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Shining light on cells' inner workings

(Phys.org) -- Lanrong Bi and Nazmiye Yapici are shining new light on the hidden processes within cells. For their groundbreaking research, Bi, an assistant professor of chemistry at Michigan Technological ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sunscreen ingredient may pose skin cancer risk, researchers find

(Phys.org) -- As vacationers prepare to spend time outdoors this summer, many of them will pack plenty of sunscreen in hopes it will protect their bodies from overexposure, and possibly from skin cancer. But researchers at ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

Preventing, reversing terrorist radicalization: New research initiative

A University of Maryland-led team of international experts will investigate ways to understand, prevent and reverse the radicalization of young people in destabilized areas of the world, and to keep them from ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Former extremists, victims launch social network

Reformed one-time violent extremists and their victims on Wednesday launched a social network to halt the radicalization of youth and combat gang culture -- with the backing of Internet giant Google.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Avocado oil: The 'olive oil of the Americas'?

Atmospheric oxygen facilitated the evolution and complexity of terrestrial organisms, including human beings, because it allowed nutrients to be used more efficiently by those organisms, which in turn were able to generate ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Why WikiLeaks' bid for radical transparency failed

The scale and significance of the 2010 WikiLeaks disclosures were overstated, according to new research. Analysis of the WikiLeaks debacle in the International Review of Administrative Sciences, published by SAGE on behalf ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

NEC goes ultra-thin with 0.3mm-thick batteries

(PhysOrg.com) -- NEC, which has been working on what is called "organic radical battery" (ORB) technology for some years, has announced its latest ORB breakthrough, the 0.3mm thick ORB. According to Geek.co ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Squeezing polymers produces chemical energy but raises doubts about implant safety

A polymer is a mesh of chains, which slowly break over time due to the pressure from ordinary wear and tear. When a polymer is squeezed, the pressure breaks chemical bonds and produces free radicals: ions with unpaired electrons, ...

Chemistry / Polymers

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Toxins from diseased brain cells make diseases of the brain even worse

Sometimes our immune defence attacks our own cells. When this happens in the brain we see neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. But if the the immune defence is inhibited, the results ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists reveal how females store sperm for decades

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have discovered that all sorts of females – from birds to reptiles to insects – have a nifty trick to prolong the lifespan of sperm, letting them store it for weeks, months ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Aging-related degeneration caused by defects of energy metabolism in tissue stem cells?

Aging-related tissue degeneration can be caused by mitochondrial dysfunction in tissue stem cells. The research group of Professor Anu Suomalainen Wartiovaara in Helsinki University, with their collaborators in Max Planck ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Report: More than half of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities were American citizens

Sixty percent of people arrested for Islamic terrorist activities between January 2009 and April 2011 were American citizens, according to a new report from Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study of ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study presents new insight into plant immunity

Researchers have identified an important cog in the molecular machinery of plant immunity - a discovery that could help crop breeders produce disease-resistant varieties to help ensure future food security. There may also ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Oct 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cellular metabolism self-adapts to protect against free radicals

Oxygen-consuming organisms obtain energy through cellular respiration, which is the transformation of carbohydrates and oxygen into carbon dioxide and water. This process also produces toxic oxygen radicals which must be ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientifically taking the guilt out of guilty pleasures

Red wine and chocolate are part of the working week for Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology researcher Dr. Aaron Micallef.

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0