news 2010

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 22.05
Chemists find new compounds to curb staph infection
In an age when microbial pathogens are growing increasingly resistant to the conventional antibiotics used to tamp down infection, a team of Wisconsin scientists has synthesized a potent new class of compounds capable of curbing the bacteria that cause staph infections.

Chemistry - Physics/Material Science - 7.05
SDSC Assists in Generating Clean Tech Breakthrough
SDSC's Trestles Used to Develop New Tools for Cleaner Air and Energy Production - Using the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, chemists at the University of South Florida (USF) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) have discovered a more efficient, less expensive, and reusable material for carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) capture and separation than is currently used to prevent the greenhouse gas from entering the atmosphere.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 1.05
Penn Vet Working Dog Center Collaborating on Ovarian Cancer Detection Study
In a unique, interdisciplinary collaboration, the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's Working Dog Center, The School of Arts and Science's Department of Physics and Astronomy, Penn Medicine's Division of Gynecologic Oncology and the Monell Chemical Senses Center have joined together to study ovarian cancer detection by dogs and e-sensors.

Chemistry - 30.04
Los Alamos improves biomass-to-fuel process
Los Alamos scientists published an article in the scientific that could offer a big step on the path to renewable energy. - This work describes a completely new approach, an alternative route to convert this class of molecules to hydrocarbons that uses much less energy and has a very high degree of conversion to provide pure products.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 19.04
Advancing the art of tuberculosis detection
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 19, 2013—New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory shows promise for stemming the advance of tuberculosis (TB) by revealing how the bacterium interacts with its human hosts and thus providing a new pathway for early detection in patients.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 12.04
New device could cut costs on household products, pharmaceuticals
Posted under: Engineering , Health and Medicine , News Releases , Research , Science , Technology - Sometimes cost saving comes in nanoscale packages. - A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for soap products that depend on certain molecules to effectively deal with grease and dirt.

Physics/Material Science - Chemistry - 4.04
Study provides new insight into photosynthesis
Pigments found in plants and purple bacteria employed to provide protection from sun damage do more than just that. Researchers from the University of Toronto and University of Glasgow have found that they also help to harvest light energy during photosynthesis.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 28.03
Worm research may help humans live longer
Worm research may help humans live longer - Look what might help us live longer - worms! Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research (BTI) and Cornell have shown that roundworms can live up to 20 percent longer when bathed in their own secretions.

Chemistry - Physics/Material Science - 16.03
As fuel cells evolve, a role emerges for palladium
Researchers at Yale University have taken another step toward the development of low-temperature, lower-cost alkaline fuel cells, which are battery-like devices that convert oxygen and hydrogen into electricity and heat.

Chemistry - 4.03
Evidence that comets could have seeded life on Earth
It's among the most ancient of questions: What are the origins of life on Earth? - A new experiment simulating conditions in deep space reveals that the complex building blocks of life could have been created on icy interplanetary dust and then carried to Earth, jump-starting life.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 27.02
Research update: Chemists find help from nature in fighting cancer
Study of several dozen compounds based on a fungal chemical shows potent anti-tumor activity. - Inspired by a chemical that fungi secrete to defend their territory, MIT chemists have synthesized and tested several dozen compounds that may hold promise as potential cancer drugs.

Physics/Material Science - Chemistry - 14.02
A Dual Look at Photosystem II Using the World’s Most Powerful X-Ray Laser
From providing living cells with energy, to nitrogen fixation, to the splitting of water molecules, the catalytic activities of metalloenzymes - proteins that contain a metal ion - are vital to life on Earth.

Medicine/Pharmacology - Chemistry - 8.02
For drug makers, new 3-D control opens wealth of options
A team of scientists anchored at Yale University has demonstrated a new, highly versatile approach for quickly assembling drug-like compounds, establishing a broad new route to drug discovery and medical treatment.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 31.01
Mapping the living cell
New technique pinpoints protein locations, helping scientists figure out their functions. - To get a clear picture of what's happening inside a cell, scientists need to know the locations of thousands of proteins and other molecules.

Life Sciences - Chemistry - 30.01
Scientists Help Map Molecular Architecture of Organelle Critical to Hearing
To learn how something works in biology, it pays to start really small. Take this research for example: A team that includes Berkeley Lab scientists has identified and mapped the locations of many of the proteins that compose a hair bundle, which is an organelle that sprouts from hair cells in the inner ear.