Nanotechnology promises better catalytic converter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Control over material properties would reduce the amount of platinum needed.
Sep 27, 2010
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Sep 27, 2010
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Researchers find high-fructose corn syrup may be tied to worldwide collapse of bee colonies
Enzyme characterization brings biochemists closer to mosquito drug targets
(Phys.org) -- Researchers from Virginia Tech, the Brookhaven National Laboratory, and the University of Wisconsin Madison have identified key structural components of an enzyme that plays many roles in insects, including ...
Jul 31, 2012
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Inner workings of molecular thermostat point to pathways to fight diabetes, obesity
Best known as the oxygen-carrying component of hemoglobin, the protein that makes blood red, heme also plays a role in chemical detoxification and energy metabolism within the cell. Heme levels are tightly ...
Sep 11, 2009
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Frogs reveal clues about the effects of alcohol during development
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) cause malformations in babies, including facial defects, short stature, and mental and behavioral abnormalities. The African frog, Xenopus, is a valuable ...
Apr 06, 2009
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Poison: It's what's for dinner
Worm sugarcoats bacterial toxins to stave off death
(Phys.org)—Pathogenic bacteria kill their animal or plant hosts through the production of toxic molecules. But how do animals and plants defend themselves against these toxins? Researchers from the Boyce ...
Jan 30, 2013
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Peer-based outreach services for sex workers assist entry into detox and drug treatment
A mobile outreach program staffed by current and former sex workers is associated with increased entry to detoxification and residential drug treatment among women in street-based sex work, according to an evaluation led ...
Oct 12, 2010
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Where droplets gently touch a membrane
(PhysOrg.com) -- Little or nothing happens in cells without the involvement of the minute membrane vesicles: for example, vesicles act as recycling centres for cell waste, as detoxification stations and as ...
Feb 24, 2010
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Use of acetaminophen in pregnancy associated with increased asthma symptoms in children
Children who were exposed to acetaminophen prenatally were more likely to have asthma symptoms at age five in a study of 300 African-American and Dominican Republic children living in New York City. Building on prior research ...
Feb 04, 2010
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Is nicotinamide overload a trigger for type 2 diabetes?
Facing the increasing prevalence of type 2 diabetes worldwide in the past few decades, one may ask what is wrong with humans. Geneticists tell us that the human genome has not changed markedly in such a short time. Therefore, ...
Dec 22, 2009
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