News tagged with synthetic dyes
Do synthetic food colors cause hyperactivity?
Food coloring is the reason glace cherries are red rather than beige and that children's tongues sometimes appear freakishly blue. But man-made dyes may do more than make processed food look vibrant and whimsical. Some blame ...
Jan 06, 2011 |
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Multi-component nano-structures with tunable optical properties
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first successful assembly of 3-D multi-component nanoscale structures with tunable optical properties ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 30, 2010 |
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Novel technique informs drug delivery research
University College Dublin researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor David Brayden have shown that a candidate drug delivery polymer may have potential for oral or topical use. These findings were recently ...
Jun 03, 2010 |
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'Holey' Nanosheets for Wastewater Dye Removal
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have discovered that extremely thin sheets of nickel oxide with hexagonally shaped holes can absorb hazardous dyes from wastewater nearly as well as the best traditional methods, but are recyclable. ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 01, 2009 |
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New uses for diesel by-products
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new catalytic process discovered by the Cardiff Catalysis Institute could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production.
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Chemical engineers boost petrochemical output from biomass by 40 percent
Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, using a catalytic fast pyrolysis process that transforms renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals, have developed a new catalyst that boosts the yield for ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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A natural dye obtained from lichens may combat Alzheimer's disease
A red dye derived from lichens that has been used for centuries to color fabrics and food appears to reduce the abundance of small toxic protein aggregates in Alzheimer's disease. The dye, a compound called orcein, and a ...
Dec 02, 2011 |
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Spanish island grows bugs to dye from
It's a parasitic bug that's barely bigger than a flea, but the cochineal is trying to make a comeback in Spain's Canary Islands where it is cultivated for its crimson dye.
Sep 09, 2011 |
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New compounds for molecule interferometry experiments
When waves meet, a new single wave is created. This phenomenon is well understood for mechanical waves such as sound, and electro-magnetic waves such as light, and the "interference" of light waves is applied ...
Jul 20, 2011 |
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Single Green Fluorescent Protein-expressing cell is basis of living laser device
(PhysOrg.com) -- It sounds like something out of a comic book or a science fiction movie – a living laser – but that is exactly what two investigators at the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts ...
Jun 12, 2011 |
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New substances added to HHS Report on Carcinogens
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services today added eight substances to its Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemicals and biological agents that may put people at increased risk for ...
Jun 10, 2011 |
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DNA nanoparticles to carry drugs and gene therapy
(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA isn't just for genetics anymore. Cornell researchers are using synthetic DNA to make nanoparticles, dubbed DNAsomes, that can deliver drugs and genetic therapy to the insides of cells.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2011 |
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New test for germs: Fluorescing DNAzymes detect metabolic products from bacteria
(PhysOrg.com) -- Germs in food, bioterrorism, drug-resistant bacteria and viruses—these are the problems of our time that make early detection of pathogens particularly important. Whereas conventional ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Nanopolymer shows promise for helping reduce cancer side effects
(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University biochemist has demonstrated a process using nanotechnology to better assess whether cancer drugs hit their targets, which may help reduce drug side effects.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 05, 2011 |
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