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Report says dietary supplements for horses, dogs and cats need better regulation

Biology /

created Aug 21, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The growing use of animal dietary supplements has raised several concerns, including the safety of specific supplements and the approaches taken to determine their safeness. A new National Research Council report, requested ...





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Plugging in Molecular Wires

Chemistry /

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plants, algae, and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) are masters of everything to do with solar energy because they are able to almost completely transform captured sunlight into chemical energy. This is in ...


Scientists develop first fully automated pipeline for multiprotein complex production

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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

Most cellular processes are carried out by molecular machines that consist of many interacting proteins. These protein complexes lie at the heart of life science research, but they are notoriously hard to study. Their abundance ...


New technology sharpens X-ray vision

New technology sharpens X-ray vision

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 20, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) and the EPFL in Switzerland have developed a novel method for producing dark-field x-ray images at wavelengths used in typical medical and industrial imaging ...


Molecules in the spotlight

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created Dec 12, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A novel x-ray technique allowing the observation of molecular motion on a time scale never reached before has been developed by a team of researchers from EPFL and the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland. Results ...


The early relatives of flowering plants

The early relatives of flowering plants

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created Nov 21, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (16) | comments 0

The emergence of flowering plants is regarded as a major botanical mystery. In today’s edition of the scientific magazine Nature, an international research team with participation from the Paul Scherrer Instit ...


Spinning into the future of data storage

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 24, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have improved their understanding of the inner workings of our computers and mp3 players, thanks to an exciting new field of research called 'organic spintronics'.


Relationships in rank and file: Better sequence searches of genes and proteins

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created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Since the sequencing of the human genome eight years ago, enormous progress has been made in analyzing and understanding it. Nevertheless, the function of most human genes is still barely understood. An important first step ...


Applied Materials, Phoenix Silicon Offer Enhanced 300mm Test Wafer Reclaim Services

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created Jun 24, 2004 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Applied Materials, Inc. announced an agreement with Phoenix Silicon International (PSI) of Hsinchu, Taiwan, to provide enhanced 300mm test wafer reclaim services to semiconductor manufacturers to enable increased fab profitability.


Solar energy stored efficiently

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created Jun 26, 2005 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (26) | comments 0

Pilot solar power-plant delivers promising results For the first time solar energy has been successfully used in a pilot-plant to create storable energy from a metal ore. In a project funded by the EU, the Paul Scherrer ...


Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source

Plasma power: Turning fusion into a renewable energy source

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Fusion is best known for powering the sun and stars. But researchers have long been studying ways to transform that power source into future "green" energy that can be used on Earth. A team of researchers ...



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