News tagged with inorganic compounds


World first as scientists grow microtubes from crystals

World first as scientists grow microtubes from crystals (Video)

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a world-first, scientists at the University of Glasgow have grown micro-tube structures from crystals of inorganic compounds.





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Arsenic exposure could increase diabetes risk

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Inorganic arsenic, commonly found in ground water in certain areas, may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The study ...


'It might be life Jim...', physicists discover inorganic dust with life-like qualities

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 09, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (182) | comments 0

Could extraterrestrial life be made of corkscrew-shaped particles of interstellar dust? Intriguing new evidence of life-like structures that form from inorganic substances in space are revealed today in the New Journal of ...


HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.


Open Lid Reveals Mercury

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mercury, the silvery liquid formerly used in thermometers, is now known to be highly toxic. The worst of the toxins are organic mercury compounds, such as methylmercury. Most previous analytical procedures ...


HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS ('hybrid inorganic polymer system') are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.


Researchers aim to simplify a compound that acts on alpha-tubulin to slow down the process of cell division associated with canc

Researchers aim to simplify a compound that acts on alpha-tubulin to slow down the process of cell division associated w

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research is being carried out to design and synthesise a new generation of compounds that act on the tubulin molecule, involved in cell multiplication, through a mechanism that has not yet been used in chemotherapy. ...


Arsenic biomethylation required for oxidative DNA damage

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Biomethylation of arsenic compounds appears to cause oxidative DNA damage and to increase their carcinogenicity, according to a new study published online November 23 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.


New oral agents may prevent injury after radiation exposure

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and collaborators have discovered and analyzed several new compounds, collectively called the ''EUK-400 series,'' which could someday be used to prevent radiation-induced ...


Organometallic compounds as new drugs? Cobalt-containing aspirin complex with potential anti-tumor properties

Chemistry /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Despite considerable progress in modern chemotherapy, there remains a large demand for innovative anti-tumor agents. A new approach involves modeling the pharmacological properties of established drugs with organometallic ...


Research to spotlight carbon monoxide benefits

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 22, 2007 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of York have won a grant of £110,000 to investigate potential uses of carbon monoxide in treating disease.



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