CHEMISTRY News : page 50

Nanoscopic Pores Are Used By Researchers To Investigate Protein Structure

Aug 25, 2015

Researchers designed a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA's bases that can also be applied to proteins as a way to better undertand their structure.

New Technique Allows Lighting Up Cancer Cells To Discover Diseased Cells In Low Concentrations

Aug 25, 2015

Researchers in China have developed nanocrystals to be used in the next generation of medical imaging technologies.

Research Finds Breastfeeding Could Expose Babies To Toxic Chemicals

Aug 23, 2015

New study claims that breastfeeding may expose babies to a class of industrial chemicals that are linked with interference with immune function and cancer.

At Least 25 American States Are Facing Lice Resistant To Common Treatments -Study

Aug 19, 2015

Researchers have found that in 25 American states 104 out of the 109 lice populations tested had high levels of gene mutations linked to resistance to pyrethroids, the common lice treatment.

Study Reveals New Insights On Origin Of Life

Aug 13, 2015

A new study brings new insights on the origin of life on Earth and the structure of the first cells.

Urine Test Detects Pancreatic Cancer At An Early Age

Aug 06, 2015

Pancreatic cancer belongs to the deadliest cancer of the world and has the highest listed date rate. Early detection of pancreatic cancer can lead to high survival rate and this can be done with a simple urine test.

Ecstasy for the Terminally Ill? Will This Party Drug Prove Effective Against Anxiety?

May 28, 2015

Scientists from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) are hoping to help 18 terminally ill patients relieve their anxiety, depression, and fear in the next year during extended psychotherapy sessions enhanced by MDMA (ecstasy). The Marin County-based double-blind trial will see subjects test either full doses of MDMA (125 milligrams) or active placebo doses (30 milligrams).

The Future of Home-Brewed Medicines and How Researchers Are Pushing Past Original Elixirs

May 19, 2015

Humans have always sought ways to alter their consciousness. Throughout our history as a species we have created and improved techniques for growing, brewing, processing, and, now, synthesizing mind-altering substances. Now, researchers from Concordia University in Quebec and University of California, Berkeley have detailed the steps needed to morphine from scratch from a simple yeast fungus.

Ocean Microbes and How They Affect Our Atmosphere in the Age of Climate Change

May 19, 2015

That restorative sea breeze you enjoy on your vacation is more complex than most of us realize. Now, researchers from the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and the Environment (CAICE) have demonstrated that microbes in seawater influence our climate, shaping the ways that sunlight enters the ocean as clouds form. The study recently presented to the American Chemical Society shows that it is the microbes in the seawater that control the way sea spray enters into the atmosphere, and everything that follows that.