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Researchers develop biodegradable substitutes for wood, plastic bottles and other common materials

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Stanford University researchers have developed a synthetic wood substitute that may one day save trees, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shrink landfills.





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In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth (AP)

In Greenland, warming fuels dream of hidden wealth

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- Gert Ignatiussen returns to this fjord-front Inuit town with the spoils of his hunting trip. Six seals, all killed with a single shot to the head.


New chemical reaction offers opportunities for drug development

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Researchers led by Conway Fellow, Professor Pat Guiry have solved a chemistry problem that has stumped researchers worldwide for more than a decade. The results have earned the group the cover story of the leading scientific ...


Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar (AP)

Review: A riff on robotics with self-tuning guitar

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 4

(AP) -- New cars have been tuning themselves for the better part of two decades now, so it should feel less impressive that Gibson has built a guitar that can smoothly do the same.


Got a pain? -- Have a cup of Brazilian mint

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 0

For thousands of years it has been prescribed by traditional healers in Brazil to treat a range of ailments from headaches and stomach pain to fever and flu.


Clinical trials of spray-on skin to start in US

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Clinical trials comparing a spray-on skin product with skin grafts will start in the US in December. The trials, which are partly funded by a US army grant of $1.4 million, will last about a year and will ...


NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State

NREL Uncovers Clean Energy Leaders State by State

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- That California and Texas still lead the United States in generating renewable energy probably is no surprise. But, NREL's 2009 State of the States report shows that several smaller states ...


New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatients

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The community-associated strain of the deadly superbug MRSA -- an infection-causing bacteria resistant to most common antibiotics -- poses a far greater health threat than previously known and is making its way into hospitals, ...


Invention will help speed development of drug treatments for heart failure

Medicine & Health / Research

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

Research conducted by University of Minnesota scientists, in collaboration with Celladon Corporation, has led to the invention of technology to more rapidly identify compounds for the treatment of heart failure.


Multiple health concerns surface as winter, vitamin D deficiences arrive

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 3

A string of recent discoveries about the multiple health benefits of vitamin D has renewed interest in this multi-purpose nutrient, increased awareness of the huge numbers of people who are deficient in it, spurred research ...


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Microbes to Take Over Ethanol Production?

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Not too long ago, it seemed that ethanol production was the wave of the future. The use of trash, wood chips or different types of plants -- usually grass or corn -- to make ethanol was considered ...



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