News tagged with bicarbonate ions
Shellfish face an uncertain future in a high CO2 world
May 27, 2009 |
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Overfishing and disease have decimated shellfish populations in many of the world's temperate estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Smithsonian scientists, led by Whitman Miller, ecologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research ...
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Sodium bicarbonate reduces incidence of contrast-induced nephropathy
May 13, 2009 |
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A meta-analysis of 17 randomised controlled trials has shown that pre-procedural treatment with sodium bicarbonate based hydration is the optimal treatment strategy to prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN). The research, ...
Baking soda: For cooking, cleaning, and kidney health?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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A daily dose of sodium bicarbonate -- baking soda, already used for baking, cleaning, acid indigestion, sunburn, and more -- slows the decline of kidney function in some patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), ...
Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...
X marks the spot: Ions coldly go through NIST trap junction
Apr 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool. Ten million times ...
Nanoball Batteries Could Charge Electric Cars in 5 Minutes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have designed a new battery that can recharge devices about 100 times faster than conventional lithium ion batteries. The design could lead to electric car batteries that ...
Ion trap quantum computing
May 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Right now, classical computers are faster than quantum computers,” René Stock tells PhysOrg.com. “The goal of quantum computing is to eventually speed up the time scale of solving certain important proble ...
Study could help target new pancreatitis treatments
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Pancreatitis is often a fatal condition, in which the pancreas digests itself and surrounding tissue. Scientists have previously found that alcohol can trigger the condition by combining with fatty acids in the pancreas, ...
Scientists Show Strontium's Swimming Skills
Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently, a trio from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Louisiana Tech University showed that strontium ions congregate on water's surface. Their computer simulation and careful calculations ...
DNA gripped in nanopores
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
May 14, 2009 |
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Molecular biologists, including the cool dudes from CSI, use gel electrophoresis to separate DNA fragments from each other in order to analyze the DNA. A team of researchers under the leadership of Vici winner Serge Lemay, ...
A penny for your prions: Researchers study link between copper, mad cow disease
Jun 25, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- North Carolina State University researchers have discovered a link between copper and the normal functioning of prion proteins, which are associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathy ...
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