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Spectroscopy Innovation could Improve Greenhouse Gas Detection
May 15, 2013 7:09 pm | by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | News | Comments
Detecting greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could soon become far easier with the help of an innovative technique* developed by a team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have overcome an issue preventing the effective use of lasers to rapidly scan samples.
Engineered Spider Toxin Could Be Future of Anti-venom Vaccines
May 9, 2013 7:56 am | by Elsevier | News | Comments
New engineered spider protein could be the start of a new generation of anti-venom vaccines,...
Trophy Molecule a Real Surprise
May 7, 2013 4:25 pm | by University of Nottingham | News | Comments
The search for cleaner, low temperature nuclear fuels has produced a shock result for a team of...
Computer Scientists Suggest New Spin on Origins of Evolvability
April 26, 2013 2:45 pm | by University of Central Florida | News | Comments
Scientists have long observed that species seem to have become increasingly capable of evolving...
Successfully Implementing Quality by Design An Introductory Workshop
May 17, 2013 12:22 pm | EventsThis class will teach you the key components of QbD which are crucial for any individual look into to implement QbD in their business in the next 12 months. QbD will be the norm within 10 years and manufacturing efficiency will be significantly improved. Adoption of an integrated Product Quality Lifecycle Process facilitates innovation, continual improvement and strengthens the link between pharmaceutical development and manufacturing activities.
H1N1 Discovered in Marine Mammals
May 15, 2013 7:09 pm | by University of California - Davis | News | CommentsScientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published today, May 15, in the journal PLOS ONE. It is the first report of that flu strain in any marine mammal.
CERN Physicists Measure Fundamental Property of Rarest Element on Earth
May 15, 2013 1:53 pm | by CERN | News | CommentsAn international team of physicists at the radioactive-beam facility ISOLDE at CERN have for the first time measured the ionization potential of the rare radioactive element astatine. The value for astatine, published in the journal Nature Communications, could help chemists to develop applications for the element in radiotherapy, and will serve as a benchmark for theories that predict the structure of super-heavy elements.
When Green Means Danger: A Stunning New Pitviper Species
May 14, 2013 10:55 am | by Pensoft Publishers | News | CommentsA new species of green palm-pitviper of the genus Bothriechis is described from a seriously threatened cloud forest reserve in northern Honduras. Because of similarity in color pattern and scalation, the new species (Bothriechis guifarroi) was previously confused with other Honduran palm pitvipers. Genetic analysis revealed that the closest relatives of the new species are actually found over 600...
But What Does It Do?
May 14, 2013 10:55 am | by European Molecular Biology Laboratory | News | CommentsAlthough we know the tool's general purpose, it can sometimes be difficult to tell if a specific pair of precision tweezers belongs to a surgeon or a master jeweller. It is now easier to solve similar conundrums about a type of protein that allows cells to react to their environment, thanks to scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL). Published in Science Signaling,...
Physicists Light 'Magnetic Fire' to Reveal Energy's Path
May 13, 2013 2:38 pm | by New York University | News | CommentsNew York University physicists have uncovered how energy is released and dispersed in magnetic materials in a process akin to the spread of forest fires, a finding that has the potential to deepen our understanding of self-sustained chemical reactions.
Lead Discovery 5.1
May 13, 2013 10:17 am | PerkinElmer Informatics | Product Releases | CommentsLead Discovery 5.1 is designed to enhance TIBCO Spotfire software’s data analysis capabilities with new functionality built specifically with chemists in mind. Based on the ChemDraw drawing tool, the chemical intelligence in Lead Discovery provides scientists with extensive chemical structure searching and visualization.
Project Aims to Track Big City Carbon Footprints
May 13, 2013 10:00 am | by Alicia Chang, AP Science Writer | News | CommentsEvery time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and elsewhere around Paris keep a pulse on emissions from smokestacks and automobile tailpipes.
Carnivorous Plant Throws Out 'Junk' DNA
May 13, 2013 6:04 am | by University at Buffalo | News | CommentsIRAPUATO, MEXICO%2FBUFFALO, N.Y. — Genes make up about 2 percent of the human genome. The rest consists of a genetic material known as noncoding DNA, and scientists have spent years puzzling over why this material exists in such voluminous quantities. Now, a new study offers an unexpected insight: The large majority of noncoding DNA, which is abundant in many living things, may not actually be...
Nano-breakthrough: Solving the Case of the Herringbone Crystal
May 13, 2013 6:04 am | by University of Michigan | News | CommentsANN ARBOR---Leading nanoscientists created beautiful, tiled patterns with flat nanocrystals, but they were left with a mystery: Why did some sets of crystals arrange themselves in an alternating, herringbone style? To find out, they turned to experts in computer simulation at the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
CERN and OpenAIREplus launch European Research Repository
May 10, 2013 4:17 pm | by Andrew Purcell, CERN | News | CommentsMay 8, 2013, saw the launch of a new online repository, created to allow researchers to share publications and supporting data more easily, thus facilitating open collaboration. The repository is called Zenodo and it has been designed to help researchers based at institutions of all sizes to share results in a wide variety of formats across all fields of science.
