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New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

They've been dubbed "grassoline" - second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. - and numerous scientific studies have shown ...





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Diets bad for teeth are also bad for the body

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Dental disease may be a wake-up call that your diet is harming your body.


Reject watermelons -- the newest renewable energy source

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Watermelon juice can be a valuable source of biofuel. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Biotechnology for Biofuels have shown that the juice of reject watermelons can be efficiently fermented into e ...


Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel

Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel

Chemistry /

created Apr 08, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (30) | comments 9

An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow’s stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists.


New technique paves way for medical discoveries

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers have previously been able to analyse which sugar structures are to be found on certain proteins, but not exactly where on the protein they are positioned. This is now possible thanks to a new technique developed ...


Heart group: Cut back - way back - on extra sugar

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(AP) -- A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it's time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says.


Self-monitoring of blood glucose

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Diabetes patients should always control their own blood sugar values if this leads to improvements in their treatment. This is the view advocated by Michael Nauck of the Bad Lauterberg Diabetes Center and his coauthors in ...


Sweet -- sugared polymer a new weapon against allergies and asthma

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists at Johns Hopkins and their colleagues have developed sugar-coated polymer strands that selectively kill off cells involved in triggering aggressive allergy and asthma attacks. Their advance is a significant step ...


Researchers identify the 3 killer indicators that are even worse than high cholesterol

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Warwick have identified a particular combination of health problems that can double the risk of heart attack and cause a three-fold increase in the risk of mortality.


Chinese herbal medicines for preventing diabetes in high risk people

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

More research is required to establish whether Chinese herbal medicines can reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes, according to Cochrane Researchers. Although herbal medicines are widely used in Asian countries to ...


Chemically squeezing every drop of ethanol from corn

Other Sciences /

created Mar 09, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Brent Shanks is going down to the molecules to find a little extra ethanol. Shanks, an Iowa State University associate professor of chemical and biological engineering, is leading a research team that's working to develop ...



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