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Structural biology spin-out tackles major diseases

Biology /

created Aug 07, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A spin out company from basic structural biology, Asterion Ltd., has led to new technology that provides a way of creating therapeutic proteins to tackle major diseases such as cancer, diabetes and infertility. The research ...





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Ordered Water: Just how much water is there in calcined gypsum?

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gypsum was used as a building material in antiquity and is still widely used as a binder in plaster, drywall, and spackling paste. Known as dihydrate in construction chemistry, gypsum is a water-containing ...


8 new human genome projects offer large-scale picture of genetic difference

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Apr 30, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

A nationwide consortium led by the University of Washington in Seattle has completed the first sequence-based map of structural variations in the human genome, giving scientists an overall picture of the large-scale differences ...


Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science

Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected thanks to 21st century science

Technology / Engineering

created May 13, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A dismantled Henry Moore sculpture could be re-erected in Kensington Gardens, London, thanks to the latest rock engineering techniques, says a team of experts today.


One-story masonry building survives strong jolts during seismic tests

One-story masonry building survives strong jolts during seismic tests (w/Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A one-story masonry structure survived two days of intense earthquake jolts after engineering researchers at the University of California, San Diego put it to the test. The series of tests, performed at UC ...


Instant Bamboo House

Bamboo instant houses will soon shelter Sichuan quake victims

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 0

A USC Viterbi School of Engineering professor on sabbatical in China has created a prototype of a sturdy, quick-to-build bamboo house designed to help the vast number of people made homeless by the May 12 ...


Life secret exposed: Scientists unlock mystery of molecular machine

Chemistry /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (28) | comments 8

A major mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature, two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecu ...


NIAID creates HIV vaccine discovery branch

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created Jun 25, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

To accelerate the translation of basic discoveries about HIV into advances in vaccine design and evaluation, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), ...


Focus on functional materials development shortchanges opportunities for discovery

Chemistry /

created Sep 11, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The current research focus on "functional polymers" can overlook the opportunity for important discoveries that can arise from basic research on how things work, said a distinguished chemist.


Better chemistry through living models

Chemistry /

created Jun 06, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory will receive $1.98 million from the U.S. Department of Energy over the next three years to emulate nature’s use of enzymes to convert chemicals to energy, PNNL announced ...


Clemson structural engineering students score a slam dunk

Engineering students score a slam dunk (Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with ...



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