News tagged with acid base balance

For old or young dialysis patients, AV fistulas remain pure gold

A new study shows that for those individuals with chronic kidney disease, it doesn't matter if you're young or old: arteriovenous (AV) fistulas remain the gold standard for maintaining access to one's circulatory system to ...

Medicine & Health / Other

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Supercharged safflower

This scientific achievement has produced safflower seed oil that contains more than 90 per cent of this valuable fatty acid, the highest level of purity of an individual fatty acid currently available in any ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New synthetic biology technique boosts microbial production of diesel fuel

(PhysOrg.com) -- Significant boosts in the microbial production of clean, green and renewable biodiesel fuel has been achieved with the development of a new technique in synthetic biology by researchers with ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Villain in disguise: Jupiter's role in impacts on Earth

Jupiter is often credited for shielding Earth from catastrophic asteroid and comet impacts. But new simulations of the influence of gas giant planets in solar systems casts doubt on Jupiter's reputation as ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Modeling the miniscule: High-resolution design of nanoscale biomolecules

(PhysOrg.com) -- A key element of both biotechnology and nanotechnology is – perhaps unsurprisingly – computational modeling. Frequently, in silico nanostructure design and simulation precedes actual ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast feature

Wine experts' ratings may be a wash for many consumers

Not all wines are created equal; neither are all wine tasters.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Light now in sight: Control of a 'blind' neuroreceptor with an optical switch

When nerve cells communicate with one another, specialized receptor molecules on their surfaces play a central role in relaying signals between them. A collaborative venture involving teams of chemists based at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore ecosystem health

Air pollution is changing our environment and undermining many benefits we rely on from wild lands, threatening water purity, food production, and climate stability, according to a team of scientists writing in the 14th edition ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Shanghai shuts 2 factories in lead poisoning probe

(AP) -- Shanghai's environmental watchdog ordered two factories in its suburbs to halt production pending an investigation into the source of lead poisoning among children in a nearby village.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Calcifying microalgae are witnesses of increasing ocean acidification

For the first time researchers have examined on a global scale how calcified algae in their natural habitat react to increasing acidification due to higher marine uptake of carbon dioxide. In the current issue ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 03, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

A new catalyst for ethanol made from biomass

Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have developed a new catalyst material that could replace chemicals currently derived from petroleum and be the basis for more environmentally friendly products including ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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