News articles tagged with 'element'
Livermore and Russian scientists propose new names for elements 114 and 116
— 2 Dec 2011 10:17 | ChemistryThe International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) today recommended new proposed names for elements 114 and 116, the latest heavy elements to be added to the periodic table…
Earth's core deprived of oxygen
— 23 Nov 2011 19:46 | Geology and palaeontologyThe composition of the Earth's core remains a mystery. Scientists know that the liquid outer core consists mainly of iron, but it is believed that small amounts of some other elements…
Opalinus Clay as a potential host rock for nuclear waste repositories
— 8 Mar 2011 14:29 | ChemistryScientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), Germany, have studied natural claystone in the laboratory for more than four years in order to determine how the radioactive…
U. Iowa team investigates function of 'junk DNA' in human genes
— 1 Mar 2011 17:42 | HealthPart of the answer to how and why primates differ from other mammals, and humans differ from other primates, may lie in the repetitive stretches of the genome that were once considered…
Engineering atomic interfaces for new electronics
— 18 Feb 2011 17:44 | TechnologyMost people cross borders such as doorways or state lines without thinking much about it. Yet not all borders are places of limbo intended only for crossing. Some borders, like those…
World phosphorous use crosses critical threshold
— 15 Feb 2011 15:51 | EnvironmentRecalculating the global use of phosphorous, a fertiliser linchpin of modern agriculture, a team of researchers warns that the world's stocks may soon be in short supply and that overuse…
Scientists discover gene regulation mechanism unique to primates
— 10 Feb 2011 18:58 | BiologyScientists have discovered a new way genes are regulated that is unique to primates, including humans and monkeys. Though the human genome - all the genes that an individual possesses…
Johns Hopkins researchers capture jumping genes
— 5 Feb 2011 14:24 | HealthAn ambitious hunt by Johns Hopkins scientists for actively 'jumping genes' in humans has yielded compelling new evidence that the genome, anything but static, contains numerous pesky…
First evidence for a spherical magnesium-32 nucleus
— 3 Feb 2011 17:30 | PhysicsElements heavier than iron come into being only in powerful stellar explosions, supernovae. During nuclear reactions all kinds of short-lived atomic nuclei are formed, including more…
Earth's life support systems discussed in an open-access special issue
— 3 Feb 2011 16:51 | EnvironmentIn the search for life on Mars or any planet, there is much more than the presence of carbon and oxygen to consider. Using Earth's biogeochemical cycles as a reference point, elements…