News tagged with organic letters
Purple is the new green: Researcher examines light harvesting properties of purple bacteria
Purple bacteria were among the first life forms on Earth. They are single celled microscopic organisms that play a vital role in sustaining the tree of life. This tiny organism lives in aquatic environments ...
May 03, 2010 |
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Sunny Record: Breakthrough for Hybrid Solar Cells
German scientists at the Department of Microsystems Engineering (IMTEK) and the Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) have succeeded in developing a method for treating the surface of nanoparticles which ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Feb 02, 2010 |
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Urban 'green' spaces may contribute to global warming, study finds
Dispelling the notion that urban "green" spaces help counteract greenhouse gas emissions, new research has found - in Southern California at least - that total emissions might be lower if lawns did not exist.
Jan 19, 2010 |
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Wilder weather exerts a stronger influence on biodiversity than steadily changing conditions
An increase in the variability of local conditions could do more to harm biodiversity than slower shifts in climate, a new study has found.
Jan 15, 2010 |
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Toward a less expensive version of the anti-flu drug Tamiflu
Scientists have developed an alternative method for producing the active ingredient in TamifluŽ, the mainstay for fighting H1N1 and other forms of influenza. The new process could expand availability of the ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jan 13, 2010 |
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Nanodragsters hit the street: Scientists roll agile hot rod out of micro-garage (Update)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists are getting better at building nanomachines, but Rice researchers continue to race ahead of the pack.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 06, 2010 |
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Mathematical keys to a sixth sense -- the lateral-line system
Biophysicists at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen are leading an effort to develop and apply models of the so-called lateral-line system found in fish and some amphibians. This sensory organ enables an animal, even in ...
Aug 28, 2009 |
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New method for detecting nitroxyl will boost cardiac drug research
Wake Forest University scientists have developed a new research tool in the pursuit of heart medications based on the compound nitroxyl by identifying unique chemical markers for its presence in biological ...
Jul 06, 2009 |
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Adjustable Fluidic Lenses for Eyesight Correction Applications
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Arizona have created a fluid-based opthalmic lens in which the amount of fluid can be constantly adjusted to provide customized eye correction. The lens may one day be incorporated ...
Feb 24, 2009 |
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Glowing 'Cornell dots' can show surgeons where tumors are
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as "Cornell dots" are a safe, effective way to "light up" cancerous tumors so surgeons can find and remove them.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2009 |
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Natural pest control on conventional and organic farms
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of natural pest control on conventional and organic farms in the southwest has found no difference between the two systems.
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Feb 03, 2009 |
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