Print
Email
Bookmark
RSS
Is An Anchor Responsible For Mad Cow Disease (BSE) Infections?
Chemists are providing prion
researchers with a new tool
to elucidate the role played
by specific anchor
molecules. These complicated
... > full story
Pesticides Are In For It Now
Chemists have developed a
method to detect pesticide
residues in foodstuffs -- a
method that may also be of
interest for other areas and
may enable quality checks on
a running basis. ... > full story
Bacterial Decision-making Explained By 'Moving' Theory
Biochemists have answered a
fundamental question of how
important bacterial proteins
make life-and-death
decisions that allow them to
... > full story
New Catalysts Promise Faster, Cleaner And More Efficient Research Platform
A new class of catalysts
provides a highly selective,
efficient and
environmentally friendly new
platform for research in
... > full story
Browse News Stories
1 to 10 of 1,677 stories
view headlines only
-
Chemistry
Energy and the Environment
Inorganic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
Materials Science
Biochemistry
Imidazolium Salts Show Powerful Antioxidant Properties To Fight Diseases And Are Efficient Catalysts For Converting Biofuels
December 1, 2008 — Commonly used as solvents for various organic reactions, imidazolium salts are room-temperature ionic liquids that are chemically stable and have low vapor pressure. While their physical properties ... > full story -
Model To Measure Soil Health In Bioenergy Era
November 30, 2008 — The loss of soil organic matter due to poor land-management practice threatens farmlands, and while the use for crop residues as feedstock for biomass ethanol and bio-based products increases, these ... > full story -
Protein Fibers Can Become Electrical Wiring
November 28, 2008 — Researchers have succeeded in creating electrical wires consisting of protein fibers encased in plastic. The 10 nanometer thin fibers are self-organizing and compatible with biological ... > full story -
How DNA Is Unwound So That Its Code Can Be Read
November 28, 2008 — Researchers have figured out how a macromolecular machine is able to unwind the long and twisted tangles of DNA within a cell's nucleus so that genetic information can be "read" and used to direct ... > full story -
Collapse Of Helium’s Chemical Nobility Predicted By Polish Chemist
November 26, 2008 — 140 years since its discovery, and despite the best endeavors of many scientists, helium, the lightest of the 'noble' gases, still stubbornly refuses to enter into any chemical alliance. Now a new ... > full story -
New Light Shed On Catalyzed Reactions
November 26, 2008 — Scientists searching for a better way to clean up the stubborn pollutant TCE have found a new way to watch the molecules break apart as individual chemical bonds are formed and broken. Researcher ... > full story -
Shellfish Inspire New Adhesives
November 21, 2008 — Adhesive shellfish proteins bind regardless of how many binding elements they contain. This has potential for the development of new kinds of binding ... > full story -
Scientists Reshape Future Of Drug Discovery With Next Generation Man-Made Molecules
November 20, 2008 — Scientists have devised a new way to create the next generation of man-made molecules in a breakthrough that could revolutionize drug ... > full story -
Physicists Steer Electrons With Laser Pulses
November 18, 2008 — Three theoretical physicists explained how attosecond laser pulses can be used to direct the motion of an electron inside a hydrogen molecule, and what the measurable consequences of this control ... > full story -
One Dozen At A Blow: Main Principle For Alloys Discovered
November 17, 2008 — Molecular metallurgists galvanize and gild atoms and discover main principle for alloys. In the neverland between molecule and metal they discovered a new family of ... > full story
Search ScienceDaily
Number of stories in archives: 61,799
