News articles tagged with 'organic' (Page 10)
Building blocks of life formed on Mars
— 11 Dec 2007 20:12 | AstronomyOrganic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analysing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001,…
Waterborne carbon increases threat of environmental mercury
— 11 Dec 2007 16:47 | EnvironmentMercury is a potent neurotoxin and a worrisome environmental contaminant, but the severity of its threat appears to depend on what else is in the water. Researchers at the University…
Scientists patent a method to remove organic pollutants from molluscs
— 4 Dec 2007 02:48 | EnvironmentResearchers at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) have patented an innovative method to remove organic pollutants, such as pesticide residues, from…
High-performance transistors produced from Carbon 60
— 27 Nov 2007 07:19 | PhysicsUsing room-temperature processing, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have fabricated high-performance field effect transistors with thin films of Carbon 60, also known…
The brown waters are more natural
— 21 Nov 2007 18:00 | EnvironmentOver the last 20 years lakes and streams in remote parts of the UK, southern Scandinavia and eastern North America have been increasingly stained brown by dissolved organic matter.…
Physicists discover super crystals in a semiconductor
— 16 Aug 2007 19:51 | PhysicsUniversity of Arizona physicists have discovered that 'super crystals' - crystals which are hundreds to thousands times larger than conventional crystals - exist in certain organic…
Comet probes reveal evidence of origin of life
— 15 Aug 2007 00:15 | AstronomyRecent probes inside comets show it is overwhelmingly likely that life began in space, according to a new paper by Cardiff University scientists. Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and…
Researchers discover some of the oldest forms of life
— 7 Aug 2007 15:29 | Geology and palaeontologyUniversity of Queensland researchers have identified microbial remains in some of the oldest preserved organic matter on Earth, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old. The UQ team, led…
A new view of photosynthesis
— 3 May 2007 20:00 | BiologyDuring the remarkable cascade of events of photosynthesis, plants approach the pinnacle of stinginess by scavenging nearly every photon of available light energy to produce food. Yet…