News tagged with organic letters
Geologists find ponds not the cause of arsenic poisoning in India's groundwater
The source of arsenic in India's groundwater continues to elude scientists more than a decade after the toxin was discovered in the water supply of the Bengal delta in India. But a recent study with a Kansas State University ...
Nov 02, 2011 |
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Peacekeeping creatures help maintain woodland diversity
Common woodland creatures, including woodlice, millipedes and worms, can help ensure the survival of weaker species of woodland fungi, according to new research from Cardiff University.
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Researchers extend genetic code of an entire animal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers Sebastian Greiss and Jason Chin of the Medical Research Council's Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, have succeeded in manipulating the DNA of a nematode such that a ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Not just 'woody weeds' - spreading shrubs have silver lining
The global spread of native trees and shrubs into open grazing land and abandoned farms can bring unexpected environmental and economic benefits, a major new international study has found.
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Expanding the degrees of surface freezing
(PhysOrg.com) -- As part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven ...
Mar 31, 2011 |
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Lab on chip for membrane proteins
A novel nanopore array structure can be used to monitor the transport kinetics of membrane proteins by fluorescence microscopy. Due to the parallel design of the nanopore chip, a large number of samples can ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 09, 2010 |
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More hurricanes in greener seas? Ocean color linked to formation, movement of tropical cyclones
More hurricanes may form in greener waters, where sunlight tends to be absorbed at shallower depths, than in clear seas, according to new research that draws a link between ocean color and the formation and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 08, 2010 |
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Is organic farming good for wildlife? It depends on the alternative
Even though organic methods may increase farm biodiversity, a combination of conventional farming and protected areas could sometimes be a better way to maintain food production and protect wildlife.
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Major hurdle cleared for organic solar cells
Solar energy is an environmentally-friendly way of producing electricity and is considered to be one of the most appealing options for the future.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 17, 2010 |
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Buried silver nanoparticles improve organic transistors
Out of sight is not out of mind for a group of Hong Kong researchers who have demonstrated that burying a layer of silver nanoparticles improves the performance of their organic electronic devices without requiring complex ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 10, 2010 |
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Rocks on Mars may provide link to evidence of living organisms 4 billion years ago
A new article in press of the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters unveils groundbreaking research on the hydrothermal formation of Clay-Carbonate rocks in the Nili Fossae region of Mars. The findin ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 29, 2010 |
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High reliability of flexible organic transistor memory looks promising for future electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the constant demand for high-performance nonvolatile memory devices, researchers continue to develop better memories - ones with low power consumption, good reliability, and low manufacturing ...
Jul 08, 2010 |
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CSU scientist simplifies aerosols for modeling
The large number of tiny organic aerosols floating in the atmosphere - emitted from tailpipes and trees alike - share enough common characteristics as a group that scientists can generalize their makeup and ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 26, 2010 |
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Purple is the new green: Researcher examines light harvesting properties of purple bacteria
Purple bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth. They are single celled microscopic organisms that play a vital role in sustaining the tree of life. This tiny organism lives in aquatic environments ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
German scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2010 |
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