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Origin of Life: Power Behind Primordial Soup Discovered
April 4, 2013 Researchers may have solved a key puzzle about how objects from space could have kindled life on ... > full story -
Scientists Have Unravelled a Mechanism Critical for Fungal Virulence
April 4, 2013 Metallothioneins, proteins able to capture metal ions, play a major role in the virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans, a fungal pathogen which causes severe infections in immunodeficient and ... > full story -
Exhaled Breath Carries a Molecular 'Breathprint' Unique to Each Individual
April 3, 2013 Researchers have shown that exhaled human breath contains a characteristic molecular "fingerprint". Stable, specific 'breathprints' unique to an individual exist and may have applications as ... > full story -
A Giant Step Toward Miniaturization: Nanotechnology Transforms Molecular Beams Into Functional Nano-Devices
April 3, 2013 Semiconductor nanowires are quasi-one-dimensional nanomaterials that have sparked a surge of interest as one of the most powerful and versatile nanotechnological building blocks with actual or ... > full story -
Breakthrough Cancer-Killing Treatment Has No Side-Effects in Mice: New Chemistry May Cure Human Cancers
April 3, 2013 The scientific crusade against cancer recently achieved a victory. Medical researchers have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully put cancer into remission in mice. This ... > full story -
NASA Team Investigates Complex Chemistry at Saturn's Moon Titan
April 3, 2013 A laboratory experiment at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., simulating the atmosphere of Saturn's moon Titan suggests complex organic chemistry that could eventually lead to the ... > full story -
Building Quantum States With Individual Silicon Atoms
April 3, 2013 By introducing individual silicon atom 'defects' using a scanning tunneling microscope, scientists have coupled single atoms to form quantum ... > full story -
Breakthrough in Hydrogen Fuel Production Could Revolutionize Alternative Energy Market
April 3, 2013 Researchers have discovered a way to extract large quantities of hydrogen from any plant, a breakthrough that has the potential to bring a low-cost, environmentally friendly fuel source to the ... > full story -
Interactive Textbook Offers New Resource for Chemists
April 2, 2013 A trio of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute has created the first-ever fully interactive advanced organic chemistry textbook, called "The Portable Chemist’s Consultant: A Survival ... > full story -
Ozone Masks Plants Volatiles, Plant Eating Insects Confused
April 2, 2013 Increases in ground-level ozone, especially in rural areas, may interfere not only with predator insects finding host plants, but also with pollinators finding flowers, according to new ... > full story
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