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Mercury May Have Harbored an Ancient Magma Ocean: Massive Lava Flows May Have Given Rise to Two Distinct Rock Types
February 21, 2013 — By analyzing Mercury's rocky surface, scientists have been able to partially reconstruct the planet's history over billions of ... > full story -
Scientists Unveil Secrets of Important Natural Antibiotic
February 21, 2013 — An international team of scientists has discovered how an important natural antibiotic called dermcidin, produced by our skin when we sweat, is a highly efficient tool to fight tuberculosis germs and ... > full story -
Explosives Vapor Detection Technology: The New 'Sniff Test'
February 21, 2013 — A quick, accurate and highly sensitive process to reliably detect minute traces of explosives on luggage, cargo or traveling passengers has been demonstrated. The vapor detection technology ... > full story -
Disruption of Circadian Clock Linked to Obesity, Diabetes and Heart Attacks
February 21, 2013 — Disruption in the body's circadian rhythm can lead not only to obesity, but can also increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease. That is the conclusion of the first study to show definitively ... > full story -
When Water Speaks: Solvents Make Catalysts More Efficient
February 21, 2013 — Why certain catalyst materials work more efficiently when they are surrounded by water instead of a gas phase is unclear. Chemists have now gleaned some initial answers from computer simulations. ... > full story -
Organic Tomatoes Accumulate More Vitamin C, Sugars Than Conventionally Grown Fruit
February 20, 2013 — Tomatoes grown on organic farms accumulate higher concentrations of sugars, vitamin C and compounds associated with oxidative stress compared to those grown on conventional farms, according to new ... > full story -
Turning Pine Sap Into 'Ever-Green' Plastics
February 20, 2013 — Scientists are developing new plastics that are “green” from the cradle to the grave. Given that the new polymers they are working on often come from pine trees, firs and other conifers, ... > full story -
Sunlight Yields More Efficient Carbon Dioxide to Methanol Model
February 20, 2013 — In a method that is more efficient and inexpensive than current models, researchers are using carbon dioxide, copper oxide nanowires and simulated sunlight to create ... > full story -
Searching for the Solar System's Chemical Recipe
February 20, 2013 — The ratio of isotopes in elements like oxygen, sulfur, and nitrogen were once thought to be much the same everywhere, determined only by their different masses. Then isotope ratios in meteorites, ... > full story -
Molecules Assemble in Water, Hint at Origins of Life
February 20, 2013 — Researchers are exploring an alternate theory for the origin of RNA: they think the RNA bases may have evolved from a pair of molecules distinct from the bases we have today. This theory looks ... > full story
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