News tagged with analytical technique

Unraveling biological networks

A new approach to disentangling the complexities of biological networks, such as the way in which proteins interact in our body's cells has been developed by researchers in China. The team's algorithm could allow biologists ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Biomolecule separation at the nanoscale on the cover of Analytical Chemistry

A combination of nanofluidic and electric phenomena has enabled researchers from the Leiden/Amsterdam Centre for Drug Research and the Netherlands Metabolomics Centre to create one of the world's smallest ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers apply NMR/MRI to microfluidic chromatography

By pairing an award-winning remote-detection version of NMR/MRI technology with a unique version of chromatography specifically designed for microfluidic chips, researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Second rocky world makes Kepler-10 a multi-planet system

The Kepler Telescope team has announced a second planet orbiting the star Kepler-10. The existence of this planet was suspected previously, but new analytical techniques were needed to confirm its existence.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Understanding methods of assessing botulinum neurotoxin exposure

Popular in cosmetic medicine for making tiny frown wrinkles go away, botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) is, perhaps, more notorious for historic outbreaks of respiratory paralysis and death. Traditionally, medical responders have ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Analytical eye: Viewing through the data jungle

Unmanageable volumes of data accumulate in our digitized working world. Scientists are developing analytical techniques that make use of our ability to identify complex data relationships by means of pictorial ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Earth's atmosphere came from outer space, find scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- The gases which formed the Earth's atmosphere - and probably its oceans - did not come from inside the Earth but from outer space, according to a study by University of Manchester and University ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (30) | comments 12

A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'No muss, no fuss' miniaturized analysis for complex samples developed

The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New methods are changing old materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- A company that makes steel for bearings used in heavy trucks had a big problem. The trucks travel through harsh, perilous environments such as Siberia, and an unexpected bearing failure on ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 2