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19-Aug-2009
CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, announced that it is on track to register the 50 millionth unique chemical substance on September 7. This milestone came quickly, since it was only 9 months ago that CAS registered its 40 millionth substance. In contrast, it took 33 years for ...
18-Aug-2009
In an advance toward the first portable device for detecting human bodies buried in disasters and at crime scenes, scientists report early results from a project to establish the chemical fingerprint of death. Speaking here at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), ...
10-Jul-2009
Scientists in Japan are reporting development of a faster, less expensive version of the fabled polymerase chain reaction (PCR) a DNA test widely used in criminal investigations, disease diagnosis, biological research and other applications. The new method could lead to expanded use of PCR in ...
29-Jun-2009
A new protein stabilisation technique has been developed by scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) which could lead to 30 per cent more proteins being available as potential targets for drug development - opening up exciting possibilities in drug ...
17-Apr-2009
A University of Toronto research team from the Department of Chemistry has discovered useful "green" catalysts made from iron that might replace the much more expensive and toxic platinum metals typically used in industrial chemical processes to produce drugs, fragrances and flavours. The ...
28-Nov-2008
CAS Registry now includes 40 million organic and inorganic substances. CAS Registry Number(R) 1073662-18-6 recently was assigned to an azulenobenzofuran derivative. The 40 millionth substance was identified by a team of CAS scientists,C.H. Oh,J.H. Lee,S.J. Lee,J.I. Kim, andC.S. Hong. The journal ...
That tastes -- sweet? Sour? No, it's definitely calcium!
25-Aug-2008
Chemists in Philadelphia are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory — to include a new taste sensation that they term "calcium." In a report at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, scientist Michael G. ...
19-Oct-2007
Researchers in California reported development of the world's first working radio system that receives radio waves wirelessly and converts them to sound signals through a nano-sized detector made of carbon nanotubes. The "carbon nanotube radio" device is thousands of times smaller than the ...
04-Jan-2006
Belgian chemists have developed "self-exploding" microcapsules that could one day precisely release drugs and vaccines inside the human body weeks or even months after injection. The study, by researchers at Ghent University and the Universite Catholique de Louvain, is scheduled to appear in the ...
