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Toward improved antibiotics using proteins from marine diatoms

Toward improved antibiotics using proteins from marine diatoms

Chemistry /

created Sep 08, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers in Florida are reporting an advance toward tapping the enormous potential of an emerging new group of antibiotics identical to certain germ-fighting proteins found in the human immune system. Their ...





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Frog plus frying pan equals better antibiotic

Chemistry /

created Aug 20, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

By creating "Teflon" versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil Marsh has made the potential drugs better at thwarting bacterial defenses, an improvement that could ...


Natural antibiotics yield secrets to atom-level imaging technique

Biology /

created Mar 04, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Frog skin and human lungs hold secrets to developing new antibiotics, and a technique called solid-state NMR spectroscopy is a key to unlocking those secrets.


Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Graphene Shows High Current Capacity and Thermal Conductivity

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (13) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent research into the properties of graphene nanoribbons provides two new reasons for using the material as interconnects in future computer chips. In widths as narrow as 16 nanometers, ...


Doubling a gene in corn results in giant biomass

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

University of Illinois plant geneticist Stephen Moose has developed a corn plant with enormous potential for biomass, literally. It yields corn that would make good silage, Moose said, due to a greater number of leaves and ...


Big magnet ready to face the big questions of the universe

Big magnet ready to face the big questions of the universe

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 20, 2006 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (32) | comments 0

The largest superconducting magnet ever built has successfully been powered up to its operating conditions at the first attempt. Called the Barrel Toroid because of its shape, this magnet is a vital part of ...


Silver Nanoparticles Give Polymer Solar Cells A Boost

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Small bits of metal may play a new role in solar power. Researchers at Ohio State University are experimenting with polymer semiconductors that absorb the sun’s energy and generate electricity. The goal: ...


New Microsemi Battery Charger Targets Phones, Cameras, PDAs, Lithium-Ion Batteries

Technology /

created Aug 09, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

-- Advanced features include compliance with USB bus specifications -- Charging current up to 2 Amps into single cell Lithium-Ion battery -- Requires only three external resistors Microsemi Corp. (Nasdaq:MSCC), a leadin ...


National Semiconductor Introduces Miniature Battery Management and Protection ICs for Portable Systems

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created Jun 13, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

National Semiconductor Corporation, the world leader in power management technology, today introduced two battery-charging products for portable electronics, a single-cell USB/AC charger, and a charge control and protection ...


Chandra probes high-voltage auroras on Jupiter

Chandra probes high-voltage auroras on Jupiter

Space & Earth /

created Mar 02, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have obtained new insight into the unique power source for many of Jupiter's auroras, the most spectacular and active auroras in the Solar System. Extended monitoring of the giant planet with NASA's ...


Engineers Tackle Nanoelectronics Roadblocks

Nanotechnology /

created Feb 22, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University at Buffalo engineers are working to solve two significant roadblocks impeding the creation of smaller, faster and more powerful electronic devices.



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