News tagged with acetylene gas

Fast, cheap, and accurate: Detecting CO2 with a fluorescent twist

Detecting specific gases in the air is possible using a number of different existing technologies, but typically all of these suffer from one or more drawbacks including high energy cost, large size, slow detection speed, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists invent first technique for producing promising anti-leukemia agent

Kapakahines, marine-derived natural products isolated from a South Pacific sponge in trace quantities, have shown anti-leukemia potential, but studies have been all but stalled by kapakahines' lack of availability.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1