News tagged with liquid nitrogen
Great Barrier Reef hopes on ice in Aussie Outback
The arid plains fringing Australia's desert centre are more suited to camels than blooms of coral but here, hundreds of miles from the coast, a piece of the Great Barrier Reef has been put on ice.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Scientists establish cell cultures of endangered frog
San Diego Zoo Global Wildlife Conservancy scientists have taken a tremendous leap forward in banking viable amphibian cells. This was achieved through the first successful establishment of cell cultures from frozen biopsy ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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Innovative superconductor fibers carry 40 times more electricity
Wiring systems powered by highly-efficient superconductors have long been a dream of science, but researchers have faced such practical challenges such as finding pliable and cost-effective materials. Now ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Geneticists find joy in Spudville
David Tay heaves aside a metal door that leads into an earthquake-proof room chilled to 42 degrees. There, under the glow of blue-tinged lights, are thousands of test tubes, each with small green sprouts trapped inside.
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Fire ants assemble as a 'super-organism' (w/ video)
The ants may go marching one by one, but they end up forming a superstructure of thousands -- and together they can form a raft that stretches the boundaries of the laws of physics, according to new research ...
Apr 25, 2011 |
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Curiosity rover gets a test taste of Mars conditions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A space-simulation chamber at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., is temporary home this month for the Curiosity rover, which will land on Mars next year.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 21, 2011 |
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International first: Gas-phase carbonic acid isolated
A team of chemists headed by Thomas Loerting from the University of Innsbruck and Hinrich Grothe from the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien) in Austria have prepared and isolated gas-phase carbonic ...
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Alternating stacks of planar cations and dipyrrole-containing anions provides concept for new materials
(PhysOrg.com) -- Pyrroles, which are rings containing one nitrogen and four carbon atoms, are essential components of our red hemoglobin as well as the green chlorophyll in plants. Japanese researchers led ...
Dec 10, 2010 |
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Liquid nitrogen most effective at removing warts
Cryotherapy with liquid nitrogen is the most effective method to remove common warts, found a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Sep 13, 2010 |
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New method of tissue banking makes gene analysis more practical for lung cancer
Analyzing the genes expressed by cancer cells allows for a better understanding of that patient's specific disease and in turn, a more personalized approach to treatment. But obtaining the RNA from a tumor in the lungs in ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Brain freezer in Russia claims secret of eternal life
"I don't ever want to die... It wouldn't suit me," said Innokenty Osadchy. Fortunately, the 35-year-old investment banker is certain he has found a loophole out of death.
Jul 01, 2010 |
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Some women storing eggs now for pregnancies later
Rachel Lehmann-Haupt was 37 when she froze her eggs, a process technically known as oocyte cryopreservation. She knew it wouldn't guarantee her fertility. But the San Francisco-based writer had just ended a relationship ...
Apr 19, 2010 |
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World first superconducting DC power transmission system a step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 08, 2010 |
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Optical refrigeration expected to enhance airborne and spaceborne applications
Under an Air Force Office of Scientific Research, multi-university grant, a team led by University of New Mexico professor, Dr. Mansoor Sheik-Bahae created the first-ever all-solid-state cryocooler that can ...
Jan 29, 2010 |
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Collection Provides Supply for Taxonomical Rescues
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Agricultural Research Service maintains some of the world's largest publicly accessible collections of microbes that are used to benefit agricultural sciences. But some smaller ARS collections ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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