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New standard for vitamin D testing to ensure accurate test results

At a time of increasing concern about low vitamin D levels in the world's population and increased use of blood tests for the vitamin, scientists are reporting development of a much-needed reference material ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Strategic research plan needed to help avoid potential risks of nanomaterials

Despite extensive investment in nanotechnology and increasing commercialization over the last decade, insufficient understanding remains about the environmental, health, and safety aspects of nanomaterials. Without a coordinated ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Not by asteroid alone: Rethinking the Cretaceous mass extinction

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the end of the Cretaceous period some 65 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing severe but selective extinction. While that is widely accepted, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (14) | comments 25 | with audio podcast feature

Magnetic actuation enables nanoscale thermal analysis

Polymer nano-films and nano-composites are used in a wide variety of applications from food packaging to sports equipment to automotive and aerospace applications. Thermal analysis is routinely used to analyze ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Japan 'was unprepared' for nuclear disaster: official probe

The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the March 11 catastrophe said Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Dec 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Japan scientists study oyster 'language'

Scientists in Japan have begun studying the "language" of oysters in an effort to find out what they are saying about their environment.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Blossom end rot: Transport protein identified

Poor calcium distribution in agricultural crops causes substantial loss of income every year. Now a Korean-Swiss research team under the co-leadership of plant physiologists at the University of Zurich identified ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Warnings as sustainable palm oil effort falters

Environmentalists have warned that an effort to encourage the sustainable production of palm oil launched several years ago has not kept pace with expanding cultivation driven by rising demand.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Testing of seafood imported into the US is inadequate

Finfish, shrimp, and seafood products are some of the most widely traded foods and about 85 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Catch limits debated for 'most important fish in sea'

A big fight is brewing over a little fish - a fish that no one wants to eat but that many regard as the most important in the sea.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5


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