News tagged with nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Scientists home in on lithium battery safety flaws

Scientists at Cambridge have developed a simple, accurate way of "seeing" chemistry in action inside a lithium-ion battery.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemists discover method to create high-value chemicals from biomass

Iowa State University researchers have found a way to produce high-value chemicals such as ethylene glycol and propylene glycol from biomass rather than petroleum sources.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Sep 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists determine 3D structure of proteins in living cells for the first time

(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Glasgow scientist was part of a team of researchers which has, for the first time, been able to determine the three-dimensional structure of protein in living cells.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists take a giant step forward in understanding plutonium

Plutonium is the most complex element in the periodic table, yet it is also one of the most poorly understood ones. But now a well-known scientific technique, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy, ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

First discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant

In a finding that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting the first discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists thought that only animals could make progesterone. ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How authentic is your pomegranate juice?

You pick up a bottle of pomegranate juice at the store because you've learned that, although it costs more than most juices, it is replete with antioxidants that bring health benefits. But wait: Is the juice ...

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Forgotten and lost - when proteins 'shut down' our brain

(PhysOrg.com) -- Which modules of the tau protein, in neurons of Alzheimer disease patients, may act in a destructive manner were investigated by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry ...

Biology /

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Chemists study mutated plants that may be better for biofuels

Genetic mutations to cellulose in plants could improve the conversion of cellulosic biomass into biofuels, according to a research team that included two Iowa State University chemists.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hand-held NMR instrument yields rapid analysis of human tumors

Using a handheld molecular imaging device in combination with magnetic nanoparticles and a smartphone, a team of investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School has developed a fast, portable ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fast, accurate urine test for pneumonia possible, study finds

Doctors may soon be able to quickly and accurately diagnose the cause of pneumonia-like symptoms by examining the chemicals found in a patient's urine, suggests a new study led by UC Davis biochemist Carolyn ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers shake up scientific theory on motor protein

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists led by the University of Leeds has shed new light on the little-understood motor protein called dynein, thought to be involved in progressive neurological ...

Biology /

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hyper-SAGE boosts remote MRI sensitivity

A new technique in Magnetic Resonance Imaging dubbed "Hyper-SAGE" has the potential to detect ultra low concentrations of clincal targets, such as lung and other cancers. Development of Hyper-SAGE was led ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A little magic provides an atomic-level look at bone

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using solid-state NMR spectroscopy to analyze intact bone paves the way for atomic-level explorations of how disease and aging affect bone. The research by scientists at the University of Michigan ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Reaching the summit of protein dynamics

Understanding the incredibly speedy atomic mechanisms at work when a protein transitions from one shape to another has been an elusive scientific goal for years, but an essential one for elucidating the full ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First NMR Signal of a Copper Site in Azurin Obtained

(PhysOrg.com) -- Metalloproteins, such as the copper-containing azurin, play a major role in catalyzing electron transfer in cellular reactions. Understanding how their structure relates to function can give ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0