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New battery could lead to cheaper, more efficient solar energy

A joint research project between the University of Southampton and lithium battery technology company REAPsystems has found that a new type of battery has the potential to improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of solar ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Revealing how a battery material works

Since its discovery 15 years ago, lithium iron phosphate (LiFePO4) has become one of the most promising materials for rechargeable batteries because of its stability, durability, safety and ability to deliver ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Understanding how bacteria come back from the dead

Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning in the UK and throughout the EU, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which it can grow. New research involving a team ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Benefits abound with recently patented system that reduces phosphorus in wastewater

A team of bioprocessing engineers with Kansas State University's Advanced Manufacturing Institute has been issued a patent for a system that removes phosphorus from wastewater and addresses environmental regulations.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Where does my beer come from?

Researchers at the University of Seville (Spain) have developed a technique based on chemical patterns for identifying the country of origin of beer. The content of iron, potassium, phosphates and polyphenols ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers use a 3D printer to make bone-like material (w/ video)

It looks like bone. It feels like bone. For the most part, it acts like bone. And it came off an inkjet printer.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Taking a page from nature to build better nanomaterials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes nature cannot be improved upon. One example is in the synthesis of nanomaterials, which in the laboratory or factory generally requires toxic chemicals and extreme conditions of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transfusion not always best treatment for anemia, age of stored blood may play a role

University of Kentucky researchers, including lead author Samy Selim of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine and the Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, have recently published a paper suggesting that transfusion may ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Iron' fist proposed for Miami's giant snail problem

Huge, slimy snails from Africa have overrun a Miami-area town and the US government said Tuesday a potent pesticide is the best way to get rid of their exploding numbers.

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Rock rafts could be 'cradle of life'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Floating rafts of volcanic pumice could have played a significant role in the origins of life on Earth, scientists from Oxford University and the University of Western Australia have suggested.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 12 | with audio podcast

Kidney drugs hampered by high blood phosphate

High blood phosphate levels can set chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients on a rapid path to kidney failure, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN). To mak ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New component of a plant steroid-activated pathway discovered

Plant biologists have been working for years to nail down the series of chemical signals that one class of plant hormones, called brassinosteroids, send from a protein on the surface of a plant cell to the cell's nucleus. ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A systematic way to find battery materials

Lithium-ion batteries have become a leading energy source for everything from smartphones and laptops to power tools and electric cars, and researchers around the world are actively seeking ways to nudge their performance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Connecting the dots: Nanoscale approach to biomaterials

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine are piecing together the process of tooth enamel biomineralization, which could lead to novel nanoscale approaches to developing biomaterials. The findings ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Botanists unearth old headlines while unwrapping plant samples

Students unwrapping plant samples got a bit of history mixed in with botany recently, when they unearthed headlines from old newspapers dating as far back as 1950.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Phosphate

A phosphate, an inorganic chemical, is a salt of phosphoric acid. In organic chemistry, a phosphate, or organophosphate, is an ester of phosphoric acid. Organic phosphates are important in biochemistry and biogeochemistry or ecology. Inorganic phosphates are mined to obtain phosphorus for use in agriculture and industry. At elevated temperatures in the solid state, phosphates can condense to form pyrophosphates.

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