Perfectly Doped Quantum Dots Yield Colors to Dye For
May 10, 2013 1:53 pm | by University of Illinois at Chicago | News | CommentsQuantum dots are tiny nanocrystals with extraordinary optical and electrical properties with possible uses in dye production, bioimaging, and solar energy production. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a way to introduce precisely four copper ions into each and every quantum dot. The introduction of these "guest" ions, called doping, opens up possibilities for...
Clarity2Go Smartphone App
May 9, 2013 11:06 am | Dataapex Ltd. | Product Releases | CommentsClarity2Go is an application for users of Clarity chromatography software that allows monitoring instrument status. It is for both Android and iPhone mobile phones and is compatible with Clarity version 4.0.4.
Exotic Atoms Clues to Unsolved Physics Puzzle
May 8, 2013 5:53 pm | by University of Michigan | News | CommentsANN ARBOR- An international team of physicists has found the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms. The findings could advance the search for a new fundamental force in nature that could explain why the Big Bang created more matter than antimatter---a pivotal imbalance in the history of everything.
R. Graham Cooks wins Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences
May 7, 2013 2:38 pm | by Purdue University | News | CommentsA Purdue University professor has won the 2013 Dreyfus Prize in Chemical Sciences, this year awarded in the field of chemical instrumentation. R. Graham Cooks, the Henry Bohn Hass Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, won the biennial international prize in recognition of his innovations in the field of mass spectrometry and analytical chemistry.
Reversal of the Black Widow Myth
May 6, 2013 10:51 am | by Springer | News | CommentsThe Black Widow spider gets its name from the popular belief that female spiders eat their male suitors after mating. However, a new study has shown that the tendency to consume a potential mate is also true of some types of male spider. The study by Lenka Sentenska and Stano Pekar from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic finds that male spiders of the Micaria sociabilis species are more...
Bizarre Bone Worms Emit Acid to Feast on Skeletons
May 2, 2013 12:15 pm | by UC San Diego | News | CommentsOnly within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the bones of whale carcasses. With each new study, scientists have developed a better grasp on the biology of Osedax, a genus of mouthless and gutless “bone worms” that make a living on skeletons lying on the seafloor.
Scientists Make World's Smallest Movie Using Atoms
May 1, 2013 12:19 pm | by IBM Research | News | CommentsScientists from IBM have unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with one of the tiniest elements in the universe: atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the Guinness World Records-verified movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create nearly 250 frames of stop-motion action.
Convey and Nimbix to Give away $25,000 of Processing Time for Accelerated Genomics
May 1, 2013 11:55 am | by Convey | News | CommentsConvey Computer has announced that Nimbix, a leader in accelerated high-performance cloud computing, has partnered with Convey to expand its Convey hybrid-core (HC) infrastructure, as part of “The Accelerated Genomics Cloud” (TAGC) promotion, which provides free runtime for qualified applicants.
Boosting the Powers of Genomic Science
April 26, 2013 11:41 am | by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine | News | CommentsAs scientists probe and parse the genetic bases of what makes a human a human (or one human different from another), and vigorously push for greater use of whole genome sequencing, they find themselves increasingly threatened by the unthinkable: Too much data to make full sense of.
Unique Chemistry Reveals Eruption of Ancient Materials Once at Earth’s Surface
April 26, 2013 10:33 am | by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego | News | CommentsAn international team of researchers has found new evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated in Earth’s ancient Archean crust. These findings support the theory that much of the Earth’s original crust has been recycled by the process of subduction, helping to explain how the Earth has formed and changed over time.
Exotic Big Cat Prowled British Countryside a Century Ago
April 25, 2013 11:35 am | by Durham University | News | CommentsThe rediscovery of a mystery animal in a museum's underground storeroom proves that a non-native 'big cat' prowled the British countryside at the turn of the last century. The animal's skeleton and mounted skin was analysed by a multi-disciplinary team of Durham University scientists and fellow researchers at Bristol, Southampton and Aberystwyth universities and found to be a Canadian lynx – a...
Microbes Inhaled on New York City Subway
April 25, 2013 11:35 am | by American Society for Microbiology | News | CommentsThe microbial population in the air of the New York City subway system is nearly identical to that of ambient air on the city streets. This research, published ahead of print in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, establishes an important baseline, should it become necessary to monitor the subway's air for dispersal of potentially dangerous microbes. Also, the combination of new...
ACS 246th Fall National Meeting and Exposition
April 25, 2013 9:10 am | EventsChemistry In Motion: National Meetings occur twice a year in various cities around the U.S. and each one attracts an estimated 11,000 to 13,000 chemists, chemical engineers, academicians, graduate and undergraduate students, and other related professionals. Each meeting features more than 7,000 presentations organized into technical symposia that highlight important research advances.
10th Annual Compound & Sample Management
April 24, 2013 8:40 am | EventsPressures affecting the drug discovery and development field are hitting compound libraries just as hard. Sample managers have to increase productivity, create leaner strategies and continue to develop strong relationships in order to maintain functionality.
