug resistant forms of tuberculosis with one drug that breaks down the pathogen's protective barriers and ...

Researchers solve structure of NMDA receptor unit that could be drug target for neurological diseases

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

A team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory reports on Thursday their success in solving the molecular structure of a key portion of a cellular receptor implicated in Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other serious ...

New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 12, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at University College Dublin have solved a chemistry problem which has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...

Sweet as can be: How E. coli gets ahead

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Scientists at the University of York have discovered how certain bacteria such as Escherichia coli have evolved to capture rare sugars from their environment giving them an evolutionary advantage in naturally competitive enviro ...

Vibrations key to efficiency of green fluorescent protein

Chemistry / Biochemistry

Nov 11, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

University of California, Berkeley, chemists have discovered the secret to the success of a jellyfish protein whose green glow has made it the darling of biologists and the subject of the 2008 Nobel Prize ...