News articles tagged with 'chemical' (Page 3)
'A little off the top' helps NIST map cells with submicrometre resolution
— 3 Mar 2011 14:20 | TechnologyTo determine if a tissue biopsy reveals the presence of cancer, a histologist often screens for cells with an abnormal appearance or a specific visible trait such as a larger-than-usual…
Turning bacteria into butanol biofuel factories
— 3 Mar 2011 12:53 | EnvironmentUniversity of California, Berkeley, chemists have engineered bacteria to churn out a gasoline-like biofuel at about 10 times the rate of competing microbes, a breakthrough that could…
Researcher lists more than 4,000 components of blood chemistry
— 26 Feb 2011 18:06 | HealthAfter three years of exhaustive analysis led by a University of Alberta researcher, the list of known compounds in human blood has exploded from just a handful to more than 4,000…
Enzyme cocktail could eliminate a step in biofuel process
— 26 Feb 2011 17:12 | ChemistryConversion of biomass to fuel requires several steps: chemical pretreatment to break up the biomass - often dilute (sulphuric) acid, detoxification to remove the toxic chemicals required…
Chemical compounds in trees can fight deadly staph infections in humans
— 22 Feb 2011 23:18 | HealthMost people would never suspect that a 'trash tree,' one with little economic value and often removed by farmers due to its ability to destroy farmland, could be the key to fighting…
Antifungal compound found on tropical seaweed has promising antimalarial properties
— 21 Feb 2011 17:21 | HealthA group of chemical compounds used by a species of tropical seaweed to ward off fungus attacks may have promising antimalarial properties for humans. The compounds are part of a unique…
Stanford researchers develop new technology for cheaper, more efficient solar cells
— 20 Feb 2011 16:18 | TechnologyThe sun provides more than enough energy for all our needs, if only we could harness it cheaply and efficiently. Solar energy could provide a clean alternative to fossil fuels, but…
Residual dipolar couplings unveil structure of small molecules
— 18 Feb 2011 18:41 | ChemistryThe team of Professor Burkhard Luy from KIT and Junior Professor Stefan F. Kirsch from the TUM has now shown for the first time that certain NMR parameters, the so-called residual dipolar…
Green chemistry offers route towards zero-waste production
— 18 Feb 2011 17:47 | EnvironmentNovel green chemical technologies will play a key role helping society move towards the elimination of waste while offering a wider range of products from biorefineries, according to…
Global warming may reroute evolution
— 17 Feb 2011 18:24 | EnvironmentRising carbon dioxide levels associated with global warming may affect interactions between plants and the insects that eat them, altering the course of plant evolution, research at…