Mathematicians at the University of York in the UK and the University of Canterbury in New Zealand say they have disproved a widely accepted theory underpinning the operation of complex networks of interactions in the natural ...
Mathematics
Jun 20, 2012
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Md., design, develop and improve analytical methods for measuring nutritional components in the food supply. ...
Other
Mar 27, 2012
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Scientists at the University of Warwick have used state-of-the-art nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to shed new light on how pharmaceutical molecules pack together in the solid state.
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 7, 2012
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Groundwater in aquifers on the East Coast and in the Central U.S. has the highest risk of contamination from radium, a naturally occurring radioactive element and known carcinogen.
Environment
Feb 15, 2012
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A receptor found on blood platelets whose importance as a potential pharmaceutical target has long been questioned may in fact be fruitful in drug testing, according to new research from Michigan State University chemists.
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 19, 2012
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National Physical Laboratory has developed a suite of analytical methods to detect trace-level impurities in hydrogen fuel that can affect the performance of hydrogen fuel cells – a potentially carbon-free power source ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 27, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month, Dr. Michael Stadler and his Computational Biology group at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research became a member laboratory of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. This is ...
Biotechnology
Aug 9, 2011
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Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2011
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The widely known PSA blood test for prostate cancer in men may get a second life as a much-needed new test for breast cancer, the most common form of cancer in women worldwide, scientists are reporting in a new study in the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 13, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Terpenoids are a very large and diverse class of compounds which includes certain hormones, flavors, and drugs, such as steroids, cinnamon or menthol, and antibacterials. They are found in all living organisms, ...
Biochemistry
May 17, 2011
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