News articles tagged with 'iron' (Page 12)
New treatment boosts bone healing and re-growth
— 11 Jan 2008 18:25 | HealthA drug originally used to treat iron poisoning can significantly boost the body's own ability to heal and re-grow injured bones, according to researchers at the University of Alabama…
Life savers in the gut
— 10 Jan 2008 18:02 | HealthResearchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that proteins that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients…
Smile, protons, you are on camera
— 9 Nov 2007 13:07 | PhysicsRadioactivity, discovered more than 100 years ago and studied by physicists ever since, would seem to be a relatively closed subject in science. However, since the 1960s, the pursuit…
Scientists discover novel way to remove iron from ferritin
— 3 Nov 2007 02:55 | ChemistryA new study led by Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute senior scientist, Elizabeth Theil, PhD, is the first to suggest that a small protein or heptapeptide (seven amino acids…
Experiments challenge models about the deep Earth
— 20 Sep 2007 20:30 | Geology and palaeontologyIn the first experiments able to mimic the crushing, searing conditions found in Earth's lower mantle, and simultaneously probe tell-tale properties of iron, scientists have discovered…
Astronomers pioneer new method for probing exotic matter
— 27 Aug 2007 17:51 | AstronomyUsing European and Japanese/NASA X-ray satellites, astronomers have seen Einstein's predicted distortion of space-time around three neutron stars, and in doing so they have pioneered…
All change at the Earths core
— 16 Aug 2007 16:58 | Geology and palaeontologyIt is hard to know what is going on over 3000 km beneath our feet, but until recently scientists were fairly confident that they understood the way the iron atoms in the Earth's core…