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Pinpointing catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes

Pinpointing catalytic reactions on carbon nanotubes

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Among their many other interesting properties, carbon nanotubes have been found to act as catalysts for some important chemical reactions, including some that could be used to make cleaner ...





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Preventing heart attacks by targeting the immune system

Medicine & Health / Research

created 8 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 300 people die of a heart attack each day and research has shown there is a peak in heart attacks on Christmas Day and New Year's Day due perhaps to rich meals, alcohol and stress.


Nut Roasting Benefits: Antioxidant levels of nuts increases after roasting

Chemistry / Other

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The chemical reaction that darkens a batch of roasting peanuts also boosts the amount of antioxidants they contain, according to a new study in the journal Food Chemistry.


Shallow Origins

Shallow Origins

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began.


Seeing how evolutionary mechanisms yield biological diversity

Biology / Evolution

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An international team of scientists has discovered how changes in both gene expression and gene sequence led to the diversity of visual systems in African cichlid fish.


Adjusting acidity with impunity

Adjusting acidity with impunity

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created 16 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a technique ...


Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration

Study Finds Treatment With Anabolic Hormone May Enhance Local Bone Regeneration

Medicine & Health / Research

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In research that could open new avenues of investigation in the prevention and treatment of fractures, in bone regeneration and tissue engineering, scientists from Yale School of Medicine ...


Chicago Cancer Genome Project studies genetics of 1,000 tumors

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created 21 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

No two tumors are alike, but analyzing the genetics of cancers from different parts of the body may reveal surprising details useful for treatment and prevention.


Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought

Modern behavior of early humans found half-million years earlier than previously thought

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Evidence of sophisticated, human behavior has been discovered by Hebrew University of Jerusalem researchers as early as 750,000 years ago - some half a million years earlier than has previously been estimated ...


China maintains strict censorship of the Internet

China issues new rules on Internet domain names

Technology / Internet

created 22 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's Internet watchdog issued a new set of rules on domain name registration this week in a bid to curb pornography and illegal content.


Study redefines placebo effect as part of effective treatment

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

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Researchers used the placebo effect to successfully treat psoriasis patients with one quarter to one half of their usual dose of a widely used steroid medication, according to an early study published online today in the ...



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