News articles tagged with 'iron' (Page 2)
Tiny 3-D images shed light on origin of Earth's core
— 18 Dec 2010 14:27 | Geology and palaeontologyTo answer the big questions, it often helps to look at the smallest details. That is the approach Stanford mineral physicist Wendy Mao is taking to understanding a major event in Earth's…
New method for making tiny catalysts holds promise for air quality
— 16 Dec 2010 16:28 | ChemistryFortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create…
Synchrotron study shows how nitric oxide kills
— 8 Dec 2010 18:47 | HealthNitric oxide is a toxic pollutant, but the human body also creates it and uses it to attack invading microbes and parasites. A new study by researchers at UC Davis, the Massachusetts…
See off Alzheimer's with the colour purple
— 8 Dec 2010 17:11 | HealthGround-breaking research from Professor Douglas Kell, published in the journal Archives of Toxicology, has found that the majority of debilitating illnesses are in part caused by poorly-bound…
Successful treatment for mice with beta-thalassemia
— 23 Nov 2010 18:20 | HealthBeta-thalassemia is an inherited blood disorder that results in chronic anaemia. A major complication of the condition is iron overload, which damages organs such as the liver and heart.…
Iron in coronary artery plaque is a marker of heart attack risk
— 16 Nov 2010 13:48 | HealthPlaque in a heart artery looks threatening, but cardiologists know that many of these buildups will not erupt, dislodge and block a vessel, causing a heart attack that can be fatal.…
Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds
— 9 Nov 2010 11:43 | EnvironmentA team of marine scientists has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural…
The effects of hydrogen on growing carbon nanotubes
— 6 Oct 2010 04:23 | TechnologyCarbon nanotubes - long, hollow cylinders of carbon billionths of a metre in diameter - have many potential uses in nanotechnology, optics, electronics, and many other fields. The exact…
Many roads lead to superconductivity
— 11 Sep 2010 11:19 | TechnologySince their discovery in 2008, a new class of superconductors has precipitated a flood of research the world over. Unlike the previously familiar copper ceramics (cuprates), the basic…
Function found for Alzheimer's protein
— 11 Sep 2010 10:55 | HealthIn people with Alzheimer's, the brain becomes riddled with clumps of protein, forming what are known as amyloid plaques. Now, a report appearing in the September 17th print issue of…