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Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory

Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life in Laboratory

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory.


Tiny bubbles clean oil from water

Tiny bubbles clean oil from water

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed ...





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Genome Engineering Could Provide New Method of Creating Diesel

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

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


Consumption of certain fish during pregnancy associated with poorer cognitive performance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children who eat fish more than 3 times per week show a worse performance in the general cognitive, executive and perceptual-manipulative areas. Those with higher levels of exposure to mercury show a generalised delay in ...


Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source

Researchers turn algae into high-temperature hydrogen source

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 5

In the quest to make hydrogen as a clean alternative fuel source, researchers have been stymied about how to create usable hydrogen that is clean and sustainable without relying on an intensive, high-energy ...


Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Hydrogen milestone moves energy independence one step forward

Technology / Energy

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (14) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- Big things often come in small packages. That's certainly the case with the potential created by recent successes in hydrogen research at Idaho National Laboratory.


Spread of Western Juniper Seeds Studied

Spread of Western Juniper Seeds Studied

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Aromatic, evergreen foliage and plump, dusty-blue to nearly purple berries make western juniper appealing, whether it's a small shrub or a lofty tree. The trouble is, during the past 100 years ...


Improved adhesive for products like transparent tape could benefit biofuels economy

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An adhesive used in products like laminate countertops may also help cement a place for economically viable biofuels, according to a Kansas State University researcher.


When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression

When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Experiments led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that normally friendly ants can turn against each other by exploiting the chemical cues they use ...


INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma

INL scientist is harnessing the power of plasma

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 5

Most schoolchildren learn that everything in the universe is a solid, a liquid or a gas. But those lessons miss the fourth and by far most common state of matter: plasma.



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