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Ozone creates irritant in aircraft cabin air
Ozone in the cabins of aircraft reacts with organic compounds derived from passengers, their clothing and their carryon luggage to produce potentially harmful carbonyl compounds, say US researchers.
- Published: Apr 18, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Iceman had bad teeth
The Iceman named Ötzi who was discovered in the Alps in 1991 had bad teeth, say Swiss scientists in the latest examination of this 5300-year-old mummy.
- Published: Apr 16, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Minerals in cat and dog food
Brazilian scientists have measured the contents of 14 mineral elements in cat and dog food, to check their compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Published: Apr 9, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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Strong SERS signal enhancement in living cells
Gold nanoflowers can increase the signal in SERS by as much as 100 million-fold and have been used as tags for imaging studies of living cells.
- Published: Apr 4, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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CAS gains Springer procedures
The scientific publisher Springer has agreed to work with the American Chemical Society's Chemical Abstracts Service to include thousands of new experimental procedures for chemical reactions in CAS databases.
- Published: Apr 3, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Condom brand identification from traces in fingerprints
Scientists in Sheffield, UK, who have a good record of gleaning chemical information from fingerprints, have now succeeded in distinguishing various brands of condoms by trace residues left on the fingers after handling them.
- Published: Apr 3, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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ACS launches new research management platform
The American Chemical Society (ACS) has launched ACS ChemWorx, a powerful new research collaboration system designed to integrate all facets of a researcher's work life.
- Published: Mar 28, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Favorable patent ruling for Illumina
A US district court judge has ruled that genetic sequencing systems developed by the US company Illumina do not infringe three patents held by fellow US company Life Technologies.
- Published: Mar 22, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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Organic matter in water workshop
The International Workshop on Organic Matter Spectroscopy 2013 will take place in La Garde City, France, on 16–19 July 2013.
- Published: Mar 21, 2013
- Author: Jon Evans
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What goes on as diabetic wounds heal?
US scientists have uncovered some of the molecular changes that occur during the healing of diabetic wounds, using ion mobility mass spectrometry to highlight the species involved.
- Published: Mar 21, 2013
- Author: Steve Down
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