Water acts as catalyst in explosives
The most abundant material on Earth exhibits some unusual chemical properties when placed under extreme conditions.
Mar 20, 2009
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A thin-skinned catalyst for chemical reactions
A chemical nanostructure developed by Boston College researchers behaves much like the pores of the skin, serving as a precise control for a typically stubborn method of catalysis that is the workhorse of ...
Dec 13, 2012
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A possible new target for treatment of multiple sclerosis
The immune system recognizes and neutralizes or destroys toxins and foreign pathogens that have gained access to the body. Autoimmune diseases result when the system attacks the body's own tissues instead. One of the most ...
Mar 27, 2011
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The making of dust
(PhysOrg.com) -- On the Earth, dust particles are everywhere - under beds, on bookshelves, even floating in the air. We take dust for granted. Dust is also common in space, and it is found for example in the ...
Jul 06, 2011
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Powerful supercomputer peers into the origin of life
(PhysOrg.com) -- Supercomputer simulations at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are helping scientists unravel how nucleic acids could have contributed to the origins of life.
Oct 04, 2010
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Researchers clarify catalysis mechanism of cell growth protein Ras
Proteins accelerate certain chemical reactions in cells by several orders of magnitude. The molecular mechanism by which the Ras protein accelerates the cleavage of the molecule GTP and thus slows cell growth is described ...
Sep 18, 2012
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Novel molecules to fight cancer resistance
A French-Italian team headed by researchers from CNRS and Inserm has discovered a new family of compounds that could make it possible to treat numerous cancers, particularly brain tumors and skin cancers. ...
Feb 28, 2012
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Scientists break barrier to creating potential therapeutic molecules
Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have created a novel technique that for the first time will allow the efficient production of a molecular structure that is common to a vast array of natural molecules. This ...
May 24, 2010
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Verifying that sorghum is a new safe grain for people with celiac disease
Strong new biochemical evidence exists showing that the cereal grain sorghum is a safe food for people with celiac disease, who must avoid wheat and certain other grains, scientists are reporting. Their study, ...
Apr 03, 2013
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New DNA test identifies ingredients in foods
Scientists at Mainz University develop a novel screening procedure for accurately determining the amount of animal, plant, and microbial substances in foods
Mar 27, 2013
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No downtime for communication: New framework allows for asynchronous communication in exascale machines
(Phys.org)—The productivity of a group of colleagues on a project is always more efficient when required information is sent as soon as it becomes available, rather than sending a request for information ...
Feb 28, 2013
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Raising the bar for biomolecular modeling
Researchers at the University of Calgary found that amino acid residues form a type of barrier to help in the process of electron transfer between proteins.
Jun 14, 2010
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A unique on-off switch for hormone production
Weizmann scientists have revealed a new kind of on-off switch in the brain for regulating the production of a main biochemical signal from the brain that stimulates cortisol release in the body.
Feb 23, 2012
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Math model accurately mimics cell division in carbon-cycling bacterium
Scientists from the Department of Biological Sciences and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech have developed a quantitative, mathematical model of DNA replication and cell division for the bacterium ...
Aug 14, 2009
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Toxic molecule may help birds 'see' north and south
