Benzocaine, a commonly used local anesthetic, may more easily wiggle into a cell's membrane when the membrane is made up of compounds that carry a negative charge, a new study shows. The finding could help scientists piece ...
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2011
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It had to happen: the property bubble burst and the global financial market experienced its biggest crisis in the last hundred years. In retrospect, many suspected it was coming, but nobody could have known for sure. The ...
Mathematics
Sep 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Neutrons, the particles that along with protons, exist in the nuclei of atoms (except for hydrogen) have been intensely studied ever since their discovery in the 1930’s. And while many interesting developments ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Harvard have created a device that may make it easier to isolate and study tiny particles such as viruses.
General Physics
Sep 26, 2011
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Climate change affects people both globally and regionally. Pankaj Kumar, for example, who works at the Climate Service Center and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, is investigating the interplay of dry ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Arguably the worst feature of societies with class structures – the disproportionate suffering of the poor – may have been the driving force behind the spread of those stratified societies across ...
Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2011
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The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has developed a world-leading pvT (pressure-volume-temperature) and thermal conductivity test kit.
Polymers
Sep 26, 2011
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Siemens has developed a very quiet nozzle for gas extinguishing systems. The system is especially suitable for use in computer centers that store sensitive data. That’s because loud noise can cause hard disk drives to ...
Engineering
Sep 26, 2011
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While many of us don't want anything to do with snakes, for some, a certain kind of Python—the computer programming language, that is—is the preferred option. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory ...
Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fomalhaut b, thought to be the first exoplanet photographed directly, has come under increased scrutiny due to evidence of an unexpected divergence from its expected orbit. Paul Kalas, James Graham and their ...
