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How 'Traffic' in Our Cells Works Both for and Against Us
May 1, 2013 — A mechanism that permits essential substances to enter our cells while at the same time removing from them harmful components also has a “down side.” This negativeaspect prevents vital ... > full story -
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Shifting the Burden of Recycling
April 30, 2013 — Over the past two decades governments around the world have been experimenting with a new strategy for managing waste. By making producers responsible for their products when they become wastes, ... > full story -
Zebrafish Study Suggests That Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) Is an Antidote to Cyanide Poisoning
April 30, 2013 — With the remains of a recent lottery winner having been exhumed for foul play related to cyanide poisoning, future winners might wonder how they can avoid the same fate. A new report involving ... > full story -
Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-Killing Enzyme
April 30, 2013 — Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study researchers assembled microscopic ... > full story -
Mysterious Catalyst Explained: How Tiny Gold Particles Aid the Production of Plastic Components
April 30, 2013 — From methanol to formaldehyde -- this reaction is the starting point for the synthesis of many everyday plastics. Using catalysts made of gold particles, formaldehyde could be produced without the ... > full story -
NFL Draft Study Says Arrest Record May Not Affect Performance
April 29, 2013 — Scientists analyzed five years of NFL draft data and discovered that the performance of NFL players who had an arrest record but no charges was better than those without an arrest and those arrested ... > full story -
First Snapshot of Organisms Eating Each Other: Feast Clue to Smell of Ancient Earth
April 29, 2013 — Tiny 1,900-million-year-old fossils from rocks around Lake Superior, Canada, give the first ever snapshot of organisms eating each other and suggest what the ancient Earth would have smelled ... > full story -
Foul-Smelling Gas Shows Health Benefits in Reducing Joint Swelling
April 29, 2013 — Scientists have discovered that a novel drug molecule, which slowly generates the gas hydrogen sulfide, effectively reduces swelling and inflammation in arthritic ... > full story -
Seeding a New Kind of Concrete
April 25, 2013 — Sunflower seed husks, a huge waste product of the vegetable oil and food industry, could be used as an environmentally friendly filler, or aggregate, for concrete according to Turkish researchers. ... > full story -
Microelectronics: Taking the Heat Off Microfluidic Chips
April 24, 2013 — Replacing a high-temperature processing technique with an infrared treatment allows the manufacture of tiny devices without damaging the polymer ... > full story
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