Researchers to Decode Antarctic Ice Metagenome with the 454 Sequencing System, to Explore the Effects of Climate Change

20-Jul-2009 - For many years, researchers at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany have been studying polar and marine environments to improve our understanding of ocean-ice-atmosphere interactions and the animal and plant kingdoms of the Arctic and Antarctic. ...

Agilent Technologies’ Custom-Designed CGH Microarray Used to Map Korean Genome

17-Jul-2009 - Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that scientists using an Agilent custom-designed comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) array have sequenced the entire gene map of a Korean male. An international team led by researchers at Seoul National University published the results in Nature. The ...

Artificial leaves can generate energy

25 million euros for unique research into photosynthetic energy from plants and algae

17-Jul-2009 - On Friday 10 July the research programme Towards Biosolar Cells was granted a budget of 25 million euros by the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality recommended the programme because it will contribute to green energy, improve food supplies and a create a more ...

Researchers image crucial anthrax protein

Crystal structure could offer new therapies

16-Jul-2009 - Anthrax, long feared for its potential as a biological weapon, has lost some of its mystery. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Chicago, have determined the structure of a protein crucial to the ...

New technique can fast-track better ionic liquids for biomass pre-treatments

16-Jul-2009 - They've been dubbed "grassoline" – second generation biofuels made from inedible plant material, including fast-growing weeds, agricultural waste, sawdust, etc. – and numerous scientific studies have shown them to be prime candidates for replacing gasoline to meet our transportation needs. ...

Toxin detection as close as an inkjet printer

15-Jul-2009 - If that office inkjet printer has become just another fixture, it's time to take a fresh look at it. Similar technology may soon be used to develop paper-based biosensors that can detect certain harmful toxins that can cause food poisoning or be used as bioterrorism agents. In a paper published ...

New advance in revolutionary 'bullet fingerprinting' technique

Chemistry researchers at University of Leicester announce simple but effective way of lifting prints

14-Jul-2009 - 'Bullet fingerprinting' technology developed at the University of Leicester in collaboration with Northamptonshire Police is now being advanced in new ways. Dr John Bond, from Northamptonshire Police Scientific Support Unit and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Leicester's ...

Graphene's versatility promises new applications

13-Jul-2009 - Since its discovery just a few years ago, graphene has climbed to the top of the heap of new super-materials poised to transform the electronics and nanotechnology landscape. As N.J. Tao, a researcher at the Biodesign Institute of Arizona State University explains, this two dimensional honeycomb ...

New way to make sensors that detect toxic chemicals

10-Jul-2009 - Ohio State University researchers have developed a new method for making extremely pure, very small metal-oxide nanoparticles. They are using this simple, fast, and low-temperature process to make materials for gas sensors that detect toxic industrial chemicals (TICs) and biological warfare ...

Remote-control closed system invented for inserting radio-active atoms inside fullerenes

The new material will increase control of radiation therapy

09-Jul-2009 - Virginia Tech chemistry Professor Harry C. Dorn, Emory and Henry College chemistry Professor James Duchamp, and Panos Fatouros, professor and chair of the Division of Radiation Physics and Biology at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have co-invented a hands-off process for ...