Gut microbes affect human health, but there is still much to learn, in part because they're not easy to collect. But researchers now report in ACS Nano that they have developed an ingestible capsule that in rat studies captured ...
Bio & Medicine
Sep 9, 2020
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Researchers are enlisting mighty microbes in the fight against food waste.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 19, 2020
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A boost of vitamin C helped Rice University scientists turn small gold nanorods into fine gold nanowires.
Nanomaterials
Feb 19, 2019
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A technique that enables biologically active enzymes to survive the rigors of inkjet printing presents a promising alternative to routine blood screening finger jabs for diabetic blood sugar levels. The KAUST-led team used ...
Engineering
Dec 21, 2018
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Aging often improves the flavor of wine, but sometimes the beverage emerges from storage with an unpleasant smell. One of the prime culprits is hydrogen sulfide (H2S), which can give the affected wine an aroma of sewage or ...
Other
Dec 12, 2018
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A new point-of-care rapid-sensing device can detect a key marker of eye injury in minutes – a time frame crucial to treating eye trauma.
Analytical Chemistry
Sep 3, 2018
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Vitamin C is best known as a nutrient. In high enough doses, however, vitamin C also shows potential against many cancers, according to recent studies. To successfully develop vitamin C (chemically named ascorbic acid) as ...
Biochemistry
Jan 25, 2018
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A team of scientists from Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences has found a new substance with antioxidant properties able to protect living organisms from toxic compounds. The results of the ...
Biochemistry
Nov 30, 2017
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An engineer and an ophthalmologist are developing a portable sensor that can quickly and inexpensively determine whether an eye injury is mild or severe. The device, called OcuCheck, measures levels of vitamin C in the fluids ...
Analytical Chemistry
Dec 8, 2015
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Sweetpotato is known to be a good source of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and certain B vitamins that are considered essential to human health. Besides the commonly consumed root of the plant, certain tissues in sweetpotato are ...
Other
Jan 14, 2015
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