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Studies and Analyses

Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: Risks After Hip Replacement Surgery

The results of the study designed to determine the long-term benefits and risks of anti-inflammatory drugs in patients undergoing hip replacement surgery were…

Materials Sciences

Fuel Cell Material Breakthrough Enhances Humidity Conductivity

James McGrath, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry with the Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute at Virginia Tech, will announce his research…

Materials Sciences

Uncovering Innovation: The Role of Functional Materials

James McGrath, University Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Virginia Tech, will deliver his remarks at the symposium honoring Herman Mark, an early…

Life & Chemistry

'Crabby' compound that skewers bacteria could prevent medical implant infections

The preliminary finding, by Philip Stewart, Ph.D., director of MSU's Center for Biofilm Engineering, and Ross Carlson, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical…

Life & Chemistry

'Conversation stoppers' fight deadly bacterial infections

These compounds, small organic molecules that they call 'conversation stoppers,' could help deliver a powerful one-two punch to knock out deadly infections…

Life & Chemistry

High-Tech Chemistry Optimizes Grape Picking in California Vineyard

The winery has turned to spectroscopy and chromatography to evaluate aroma, color, taste and mouthfeel of grapes, according to Michael Cleary, senior manager…

Power and Electrical Engineering

Harnessing Solar Energy: Future Applications Unveiled

Potential applications include cell phones, computers, automobiles, homes and office buildings. The American Chemical Society will address the progress and…

Life & Chemistry

Analyzing Protein Interactions: Insights from Cold Spring Harbor

Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., Fri., Sept. 8, 2006 – Cold Spring Harbor Protocols, an online journal that publishes methods used in a wide range of biology…

Studies and Analyses

Sex and the heart: It's not what you think

A surprising new study finds that women in their 60s have as many risk factors for heart disease as men, and by their 70s have more, according to research led…

Life & Chemistry

New Drug Delivery Innovation Enhances Cancer Treatment Efficiency

“As a general strategy, the indiscriminate delivery of drugs into every cell of the body for the treatment of a few specific pathologic cells, such as cancer…

Studies and Analyses

Katrina Evacuees in Houston: Most Plan to Stay Long-Term

More than two-thirds of the Hurricane Katrina evacuees who fled to Houston for shelter a year ago said they plan to remain here, according to a recent survey…

Communications Media

Medway Lecturer’s Antihero Composition Makes Elite List

Paul’s original piece, a 12-minute composition called Antihero, featuring piano and electro-acoustic sounds, was selected from more than six hundred entries in…

Health & Medicine

Clean Water Project Faces Funding Drought Challenges

Unlike the commercial water filters currently supplied by some charities, the unit designed by Dr Paul Sallis and colleagues at Newcastle University can easily…

Health & Medicine

An advanced genetic diagnostic method for multiple myeloma

The dissertation of this biologist, produced in the Department of Genetics of the School of Sciences of the University of Navarra, and in the Institute of…

Automotive Engineering

Robots Boost Efficiency with Regular Teeth Brushing

Resistance spot welding research by Paul Briskham at the University of Warwick's Warwick Manufacturing Group in conjunction with Douglas Boomer of Innoval…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

The UGR and the sugar refinery Azucarera Ebro produce two polysaccharides of interest for …

The doctoral thesis Producción de xantano y gelano a partir de coproductos de la industria azucarera (Xanthonomas and gelling polymer production from sugar…

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