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Scientists Create Smallest Ever Droplet of Acid, Solve Ozone Puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- In its atomic form, chlorine can destroy vast quantities of ozone. But exactly how chlorine is created in the ultracold conditions of the stratosphere has puzzled scientists. Now, a team of ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1 weblog

Streaming sand grains help define essence of a liquid (w/ Video)

University of Chicago researchers recently showed that dry granular materials such as sands, seeds and grains have properties similar to liquid, forming water-like droplets when poured from a given source. ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New 'microcapsules' put more medication into the bloodstream to treat disease

Scientists are reporting a potential solution to a problem that limits the human body’s ability to absorb and use medications for heart disease, Type-2 diabetes, cancer and other conditions. It is a “nano-hybrid ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Back to basics: Scientists discover a fundamental mechanism for cell organization (w/Video)

Scientists have discovered that cells use a very simple phase transition -- similar to water vapor condensing into dew -- to assemble and localize subcellular structures that are involved in formation of the embryo.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Face protection effective in preventing the spread of influenza: study

A new article in the journal Risk Analysis assessed various ways in which aerosol transmission of the flu, a central mode of diffusion which involves breathing droplets in the air, can be reduced. Results show that face p ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Research gives clues for self-cleaning materials, water-striding robots

Self-cleaning walls, counter tops, fabrics, even micro-robots that can walk on water -- all those things and more could be closer to reality because of research recently completed by scientists at the University ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 04, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement (w/Video)

Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life -- the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement. Their study, published ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fat droplet nanoparticle delivers tumor suppressor gene to tumor and metastatic cells

Dr. Esther Chang describes the most recent developments in human trials of the first systemic, non-viral, tumor-targeted, nanoparticle method designed to restore normal gene function to tumor cells while completely bypassing ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Two lasers better when attacking cancer

Two lasers may be better than one when attacking cancer cells, according to a paper by Rice University scientists.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Report: Images from Mars lander show liquid water

(AP) -- Did NASA's Phoenix Mars lander find evidence of liquid water before it froze to death?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (9) | comments 2