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Archeologists discover Egyptian mummies styled with fatty hair gel

(PhysOrg.com) -- While it has long been known that the ancient Egyptians prettied up those deemed worthy of mummification, not so clear was what was done for the hair. Now, archeologist s working out of the KNH Centre for ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Sweet deception: New test distinguishes impure honey from the real thing

Here's some sweet news for honey lovers: Researchers in France are reporting development of a simple test for distinguishing 100 percent natural honeys from adulterated or impure versions that they say are ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Free, open-source software enables innovation with popular but tricky lab technique

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists need to detect and analyze DNA, or traces of a bioweapon or maybe an environmental contaminant, there's a good chance they'll turn to a lab technique called electrophoresis—or one of its many ...

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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NASA's attempt to repeat Viking's search for martian organics

After 36 years of debate, confusion, and failed attempts by other space agencies to answer a basic question, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is on its way to repeat the search for organic matter ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Comparing apples and oranges

Every year, U.S. supermarkets lose roughly 10 percent of their fruits and vegetables to spoilage, according to the Department of Agriculture. To help combat those losses, MIT chemistry professor Timothy Swager and his students ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Science fair winner publishes new study on butterfly foraging behavior

University of Florida lepidopterist Andrei Sourakov has spent his life's work studying moths and butterflies. But it was his teenage daughter, Alexandra, who led research on how color impacts butterflies' feeding patterns.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists discover new fat over lunch

Uncovering new fats, or lipids, with links to diseases in the human lens is as easy as taking a lunch break, according to chemists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Free Radical Chemistry and Biotechnology at the University ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The electronic nose knows when your cantaloupe is ripe

Have you ever been disappointed by a cantaloupe from the grocery store? Too ripe? Not ripe enough? Luckily for you, researchers from the University of California, Davis might have found a way to make imperfectly ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Study reveals unprecedented impact of Deepwater Horizon on deep ocean

Scientists report they have "compelling evidence" that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has impacted deep-sea corals. Their study, published today in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences utiliz ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

UF research begins to unlock 'formulas' for taste, aroma appeal of tangerines

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Florida researchers are working to speed up their ability to create new tangerine varieties by pinpointing the compounds that make them taste and smell the way they do.

Biology / Ecology

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Origami-inspired paper sensor could test for malaria and HIV for less than 10 cents

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than 10 ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toxic aldehydes detected in reheated oil

Researchers from the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU, Spain) have been the first to discover the presence of certain aldehydes in food, which are believed to be related to some neurodegenerative ...

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Mushroom amino acids revealed as cause of deaths in Yunnan province

(PhysOrg.com) -- Was the consumption of toxic mushrooms responsible for a series of unusual deaths in China’s Yunnan province? A team led by Ji-Kai Liu (Beijing) has now found further proof of this hypothesis. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

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