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Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemists synthesize fungal compound with anti-cancer activity

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ten years ago, William Fenical of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography isolated from an ocean-living fungus a compound that has since shown the ability to kill cancer cells in the lab. ...





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Darwin meets Facebook

Biology / Other

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Natural history plans to chart life on earth, yet the discipline risks being buried under a landslide of painstakingly collected data that isn't always used. Now researchers at London's Natural History Museum have created ...


Scientists identify natural anti-cancer defenses

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Canadian researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism that prevents cancer. In the December 11 edition of the prestigious journal Molecular Cell, scientists from the Université de Montréal and th ...


Taking NOTES: abdominal surgery without general anesthesia

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In this review, Michael ...


How much is nature worth?

How much is nature worth?

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 1

How much is nature worth? £1 billion? £100 billion? £1 trillion? The loss of our forests and biodiversity in general could cost us between £1.2-2.8 trillion a year, according to Pavan Sukhdev, who is giving ...


Researchers develop virtual streams to help restore real ones

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab, which demonstrates the ...


New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas

New evidence supports 19th century idea on formation of oil and gas

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Scientists in Washington, D.C. are reporting laboratory evidence supporting the possibility that some of Earth's oil and natural gas may have formed in a way much different than the traditional process described ...


Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

Microorganism may provide key to combating giant salvinia throughout Louisiana

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A team of researchers at Louisiana Tech University has found that a naturally occurring microorganism acts as a natural herbicide against giant salvinia.


Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory

Unusual meteorite found by time-lapse camera observatory

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- An unusual meteorite with an interesting orbit has been tracked to the ground using a photographic observatory that records time-lapse images of fireballs traveling across the sky.


Slowing evolution to stop drug resistance

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Infectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They are also a natural part of evolution. In a new project, researchers at the University of Gothenburg are attempting to find ...


BirdsEye -- a new iPhone app -- resolves your rapture for raptors or finding a finch

Biology / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Looking for larks? Searching for surfbirds? Checking for chickadees? There's an app for that.



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