News tagged with compounds
Toxic chemicals found in common scented laundry products, air fresheners
Jul 23, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (48) |
9
A University of Washington study of top-selling laundry products and air fresheners found the products emitted dozens of different chemicals. All six products tested gave off at least one chemical regulated as toxic or hazardous ...
Study: Spices may protect against consequences of high blood sugar
Aug 05, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (40) |
6
(PhysOrg.com) -- Herbs and spices are rich in antioxidants, and a new University of Georgia study suggests they are also potent inhibitors of tissue damage and inflammation caused by high levels of blood sugar.
New study on antioxidants shows mixed results for life extension
Biology /
Sep 30, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (23) |
1
First the good news: a study by scientists at the Buck Institute for Age Research shows four common antioxidants extended lifespan in the nematode worm C. elegans. And the not such good news: those four were among 40 antioxidants ...
New way to break some of the strongest chemical bonds
Dec 16, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (23) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Cornell University in the U.S. have found a new way of breaking two of the strongest chemical bonds, at ambient temperature and pressure, and this breakthrough could lead to ...
Turning metal black more than just a novelty
Dec 08, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (20) |
5
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Rochester optics professor Chunlei Guo made headlines in the past couple of years when he changed the color of everyday metals by scouring their surfaces with precise, high-intensity laser bursts.
Research shows some plants can remove indoor pollutants
Dec 02, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (18) |
3
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some plants have the ability to drastically reduce levels of indoor pollutants, according to new research at the University of Georgia. Researchers showed that certain species can effectively ...
Metal Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure
Mar 12, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (19) |
10
An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming ...
Compounds May Help Combat Brain Diseases
Nov 07, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (15) |
1
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas and Southern Methodist University (SMU) have identified a group of chemical compounds that slows the degeneration of neurons, a condition that causes such ...
Spot discovered on dwarf planet Haumea shows up red and rich with organics
Sep 16, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (16) |
2
A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary Science ...
Dangerous laser printer particles identified
Feb 11, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (14) |
2
The identity and origin of tiny, potentially hazardous particles emitted from common laser printers have been revealed by a new study at Queensland University of Technology.
The tummy's taste for red wine with red meat
Jun 30, 2008 |
4.6 / 5 (14) |
1
What happens when red wine meets red meat? If the rendezvous happens in the stomach, scientists in Israel are reporting, wine's bounty of healthful chemical compounds may thwart formation of harmful substances ...
Research points to methods for recovering petroleum
Oct 15, 2008 |
4.7 / 5 (12) |
1
Miles below us, deep within Earth's crust, life is astir. Organisms there are not the large creatures typically envisioned when thinking of life. Instead, thriving there are microbes, the smallest and oldest ...
Researchers find new chemical key that could unlock hundreds of new antibiotics
Oct 29, 2008 |
4.9 / 5 (11) |
0
(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 ...
Space rock yields answers about origins of life on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 03, 2009 |
4.4 / 5 (12) |
3
(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.
Duke team finds compounds that prevent nerve damage
Sep 23, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (10) |
0
Duke University Medical Center scientists have made a significant finding that could lead to better drugs for several degenerative diseases including Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Compounds that block the ...
