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On The Water's Surface, Nitric Acid Is Not So Tough
August 20, 2007 — Nitric acid is a notoriously strong and chemically destructive compound found in water on earth and in our atmosphere. However, a team of researchers have found that its punch is much weaker when it ... > full story -
Nano-Boric Acid Makes Motor Oil More Slippery
August 6, 2007 — One key to saving the environment, improving our economy and reducing our dependence on foreign oil might just be sitting in your mother's medicine cabinet. Scientists have begun to combine ... > full story -
Cognitive Impairment Link Found In Older Adults Taking Popular Stomach Acid Medications
August 3, 2007 — Long-term use of histamine2 receptor antagonists, one class of drugs that blocks stomach acid, may be associated with cognitive impairment in older African-American adults. According to a new study, ... > full story -
Eat Fish -- Especially If You Drink High Levels Of Alcohol
July 24, 2007 — Essential fatty acids are a necessary part of an individual's healthy diet; New findings indicate that binge-drinking men have lower intakes of n-3 fats, one type of essential fatty acid; and this ... > full story -
Surprisingly, Chemists Find, Some Solvents Can Alter Chemical Bonds
July 24, 2007 — New research demonstrates that some solvents can significantly enhance certain acid-base interactions and strengthen the bonding interaction between two molecules when one is electron-deficient and ... > full story -
Removing A Sugar Turns Protective Antibodies Into Attackers
July 21, 2007 — In autoimmune diseases like arthritis and lupus, proteins whose job it is to recognize and fight foreign invaders somehow stop recognizing the body as "self" and begin to attack. But exactly what ... > full story -
Adding Folic Acid To Flour Significantly Reduces Congenital Malformations
July 12, 2007 — A new study shows that the addition of folic acid to flours has led to a 46 percent drop in the incidence of congenital neural tube deformation (mainly anencephaly and spina bifida) in Canada. Such ... > full story -
Boosting Key Milk Nutrients May Help Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk
July 11, 2007 — Most Americans fail to get the calcium and vitamin D they need, but this shortfall could be affecting more than their bones. It may, at least in part, be one reason behind the epidemic of type 2 ... > full story -
Compound From Olive-Pomace Oil Inhibits HIV Spread
July 9, 2007 — Researchers have verified that maslinic acid -- found in wax from olive skin -- inhibits serin-protease, the enzyme used by HIV to release itself from the infected cell into the extracellular ... > full story -
New Findings On Sour Taste
July 9, 2007 — Food manufacturers may soon have more control over the amount of sour taste that comes through in a variety of acidified food ... > full story
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