News tagged with inorganic phosphate

When the soil holds not enough phosphorus: Scientists describe new transporter in cells of plant roots

Plants cannot survive without phosphorus. It forms the backbone of many crucial molecules (such as DNA) and is a key player in energy transfer reactions. Low availability of phosphorus is a major environmental ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nature's fine designs: Scientists find modern lessons in ancient creations

(PhysOrg.com) -- Nature and its bottom-up processes for creating robust and responsive materials are inspiring new generations of synthetic materials and creative design.

Biology / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Research could lead to new non-antibiotic drugs to counter hospital infections

Lack of an adequate amount of the mineral phosphate can turn a common bacterium into a killer, according to research to be published in the April 14, 2009, issue of the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Common food additive found to increase risk and speed spread of lung cancer

New research in an animal model suggests that a diet high in inorganic phosphates, which are found in a variety of processed foods including meats, cheeses, beverages, and bakery products, might speed growth of lung cancer ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 29, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 7




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Diamond light, brighter than the sun

It’s the size of five football pitches and generates light 10 billion times brighter than the sun. As the Diamond Light Source celebrates its tenth anniversary this year, Penny Bailey visits one of the ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

A salt-free primordial soup?

Most scientists who study the origin of life assume that it occurred in the ocean. But a minority view is that ions in seawater may interfere with prebiotic chemistry, making a freshwater environment more ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First observation of metamorphosis of an enzyme that catalyzes two chemical reactions

Professor Takayoshi Wakagi and Associate Professor Shinya Fushinobu of the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo and colleagues were the first to clarify how an enzyme ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taking a page from nature to build better nanomaterials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes nature cannot be improved upon. One example is in the synthesis of nanomaterials, which in the laboratory or factory generally requires toxic chemicals and extreme conditions of ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Citrate key in bone's nanostructure

Bone is one of nature's surprising "building materials." Pound-for-pound it's stronger than steel, tough yet resilient. Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have identified the composition ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New life form found on Earth: Deadly arsenic breathes life into organisms (Update, Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Evidence that the toxic element arsenic can replace the essential nutrient phosphorus in biomolecules of a naturally occurring bacterium expands the scope of the search for life beyond Earth, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (48) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

All sprayed at once: Ultrathin coatings made through simultaneous spraying of interacting substances

(PhysOrg.com) -- Coatings functionalize surfaces or protect them from processes such as corrosion, abrasion, and weathering, and may provide an aesthetic appearance—automotive coatings and non-stick frying pans are good ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bismuth for bone cement: Water-soluble cluster key to the formation of hybrid material

(PhysOrg.com) -- Organic–inorganic hybrid materials, uniting the advantages of their organic and inorganic parts, are used for a wide variety of applications. However, making a homogeneous composite material ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Glue, fly, glue: Caddisflies' underwater silk adhesive might suture wounds

Like silkworm moths, butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae spin silk, but they do so underwater instead on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly's silk is sticky when ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reserchers find new method for manipulating liquid crystals

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new method for manipulating the molecules of liquid crystals in ways previously unachieved could result in more effective industrial sealants, improved food packaging and even enhanced electronic displays, ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 11, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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