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'Green' gasoline on the horizon?

Chemistry /

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

University of Oklahoma researchers believe newer, more environmentally friendly fuels produced from biomass could create alternative energy solutions and alleviate dependence on foreign oil without requiring changes to current ...





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Natural compound stops retinopathy

Natural compound stops retinopathy

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to use a natural compound to stop one of the leading causes of blindness in the United States. The research appears online ...


NASA awards Oklahoma an education grant

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 31, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. space agency has awarded an education grant to Oklahoma State University to encourage high school students to pursue careers in science.


New treatment for hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 14, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.


Prolonged effects of a warming anomaly on grasslands

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 24, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Professors Yiqi Luo, Linda Wallace and Rebecca Sherry in the Department of Botany and Microbiology coauthored a paper with colleagues Jay Arnone and Paul Verburge at the Desert Research Institute; Dale Johnson from the University ...


OU researchers developing new tool to detect cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (19) | comments 4

Early cancer detection can significantly improve survival rates. Current diagnostic tests often fail to detect cancer in the earliest stages and at the same time expose a patient to the harmful effects of radiation. Led by ...


Switchgrass produces biomass efficiently

Biology / Ecology

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

A USDOE and USDA study concluded that 50 million U.S. acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass ...


Researchers Find New Treatment for Hepatitis C

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 11, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 0

Researchers at the Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center have found a new use for an old drug. Their findings appear online in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.


Scientists isolate cancer stem cells

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

After years of working toward this goal, scientists at the OU Cancer Institute have found a way to isolate cancer stem cells in tumors so they can target the cells and kill them, keeping cancer from returning.


New cancer study takes major step toward improved treatment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center have found a way to turn ineffective new cancer drugs into cancer-fighters. By using their patented chemical compound, SHetA2, researchers tricked cancer ...


New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots

New no-needle approach to prevent blood clots

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The dean of the University of Oklahoma College of Public Health and a team of scientists worldwide have found a better way to prevent deadly blood clots after joint replacement surgery - a major problem that ...



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