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Microbial factories

Microbial factories: Researchers harness bacteria to produce energy, clean up environment

Chemistry /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the search for answers to the planet's biggest challenges, some MIT researchers are turning to its tiniest organisms: bacteria.





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First Pump-Probe Experiment at LCLS Completed

First Pump-Probe Experiment at Linac Coherent Light Source Completed

Physics / General Physics

created 9 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first experiment using the Linac Coherent Light Source to illuminate molecules via a "pump-probe" technique has been completed by an international team of more than 30 scientists from ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 10 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (18) | comments 4

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Heavy metal paradox could point toward new therapy for Lou Gehrig's disease

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

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New discoveries have been made about how an elevated level of lead, which is a neurotoxic heavy metal, can slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease - findings that could point the way ...


Research sheds new light on epilepsy

Medicine & Health / Research

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Pioneering research using human brain tissue removed from people suffering from epilepsy has opened the door to new treatments for the disease.


First metallic nanoparticles resistant to extreme heat

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A University of Pittsburgh team overcame a major hurdle plaguing the development of nanomaterials such as those that could lead to more efficient catalysts used to produce hydrogen and render car exhaust less toxic. The researchers ...


Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Scientists demonstrate multibeam, multi-functional lasers

Physics / General Physics

created 14 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

An international team of applied scientists from Harvard, Hamamatsu Photonics, and ETH Zürich have demonstrated compact, multibeam, and multi-wavelength lasers emitting in the invisible part of the light spectrum ...


First live targeting of tumors with RNA-based technology

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 15 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding and treating a tumor without disturbing normal tissue presents challenges - sometimes the most effective therapies can be invasive and harsh.


A challenge to improve Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for structural biology

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created 20 hours ago | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In structural biology, the only technique available to predict the three dimensional structure of large complex molecules in solution, such as proteins and DNA, is NMR spectroscopy. To catalyze improvements ...


Kangaroos may hold skin cancer cure: study

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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Kangaroos may provide the key to a potential treatment to prevent skin cancer, Australian scientists said Monday.


Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Glasgow scientists predict the unpredictable to guide future nano-chip design

Technology / Semiconductors

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Glasgow, in collaboration with colleagues from Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton and York universities, have developed technology which will help microchip designers create ...



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