News tagged with oxidation rates


What is the energy consuming style in chronic severe hepatitis B patient normality?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The liver plays a pivotal role in fuel and energy metabolism. Many studies have shown that patients with liver cirrhosis have nutrient and energy metabolism imbalances, which lead to malnutrition and can seriously affect ...





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Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.


Fire without smoke

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3

Could combustion without flames be used to build industrial gas turbines for power generation that are much more efficient than current models and produce almost no polluting emissions? Researchers in the Middle East provide ...


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Oxidized lava may help explain Earth's evolution

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(AP) -- Material from volcanoes where the Earth's plates squeeze together is more oxidized than in regions where the seafloor splits apart, a finding that helps shed light on some of the basic processes in ...


Biologists discover bacterial defense mechanism against aggressive oxygen

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bacteria possess an ingenious mechanism for preventing oxygen from harming the building blocks of the cell. This is the new finding of a team of biologists that includes Joris Messens of VIB, a life sciences research institute ...


Green tea component may help preserve stored platelets, tissues

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In two separate studies, a major component in green tea, epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), has been found to help prolong the preservation of both stored blood platelets and cryopreserved skin tissues.


Study helps advance heart-related research

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using a new mathematical model of heart cells, University of Iowa investigators have shown how activation of a critical enzyme, calmodulin kinase II (CaM kinase), disrupts the electrical activity of heart cells.


Applied Materials' Vantage RadOx System Delivers 10X Oxide Reliability

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created May 17, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Applied Materials, Inc. introduces the Applied Vantage RadOx RTP system for depositing superior oxide films using a proven, high-productivity platform. The system's proprietary radical oxidation technology reduces device ...


Fat still on the children's menu

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 16, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Parents should think twice before offering a low-fat menu to youngsters, despite concerns over obesity. Children burn more body fat than adults for each calorie spent, according to research in the online open access publication, ...


Heaps of climate gas

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2007 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The cow as a killer of the climate: This inglorious role of our four-legged friends, peaceful in itself, is well-enough recognised, because, with their digestion, the animals produce methane, which is expelled continuously.


Helping the obese fight loss of muscle function

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Experts at The University of Nottingham are working on ground-breaking research to determine, for the first time, precisely what damage obesity can inflict on the muscles in our body.



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