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Report says dietary supplements for horses, dogs and cats need better regulation
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Aug 21, 2008 |
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The growing use of animal dietary supplements has raised several concerns, including the safety of specific supplements and the approaches taken to determine their safeness. A new National Research Council report, requested ...
Plugging in Molecular Wires
Feb 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are masters of everything to do with solar energy because they are able to almost completely transform captured sunlight into chemical energy. This is in ...
Scientists develop first fully automated pipeline for multiprotein complex production
May 04, 2009 |
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Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance ...
New technology sharpens X-ray vision
Jan 20, 2008 |
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the EPFL in Switzerland have developed a novel method for producing dark-field x-ray images at wavelengths used in typical medical and industrial imaging ...
Molecules in the spotlight
Dec 12, 2008 |
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A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Results ...
The early relatives of flowering plants
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Nov 21, 2007 |
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The emergence of flowering plants is regarded as a major botanical mystery. In today’s edition of the scientific magazine Nature, an international research team with participation from the Paul Scherrer Instit ...
Spinning into the future of data storage
Nov 24, 2008 |
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Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.
Relationships in rank and file: Better sequence searches of genes and proteins
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Feb 23, 2009 |
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Since the sequencing of the human genome eight years ago, enormous progress has been made in analyzing and understanding it. Nevertheless, the function of most human genes is still barely understood. An important first step ...
Applied Materials, Phoenix Silicon Offer Enhanced 300mm Test Wafer Reclaim Services
Jun 24, 2004 |
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Applied Materials, Inc. announced an agreement with Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) of Hsinchu, Taiwan, to provide enhanced 300mm test wafer reclaim services to semiconductor manufacturers to enable increased fab profitability.
Solar energy stored efficiently
Jun 26, 2005 |
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Pilot solar power-plant delivers promising results For the first time solar energy has been successfully used in a pilot-plant to create storable energy from a metal ore. In a project funded by the EU, the Paul Scherrer ...
Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source
Sep 14, 2009 |
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Fusion is best known for powering the sun and stars. But researchers have long been studying ways to transform that power source into future "green" energy that can be used on Earth. A team of researchers ...
Super-Resolution X-ray Microscopy unveils the buried secrets of the nanoworld
Jul 17, 2008 |
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A novel super-resolution X-ray microscope developed by a team of researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and EPFL in Switzerland combines the high penetration power of x-rays with high spatial resolution, ...
Prion switching in response to environmental stress
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Nov 25, 2008 |
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If you have had a hard day at work, you may change your eating habits, perhaps favoring comfort food, but you don't suddenly develop the ability to eat the plate and cutlery. A new paper, published in this week's issue of ...
Green tea chemical combined with another may hold promise for treatment of brain disorders
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Scientists at Boston Biomedical Research Institute (BBRI) and the University of Pennsylvania have found that combining two chemicals, one of which is the green tea component EGCG, can prevent and destroy a variety of protein ...
New phase-contrast microscopy developed at PSI enhances X-ray images
May 10, 2006 |
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Imaging techniques are increasingly at the forefront of progress in science and technology. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is among the leaders in this development. Imaging techniques turn objects visually ...
