Archive for the ‘science news’ Category
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Does anyone remember the E. Coli breakout back in 2006? I do. There has never been a quicker way to convince a 19-year-old to eat vegetables until you take lettuce out of their sandwiches for a couple of months.
According to the LA Times report[1], these greens are washed in potent ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
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Tune in to cheer on for our beloved blogger, Mitch, for his television debut this weekend. He will be featured on American Latino TV as an outstanding member of the cultural community. In this interview, he will be talking about how he chose the path as a nuclear chemist, and ...
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Friday, February 22nd, 2008
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This ACIE article caught my attention. Here, a "click-chemistry" based approach is used for in vivo labeling of glycoproteins. The strained acetylene 1 is linked to biotin to give 2. Cells that have been cultured in a way as to introduce N-azidoacetylsialic acid into glycoproteins were exposed to acetylene 2, ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
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In recent years, time traveling has been not only a scenario in science fictions and Hollywood blockbusters, but also a scientific possibility due to the rapid developments of quantum theory. Tidbits on the possibility of achieving time traveling has sprouted up in news in the past couple of weeks.
The soon ...
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Saturday, October 13th, 2007
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So after the Physics Nobel Prize Post, I felt it would be necessary to point these out as well. For those of you who don't know what the IG Nobel Prizes are...well, I think you'll figure it out.
Oh, one last thing. These are all awarded by The Annals ...
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Friday, October 12th, 2007
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This was originally covered by Bethany Halford in C&EN. But there is a paper in The Journal of Food Science (J. Food Sci. 2007, 72, C337) that lists caffeine content in all the major/minor soda manufacturers. A table of their data is shown below for your viewing pleasure. Go Vault ...
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Wednesday, April 25th, 2007
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Since I have seen a number a of energy related topics on the boards in the past few weeks and Mitch decided to talk about cold fusion, I decided my next few posts will be related to new/renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuels.
This particular post was inspired by the many, ...
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Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
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In the December 2006 edition of Journal of Environmental Health a paper entitled "Microbial Inactivation by Microwave Radiation in the Home Environment", by Gabriel Bitton, talks about a novel way to kill bacteria. Microwave them! Apparently, the optimum method is to microwave for 2 minutes allowing for maximum bacteria frying ...
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2007
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Here are some recent photos from NASA's Cassini-Huygens satellite.
Above: Saturn
Above: Enceladus
Above: Hyperion
Above: Water geysers from Enceladus
Above: Telesto
Above: Dione
Above: Enceladus in front of Titan
Above: Titan
I was under the impression that Cassini doesn't take color pictures, so take NASA's color photos with a grain of salt.
Note 1: NASA's Cassini-Huygens Photo Contest website: ...
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
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Reuters is reporting a study indicating that winning the Nobel Prize can increase your life expectancy by almost 2 years.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Winning the Nobel Prize quite literally gives scientists a new lease of life. New research at the University of Warwick in central England shows that scientists who ...
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