http://www.physorg.com/chemistry-news/chemistry-other/ en-us PhysOrg.com provides the latest news on composition, structure, and properties of matter As they pop the champagne corks to celebrate New Year's Eve, drug industry executives will likely be glad to put 2009 behind them. That's because pharmaceutical companies who make top-selling drugs for heart disease, asthma, and many other conditions had a tough year in the midst of mounting market pressures and a global recession. A timely year-end analysis of the state of the pharmaceutical industry is scheduled for the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. http://www.physorg.com/news179590308.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:20:12 EST news179590308 (PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins. http://www.physorg.com/news179595724.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:10 EST news179595724 Recalls of ground beef, peanut butter, and other foods have done more than raise public awareness and concern about food safety. They also are quietly fueling a boom in the market for food testing equipment and fostering new food safety regulations. That's the topic of the two-part cover story in the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, (C&EN) ACS' weekly newsmagazine. http://www.physorg.com/news178986274.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:28:17 EST news178986274 A recent study confirms that the antioxidants and other plant-based nutrients in chocolate and cocoa products are highly associated with the amount of non-fat cocoa-derived ingredients in the product. The study expands on previously published results. http://www.physorg.com/news178354316.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:13:08 EST news178354316 (PhysOrg.com) -- As a clean energy alternative, NASA invented an algae photo-bioreactor that grows algae in municipal wastewater to produce biofuel and a variety of other products. http://www.physorg.com/news177780192.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:40:01 EST news177780192 (PhysOrg.com) -- Drinking green tea can help prevent the formation of large kidney stones, report Chinese scientists in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal CrystEngComm. http://www.physorg.com/news177318374.html Chemistry - Other Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:40:02 EST news177318374 It is currently estimated that natural gas resources will be exhausted in 130 years; however, those reserves where extraction is cost-effective will only flow for another 60 years or so. http://www.physorg.com/news177164574.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:00:01 EST news177164574 Drug companies and nonprofit organizations are joining forces to develop new drugs and vaccines to target so-called "neglected" diseases that claim millions of lives in the developing world each year. Those hard-to-treat diseases include malaria, tuberculosis, dengue fever, and other conditions. That's the topic of the cover story scheduled for the current issue of Chemical & Engineering News, ACS' weekly newsmagazine. http://www.physorg.com/news177164847.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:29:34 EST news177164847 A comfort food, a tasty treat, an indulgence - ice cream conjures feelings of happiness and satisfaction for millions. Ice cream researchers at the University of Missouri have discovered ways to make ice cream tastier and healthier and have contributed to ice cream development and manufacturing for more than a century. Today, MU researchers are working to make ice cream into a functional food, adding nutrients such as fiber, antioxidants and pro-biotics to premium ice cream. http://www.physorg.com/news177016408.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:02 EST news177016408 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. Their study is in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news176557243.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:10:01 EST news176557243 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. http://www.physorg.com/news176551538.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:30:03 EST news176551538 The long-standing rule of matching wine and food -- red wine with red meat and white wine with fish -- actually has a scientific explanation, according to two scientists working for the Mercian Corporation, a Japanese producer and marketer of wine. http://www.physorg.com/news176060518.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:40:01 EST news176060518 Suppose you had a disease for which there's a proven cure, but nobody makes the drug. Where do you turn? http://www.physorg.com/news175269026.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:40:03 EST news175269026 Economy-minded consumers who want protection from the sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays -- but rather not pay premium prices for sun-protective clothing -- should think blue and red, rather than yellow. Scientists in Spain are reporting that the same cotton fabric dyed deep blue or red provide greater UV protection than shades of yellow. Their study, which could lead to fabrics with better sun protection, is scheduled for the Nov. 4 issue of ACS' Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. http://www.physorg.com/news174748544.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:30:01 EST news174748544 Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears in ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could also help keep the substance out of soft drinks and dozens of other human foods that contain HFCS. The substance, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), forms mainly from heating fructose. http://www.physorg.com/news174746800.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:20:02 EST news174746800 Dr. James Palmer, associate professor of chemical engineering at Louisiana Tech University, is collaborating with fellow professors Dr. Yuri Lvov, Dr. Dale Snow, and Dr. Hisham Hegab to capitalize on the environmental and financial benefits of "biofuels" by using nanotechnology to further improve the cellulosic ethanol processes. http://www.physorg.com/news174228049.