Photosynthesis, which allows energy from the sun to be converted into life-sustaining sugars, can also be hazardous to green plants. If they absorb too much sunlight, the extra energy destroys their tissue.
Biochemistry
Jul 17, 2017
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The biological formation of neurotoxic methyl mercury is an enigmatic process underpinning mercury-related health and environmental hazards. Nevertheless, the exact mechanisms and the factors controlling the process are still ...
Environment
Feb 9, 2017
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An object discovered by astrophysicists at the University of Toronto (U of T) nearly 500 light years away from the Sun may challenge traditional understandings about how planets and stars form.
Astronomy
Jan 8, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Fluorescence imaging is the most widely used method for analyzing the molecular composition of biological specimens. Target molecules, when they are present, can be "tagged" with a fluorescent label and made ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 27, 2013
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The effectiveness of crystalline pharmaceuticals is not only influenced by molecular composition; the structure of the crystals is also important because it determines both the solubility and the rate of dissolution, which ...
Materials Science
Sep 9, 2013
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New metamaterial has been developed exhibiting hundreds of times greater strength than pure metals. Researchers from KAIST have developed a composite nanomaterial. The nanomaterial consists of graphene inserted in copper ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 26, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In chemical reactions, left and right can make a big difference. A "left-handed" molecule of a particular chemical composition could be an effective drug, while its mirror-image "right-handed" counterpart could ...
Nanophysics
Jun 27, 2013
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Deciphering the molecular composition of organic aerosols, or OA, in the atmosphere is essential for understanding how these complex aerosols transform and impact the environment and climate forcing. The chemical composition ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2013
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Swiss researchers could show that exhaled human breath contains a characteristic molecular "fingerprint". The scientists want to use this finding to diagnose diseases based on the chemical analysis of patient's exhaled breath, ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 3, 2013
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Raman spectroscopy has enabled incredible advances in numerous scientific fields and is a powerful tool for tissue classification and disease recognition, although there have been considerable challenges to using the method ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 19, 2013
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