Swiss researchers could show that exhaled human breath contains a characteristic molecular "fingerprint". The scientists want to use this finding to diagnose diseases based on the chemical analysis of patient's exhaled breath, ...

Chemistry - Analytical Chemistry

Apr 03, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0

Scientists are reporting an advance toward overcoming a major barrier to tapping the potential of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and India's Ayurvedic medicine in developing new and more effective modern ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Mar 13, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 1 |

A sanctuary for bears rescued from the Asian bile trade which has been at the centre of a high-profile land dispute has been spared eviction by Vietnam's government, its director said.

Biology - Ecology

Jan 16, 2013 not rated yet 0

In science's equivalent of ascending Mt. Everest, researchers are reporting success in one of the most difficult challenges in synthetic chemistry—a field in which scientists reproduce natural and other ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Dec 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3

The regulation of important signal molecules that are critical for the formation of various cell types can be influenced by a chemically produced variant of indirubin, a natural material used in traditional Chinese medicine. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 30, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The populations of four vulnerable bear species have fallen by at least 30 percent in the last 30 years due to rampant deforestation, mining and poaching, a conservation group said on Monday.

Biology - Ecology

Nov 26, 2012 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Scientists at The University of Nottingham have discovered that a rare parasitic fungus that lives on hibernating caterpillars in Tibet could have a role to play in anti-inflammatory drugs for conditions such as asthma.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Nov 14, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 0

Hong Kong customs officers seized almost four tonnes of ivory worth about $3.4 million, hidden in shipments from Kenya and Tanzania, officials said Saturday.

Biology - Ecology

Oct 20, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 2

Dogs with hemangiosarcoma that were treated with a compound derived from the Coriolus versicolor mushroom had the longest survival times ever reported for dogs with the disease. These promising findings offer hope that the ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Sep 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 1

He may not be able to resuscitate Hong Kong's long-dead incense trade but entrepreneur Chan Koon-wing is at least hoping to save the tree that gave the city its name centuries ago.

Biology - Other

Aug 10, 2012 4.7 / 5 (3) 0

A Malaysian government plan to double its population of endangered Malayan tigers to 1,000 through tighter protection is under threat due to persistent poaching, a conservation group warned Tuesday.

Biology - Ecology

May 15, 2012 5 / 5 (2) 1

Decades of conservation efforts to save rhinos are coming undone, as surging demand for their horns in Asian traditional medicine has spawned a vast criminal trade powered by poaching.

Biology - Ecology

May 07, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 5

(Phys.org) -- Three Chinese scientists, Xia Sheng, Haolin Zhang and Qiang Weng, all from Beijing Forest University, have published a correspondence paper in the science journal Nature, calling for a ban on the practice of bea ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 26, 2012 5 / 5 (4) 18 |

Researchers at Murdoch University have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 12, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Scientists at Kew interested in the classification of legumes have been studying the chemistry of the Kentucky yellow-wood (Cladrastis kentukea). Evidence from DNA sequencing suggested that this species is ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

Jan 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0