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Fifty years of the 'light fantastic:' Laser advances spark scientific progress
As the golden anniversary of the announcement of the first laser approaches on July 7th, Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), ACS' weekly newsmagazine, takes a…
Nitric oxide-releasing wrap for donor organs and cloth for therapeutic socks
Kenneth Balkus and Harvey Liu note in the new study that nitric oxide (NO) helps increase blood flow and regulates a range of other body functions. Scientists…
More Power, Longer Life, Increased Safety
A common problem with notebook computers is that the battery delivers power for far too short a time, which only gets shorter as it gets older. If you don’t…
TU Delft improves production of chemicals from wood waste
They discovered that the bacterium Cupriavidus basilensis breaks down harmful by-products which are produced when sugars are released from wood. They also…
Roving ‘Sonic hedgehog’ gene may change scientists’ understanding of limb growth
Named for a video game character, Sonic hedgehog describes both a gene and the protein it produces in the body. Its study is important to increase…
Papaya extract thwarts growth of cancer cells in lab tests
University of Florida researcher Nam Dang, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues in Japan have documented papaya's dramatic anticancer effect against a broad range of…