News tagged with natural chemicals


Fresh Pot of Tea Strikes Anticancer Gold

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More i ...


Fresh pot of tea strikes anti-cancer gold

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Researchers might one day brew up a cancer treatment in their afternoon cuppa, says a study in a Royal Society of Chemistry journal.





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Brain's endocannabinoid signaling pathway kept in check by two enzymes

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team has shown that blocking the degradation of two naturally occurring cannabinoids in the endocannabinoid signaling pathway of the brain produces marijuana-like behavioral effects in mice, according ...


Bioengineers succeed in producing plastic without the use of fossil fuels

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 0

A team of pioneering South Korean scientists have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals. This groundbreaking research, ...


New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming

New research provides blueprint for molecular basis of global warming

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

A new study indicates that major chemicals most often cited as leading causes of climate change, such as carbon dioxide and methane, are outclassed in their warming potential by compounds receiving less attention.


Antioxidant found in vegetables has implications for treating cystic fibrosis

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine discovered that a dietary antioxidant found in such vegetables as broccoli and cauliflower protects cells from damage caused by chemicals generated during the ...


Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...


New imagining technique could lead to better antibiotics and cancer drugs

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A recently devised method of imaging the chemical communication and warfare between microorganisms could lead to new antibiotics, antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer drugs, said a Texas AgriLife Research scientist.


How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

How Size Matters For Catalysts: Study Links Size, Activity, Electronic Properties

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah chemists demonstrated the first conclusive link between the size of catalyst particles on a solid surface, their electronic properties and their ability to speed chemical ...


Plentiful poinsettias without PGRs

Plentiful poinsettias without PGRs

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Poinsettias can be a lucrative crop for ornamental plant growers, particularly during the Christmas season. In the temperate regions of the southern hemisphere, where poinsettias are grown for both export ...


Spider mite predators serve as biological control

Spider mite predators serve as biological control

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The control of spider mites, which damage tree leaves, reduce fruit quality and cost growers millions of dollars in the use of pesticide and oil spraying, is being biologically controlled in Pennsylvania apple ...


Colorado county copes with methane mystery (AP)

Colorado county copes with methane mystery

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 7

(AP) -- Bernice and Jerry Angely like to show visitors the singed T-shirt a friend was wearing when their water well exploded and shot flames 30 feet high.



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