News articles tagged with 'compounds'
New insights into the 'smell of death' could help recover bodies in disasters and solve crimes
— 17 Aug 2009 12:27 | ChemistryIn an advance toward the first portable device for detecting human bodies buried in disasters and at crime scenes, scientists today report early results from a project to establish... — full story
New 'biofactories' produce rare healing substances in the endangered Devil's claw plant
— 17 Aug 2009 12:22 | ChemistryDeep in Africa's Kalahari Desert lies the 'Devil's claw,' a plant that may hold the key to effective treatments for arthritis, tendonitis and other illnesses that affect millions each... — full story
Impact of cannabis on bones changes with age
— 14 Aug 2009 12:06 | HealthScientists investigating the effects of cannabis on bone health have found that its impact varies dramatically with age... — full story
Discovery may lead to powerful new therapy for asthma
— 12 Aug 2009 11:31 | HealthUniversity of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston researchers have found that a single enzyme is apparently critical to most allergen-provoked asthma attacks - and that activity of the... — full story
U of Minnesota researchers discover high levels of oestrogens in some industrial wastewater
— 11 Aug 2009 13:31 | EnvironmentIn a groundbreaking study, civil engineering researchers in the University of Minnesota's Institute of Technology have discovered that certain industries may be a significant source... — full story
New class of compounds discovered for potential Alzheimer's disease drug
— 11 Aug 2009 13:21 | HealthA new class of molecules capable of blocking the formation of specific protein clumps that are believed to contribute to Alzheimer's disease pathology has been discovered by researchers... — full story
Navigating in the ocean of molecules
— 8 Aug 2009 15:15 | BiologyTracking down new active agents for cancer or malaria treatment could soon become easier - thanks to a computer program with which researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular... — full story
Caltech researchers show how organic carbon compounds emitted by trees affect air quality
— 7 Aug 2009 10:01 | EnvironmentA previously unrecognised player in the process by which gases produced by trees and other plants become aerosols - microscopically small particles in the atmosphere - has been discovered... — full story
Sensitising tumour response to cancer therapy
— 6 Aug 2009 09:23 | HealthTwo forms of skin and brain cancer respond very poorly to chemotherapy and radiation: melanoma and glioblastoma multiforme brain cancer... — full story
Neuropathic pain: The sea provides a new hope of relief
— 5 Aug 2009 09:53 | HealthA compound initially isolated from a soft coral (Capnella imbricata) collected at Green Island off Taiwan, could lead scientists to develop a new set of treatments for neuropathic pain... — full story