News tagged with accelerator mass spectrometry
Plants may affect the effect of wildfires
May 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Rising temperatures may lead to more tinder-dry vegetation, but that doesn't mean there will be a higher risk for wildfires in a particular area.
New technology for dating ancient rock paintings
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 11, 2009 |
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A new dating method finally is allowing archaeologists to incorporate rock paintings — some of the most mysterious and personalized remnants of ancient cultures — into the tapestry of evidence used to study life in prehistoric ...
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Fast, cheap melamine detector duo will outfox dairy frauds
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Two easy-to-use new ways of detecting melamine on the production line are reported in the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Chemical Communications.
Large Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive propulsion
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive, a possible future form of spacecraft propulsion that could drive spacecraft ...
Structure of hepatitis B virus mapped
Jul 28, 2008 |
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Using a newly developed method, Utrecht University researchers have mapped the structure and composition of the hepatitis B virus. The researchers were able to map the structure by spraying the virus.
Oetzi the Iceman dressed like a herdsman
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A famous Neolithic Iceman is dressed in clothes made from sheep and cattle hair, a new study shows. The researchers say their findings support the idea that the Iceman was a herdsman, and that their technique, reported today ...
New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 19, 2008 |
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[B]Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry[/B] A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. The ...
New test makes cheating with drugs in sports easier to detect
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 19, 2008 |
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[B]Research news from Journal of Mass Spectrometry[/B] A new mass spectrometry test can help sports anti-drug doping officials to detect whether an athlete has used drugs that boost naturally occurring steroid levels. The ...
Finding Better Ways to Diagnose Heart Attacks
Sep 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA biochemistry researchers apply Nobel Prize technology to develop better diagnostics for heart attacks. Their work also could help predict individual risks of heart disease.
Drug discovery process more accurate, less expensive using novel mass spectrometry application
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have developed a new mass spectrometry-based tool they say provides more precise, cost-effective data collection for drug discovery efforts.
Electronic nose created to detect skin vapours
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jul 22, 2009 |
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A team of researchers from the Yale University (United States) and a Spanish company have developed a system to detect the vapours emitted by human skin in real time. The scientists think that these substances, ...
Danaher buying MDS, Life Technologies unit
Sep 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Danaher Corp. said Wednesday it will shed about twice as many existing jobs and plants as previously announced and also buy a global provider of medical instruments to analyze molecules.
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