News tagged with carboxylic acids
Space rock yields answers about origins of life on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Formic acid, a compound implicated in the origins of life, has been found at record levels on a meteorite that fell onto a frozen Canadian lake in 2000.
Does prebiotic material exist in space?
Mar 26, 2009 |
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Spanish and French astrophysicists have identified a band in the infrared range that serves to track the presence of organic material rich in oxygen and nitrogen in the interstellar dust grains. Should any ...
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Using microbes for the quick clean up of dirty oil
Sep 08, 2009 |
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Microbiologists from the University of Essex, UK have used microbes to break down and remove toxic compounds from crude oil and tar sands. These acidic compounds persist in the environment, taking up to 10 years to break ...
Fatty acids clue for Alzheimer's
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The amount of fatty acids in the brain varies between healthy people and those with Alzheimer's according to new research from the University of Bristol, UK, supported by the Alzheimer's Research ...
New Web site aims to deepen public knowledge of omega-3s
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Hoping to broaden understanding about the benefits of Omega-3 fatty acids, a Purdue University-based international consortium has launched a Web site and newsletter campaign to educate the public, physicians and veterinarians. ...
The 'see food' diet
Jul 23, 2009 |
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Current research suggests that a diet high in omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent one of the leading causes of legal blindness among the elderly. The related report by Tuo et al, "A high omega-3 fatty acid diet reduces retinal ...
Edible coating makes fish filets longer-lasting, healthier
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Consumers may be able to eat longer-lasting, potentially healthier fish fillets if research at Oregon State University makes its way to the supermarket.
Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics
Oct 29, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemistry researchers at The University of Warwick and the John Innes Centre, have found a novel signalling molecule that could be a key that will open up hundreds of new antibiotics unlocking them from the ...
Mice run faster on high-grade oil
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Between the 1932 and 2008 Olympic Games, world record times of the men's 100m sprint improved by 0.6 seconds. Scientists at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology in Austria have shown that an equivalent improvement can ...
Biologists discover 'death stench' is a universal ancient warning signal
Sep 11, 2009 |
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The smell of recent death or injury that repels living relatives of insects has been identified as a truly ancient signal that functions to avoid disease or predators, biologists have discovered.
Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks and Chemistry for First Life
Oct 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Lightning and gases from volcanic eruptions could have given rise to the first life on Earth, according to a new analysis of samples from a classic origin-of-life experiment performed more ...
Universal ink for microcontact printing
Jun 01, 2006 |
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"Printing" on the micrometer scale is the technology of the future for the production of the electronic components used for such things as flat-screen monitors or (bio)sensors.
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