News tagged with ferric oxide

Mars Express zeroes in on erosion features

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the planet. If ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1




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Insect gut microbe with a molecular iron reservoir

Microbes are omnipresent on earth. They are found as free-living microorganisms as well as in communities with other higher organisms. Thanks to modern biological techniques we are now able to address the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New target found for nitric oxide's attack on salmonella bacteria

A new target for nitric oxide has been revealed in studies of how it inhibits the growth of Salmonella. This bacterium is a common cause of food-poisoning.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jul 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How many nanoparticles heat the tumor?

Those who have to fight a powerful enemy must look for allies. This is why physicists from different scientific fields have decided to cooperate with biomedical physicians in order to place the fight against cancer through ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Aug 09, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mechanism uncovered behind Salmonella virulence and drug susceptibility

Researchers have discovered a novel mechanism in Salmonella that affects its virulence and its susceptibility to antibiotics by changing its production of proteins in a previously unheard of manner. This a ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Magnetic nanoparticles to simultaneously diagnose, monitor and treat

(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether it's magnetic nanoparticles (mNPs) giving an army of 'therapeutically armed' white blood cells direction to invade a deadly tumour's territory, or the use of mNPs to target specific nerve channels ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged in Martian Soil

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 1

Deep-sea rocks point to early oxygen on Earth

Red jasper cored from layers 3.46 billion years old suggests that not only did the oceans contain abundant oxygen then, but that the atmosphere was as oxygen rich as it is today, according to geologists.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 1

Electronic heat trap grips deep Earth

(PhysOrg.com) -- The key to understanding Earth's evolution, including how our atmosphere gained oxygen and how volcanoes and earthquakes form, is to look deep, really deep, into the lower mantle—a region ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 12, 2008 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (27) | comments 2

Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses

Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) “superbug” strains, resists our body's ...

Biology /

created Mar 24, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (30) | comments 4

Ceramic tubes could cut greenhouse gas emissions from power stations

Greenhouse gas emissions from power stations could be cut to almost zero by controlling the combustion process with tiny tubes made from an advanced ceramic material, claim engineers today.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Aug 03, 2007 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (29) | comments 0


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