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:41:27 EST news174228049 (AP) -- If Nobel judges are looking to improve the balance of women winning the chemistry prize, Israeli scientist Ada Yonath could be a strong candidate when the award is announced Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news174110438.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:01:28 EST news174110438 A team of pharmacists from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) has established that the levels of vitamin C in many fruit juices and soft drinks are far higher than those indicated on their labels by the manufacturers. This finding has been possible owing to a new technique developed by the researchers to determine the content of vitamin C in these kinds of drinks. http://www.physorg.com/news173954456.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:41:57 EST news173954456 An analytical chemist at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been recognized with a National Institutes of Health Director's New Innovator Award. The award will support Wei-Jun Qian's drive to make new research and clinical diagnostic tools that are dramatically more sensitive, reliable and faster than current technologies. http://www.physorg.com/news172991433.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:20:02 EST news172991433 So you're a manufacturer about to introduce a new consumer product to the marketplace. Will that product or the manufacture of the product contribute to global warming through the greenhouse effect? http://www.physorg.com/news172328712.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:20:11 EST news172328712 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have patented a new method to remove toxic mercury from soil, sediment, sludge and other industrial waste. As described in recently awarded U.S. patent number 7,589,248 and application U.S. Publication No. 20080097138, the method allows mercury to be treated in situ - at its original location in the ground. http://www.physorg.com/news172238217.html Chemistry - Other Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:57:49 EST news172238217 Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), a division of the American Chemical Society, announced that on September 7 it recorded the 50 millionth substance in CAS REGISTRY, the world's most comprehensive and high-quality compendium of publicly disclosed chemical information. The recently registered substance is a novel arylmethylidene heterocycle with analgesic properties. Reaching the 50 million mark so quickly is an indicator of the accelerating pace of scientific knowledge. CAS registered the 40 millionth substance just nine months ago -in contrast, it took 33 years for CAS to register the 10 millionth compound in 1990. http://www.physorg.com/news171823698.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:30:03 EST news171823698 Scientists in China are reporting the "intriguing" discovery that a natural plant hormone, applied to crops, can help plants eliminate residues of certain pesticides. The study is scheduled for the Sept. 23 issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news171745791.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:50:01 EST news171745791 (PhysOrg.com) -- Any chemist with access to the Internet can now use a powerful tool to help them accurately identify the structure of a protein, thanks to recently published work led by Harold A. Scheraga, Cornell's Todd Professor of Chemistry Emeritus. http://www.physorg.com/news171738311.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:30:02 EST news171738311 Chicken feathers, usually an unwanted byproduct of poultry processing, may have a more valuable future as an ingredient in biodegradable flower pots, according to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist. http://www.physorg.com/news171732486.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:00:01 EST news171732486 Kudzu, the fast-growing vine that has gobbled up some 10 million acres in the Southeast, may prove to be a valuable dietary supplement for metabolic syndrome, a condition that affects 50 million Americans, say researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). http://www.physorg.com/news171195492.html Chemistry - Other Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:40:01 EST news171195492 Kudzu, the nuisance vine that has overgrown almost 10 million acres in the southeastern United States, may sprout into a dietary supplement. Scientists in Alabama and Iowa are reporting the first evidence that root extracts from kudzu show promise as a dietary supplement for a high-risk condition - the metabolic syndrome - that affects almost 50 million people in the United States alone. Their study appears in the current issue of ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. http://www.physorg.com/news170502897.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:30:03 EST news170502897 Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees. Their study, which appears in the current issue of ACS' bi-weekly Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, could also help keep the substance out of soft drinks and dozens of other human foods that contain HFCS. The substance, hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), forms mainly from heating fructose. http://www.physorg.com/news170502342.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:00:06 EST news170502342 (PhysOrg.com) -- Life in the fruit bowl is no longer the pits, thanks to a University of Alberta researcher. http://www.physorg.com/news170343700.html Chemistry - Other Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:00:01 EST news170343700 In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world's oceans, scientists are reporting that plastics -- reputed to be virtually indestructible -- decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water. http://www.physorg.com/news169927772.html Chemistry - Other Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:25:39 EST news169927772