News tagged with molecular composition
Good preparation is key -- even for plant cells and symbiotic fungi
Not only mineral oil and petroleum gas, also phosphorous is a scarce resource. According to well-respected scientists who gathered together for a conference in Cambridge this August, we will face significant problems relating ...
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Are those liquids explosive?
A team of researchers from the University of the Basque Country (Spain) has developed a method to determine the chemical composition of liquids seized by police and suspected to be explosive. Some of the samples ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Breakthrough in ultra-sensitive sensor technology
Princeton researchers have invented an extremely sensitive sensor that opens up new ways to detect a wide range of substances, from tell-tale signs of cancer to hidden explosives.
Mar 21, 2011 |
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Rapid, high-definition chemistry with new imaging technique
With intensity a million times brighter than sunlight, a new synchrotron-based imaging technique offers high-resolution pictures of the molecular composition of tissues with unprecedented speed and quality. ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Mar 20, 2011 |
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Giant telescope to survey galaxies from Mexican volcano
A giant telescope, 50 meters (164 feet) across, will this year start unraveling mysteries of the birth and death of galaxies up to 14,000 light years away, from atop a Mexican volcano.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Ancient data discovered with new U of A technology
The University of Alberta has new multi-million dollar technology that can analyze an ancient mineral sample and tell you how it was created, its chemical makeup and its potential commercial value. It can ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Cassini Double Play: Enceladus and Titan
(PhysOrg.com) -- About a month and a half after its last double flyby, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be turning another double play this week, visiting the geyser moon Enceladus and the hazy moon Titan. The ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 18, 2010 |
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Researchers find snippet of RNA that helps make individuals remarkably alike
"No two people are alike." Yet when we consider the thousands of genes with frequent differences in genetic composition among different people, it is remarkable how much alike we are.
May 05, 2009 |
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Tentacles of venom: New study reveals all octopuses are venomous
Once thought to be only the realm of the blue-ringed octopus, researchers have now shown that all octopuses and cuttlefish, and some squid are venomous. The work indicates that they all share a common, ancient venomous ancestor ...
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Scientists Identify Stem-Cell Genes That Help Form Plant Organs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Plant stem-cells are master cells located at the tip of the stem and are part of a structure called the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Here, the stem cells—all clumped together—divide throughout ...
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Feb 24, 2009 |
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