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Early protein processes crucial to formation and layering of myelin membrane

Medicine & Health / Research

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

New findings from an international team of researchers probing the nerve-insulating myelin sheath were bolstered by the work of Boston College biologists, who used x-rays to uncover how mutations affect the structure of myelin, ...


New analyzers to unlock mineral value

New analyzers to unlock mineral value

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists are working on a new range of materials characterisation analysers and techniques that could help unlock the value contained in Australia's mineral deposits and improve processing performance, according ...


Nano-ruler sets some very small marks

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has issued a new ruler, and even for an organization that routinely deals in superlatives, it sets some records. Designed to be the most accurate commercially available "meter ...


Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen Measured in Soft Tissues

Coherent X-Ray Diffraction Patterns of Collagen Measured in Soft Tissues

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Coherent X-ray Diffraction patterns of collagen in soft tissues have been measured for the first time by Dr Felisa Berenguer at the London Centre for Nanotechnology with her colleagues.


Solving the phase problem in x-ray diffraction

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 26, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nearly 100 years ago, in 1912, a paper by Max von Laue made it possible to use x-rays to study the structure of different crystalline substances. He won a Nobel Prize in 1914 for his work, but, even so, the ...


Earthquake waves: How do they spread?

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Propagation of earthquake waves within the Earth is not uniform. Experiments indicate that the velocity of shear waves (s-waves) in Earth’s lower mantle between 660 and 2900 km depth is strongly dependent on the orientation ...


Carbon dioxide forms polymeric materials under high pressure

Carbon dioxide forms polymeric materials under high pressure

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Carbon dioxide is a molecular gas at ambient conditions and an important consitituent of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is also a likely component in the Earth’s mantle, and it plays an important role in the life ...


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Synthesizing the most natural of all skin creams

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Even after nine months soaking in the womb, a newborn's skin is smooth - unlike an adult's in the bath. While occupying a watery, warm environment, the newborn manages to develop a skin fully equipped to protect ...