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Families shed light on likely causative gene for Alzheimer's
(16 May 2008)
The genetic profile of two large Georgia families with high rates of late-onset Alzheimer's disease points to a gene that may cause the disease, researchers say. Genetic variations called single nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs, are common in ......
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Berkeley Researchers Identify Photosynthetic Dimmer Switch
(13 May 2008)
In a study of the molecular mechanisms by which plants protect themselves from oxidation damage should they absorb too much sunlight during photosynthesis, a team of researchers has discovered a molecular "dimmer switch" that helps control the ......
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Gold Award for LUM-Researchers: The Filtration Society Gold Medal bestowed upon T. Sobisch et al.
(09 May 2008)
During the 10th World Filtration Congress in Leipzig the Gold Medal Award 2007 of The Filtration Society was awarded to T. Sobisch, D. Lerche, T. Detloff (L.U.M. GmbH) and M. Beiser, A. Erk (Universität Karlsruhe) for their outstanding ......
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Sounding out Congo Red
(08 May 2008)
Ultrasound can drain the color from toxic dyes
Brightly colored dyes such as the shimmering Congo Red commonly used in silk clothing manufacture are notoriously difficult to dispose of in an environmentally benign way. Congo Red is an azo dye, it is toxic to many organisms and is a ......
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Chemists measure chilli sauce hotness with nanotubes
(06 May 2008)
Nanotube device gives precise spice advice
If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen and into the lab - chemists can now use carbon nanotubes to judge the heat of chilli sauces. The technology might soon be available commercially as a cheap, disposable sensor for use in the ......
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Reconstructing Oetzi's, the Neolithic Man family tree with 454 Sequencing
(06 May 2008)
Since Oetzi's sensational discovery, in 1991 and his extraction from the glacier in Alto Adige in Italy, Europe's most famous mummy has been the subject of intensive scientific study. The initial research focused on dating the mummy, and with ......
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A new iconic drug information system inspired by road signs
(30 Apr 2008)
Although drug prescriptions are notoriously difficult to read, prescribing errors due to a lack of knowledge of drug properties are a worse problem. Now, a new information icon system has been developed by researchers in France. The researchers ......
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First nanoscale image of soil reveals an 'incredible' variety, rich with patterns
(29 Apr 2008)
A handful of soil is a lot like a banana, strawberry and apple smoothie: Blended all together, it is hard to tell what's in there, especially if you have never tasted the fruits before. But when you look at soil's organic carbon closely, it has ......
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Princeton scientists discover exotic quantum state of matter
(28 Apr 2008)
'Quantum Hall-like effect' found in a bulk material without an applied magnetic field
A team of scientists from Princeton University has found that one of the most intriguing phenomena in condensed-matter physics - known as the quantum Hall effect - can occur in nature in a way that no one has ever before seen. The scientists ......
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Agilent Technologies Presents 2008 Manfred Donike Award for Sports Doping Control Excellence to German Researcher
(23 Apr 2008)
Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it has presented the 2008 Manfred Donike Award for scientific excellence in sports doping testing to Ulrich Flenker, research scientist at the Institute of Biochemistry, German Sport University, Cologne, ......
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