News tagged with rotten eggs
Scientists show 'swamp gas' protects blood vessels from complications of diabetes
Hydrogen sulfide is a foul-smelling gas with an odor resembling that of rotten eggs. Sometimes called "swamp gas," this toxic substance is generally associated with decaying vegetation, sewers and noxious industrial emissions. ...
Aug 02, 2011 |
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Anti-inflammatory effect of 'rotten eggs' gas
Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have synthesized a new molecule which releases hydrogen sulfide (H2S) - the gas that gives rotten eggs their characteristic smell and which has recently been found to b ...
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Carbonized coffee grounds remove foul smells
For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life's best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells around – sewer gas?
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Copper + love chemical = big sulfur stink
When Hiroaki Matsunami, Ph.D., at Duke set out to study a chemical in male mouse urine called MTMT that attracts female mice, he didn't think he would stumble into a new field of study.
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Hydrogen sulfide reduces glucose-induced injury in kidney cells
Hydrogen sulfide, a gas notorious for its rotten-egg smell, may have redeeming qualities after all. It reduces high glucose-induced production of scarring proteins in kidney cells, researchers from The University of Texas ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Unexpected signaling role for foul-smelling hydrogen sulfide in cell response to protein misfolding
Something rotten never smelled so sweet. This is what members of a team of scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) are telling one another as they discuss a new finding they did not expect to make. They have discovered ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Researcher identifies 11 new sweat bee species
(PhysOrg.com) -- When a scientist discovers a new species, one of hardest tasks is naming it. A Cornell researcher faced this challenge many times over when he discovered 11 new U.S. sweat bee species (subgenus ...
Nov 15, 2011 |
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Fossil forensics reveals how wasps populated rotting dinosaur eggs
Exceptionally preserved fossils of insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps played an important role in food webs devoted to consuming rotting dinosaur eggs. The research ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jul 15, 2011 |
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Digging for past clues on climate change
Scientists are hoping samples of soil formed up to 20,000 years ago that they dug from the Meadowlands will provide clues to dramatic shifts in climate, geology and plant life that may have hit the region in the past.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 20, 2011 |
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Overdoses of popular painkiller send thousands to ER each year
Overdose of the common household drug acetaminophen leads to more than 78,000 emergency department (ED) visits a year, and the majority of the overdoses are intentional, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 03, 2011 |
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Nothing fishy about sardine kill
Algal bloom specialist David Caron knows exactly what caused the death of 2.5 million sardines at King Harbor and is producing a paper on his research. The city of Redondo Beach gave him and his team a coin ...
Apr 05, 2011 |
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New method could improve economics of sweetening natural gas
Natural gas extracted from the nation's coal beds and methane-rich geologic features must first be purged of hydrogen sulfide before it can be used as fuel. Until now, processing methods have often proved to be inefficient, ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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