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rssJournal Highlight: The thermal stability of graphene in air investigated by Raman spectroscopy
Date: Aug 5, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The thermal stability in air of graphene synthesized by either chemical vapor deposition or mechanical cleavage is studied, which will be useful for guiding future electronics process and chemical decoration of graphene.
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Journal Highlight: 3He NMR: from free gas to its encapsulation in fullerene
Date: Aug 5, 2013
Author: spectroscopyNOW
The 3He nuclear magnetic shieldings were calculated for single helium atom, its dimer, simple models of fullerene cages (He@Cn), and single wall carbon nanotubes.
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Vampire diaries: Protein evolution in bat venom
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: Steve Down
The venom of the common vampire bat contains a far more complex set of proteins than previously thought, thanks to an international study which identified new isoforms of other mammalian proteins and considered their molecular evolution.
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Surgical mass spec: Intelligent knife finds tumour margins in real time
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: Steve Down
A new surgical device known as the iKnife will help surgeons to remove every part of a tumour by analysing the smoke emitted during electrosurgery in real time using an online mass spectrometer.
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Crystalline reception: Classy membrane proteins
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
The crystal structure of the human glucagon receptor, found mainly in liver and kidney cells could provide researchers with an important target for therapeutic agents to treat type 2 diabetes.
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Nanotech enhancement: Gold rush
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
It is possible to tune gold nanoparticles with peptides for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) in such a way as to side step the problematic stages inherent to other approaches to nanoplasmonic structures for analyte detection, according to Italian researchers.
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Heads up: American football collision course
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
A new measure of the effects of cranial impact in American football players can be used in conjunction with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neurological testing to assess the cumulative effect on players before and after the American football season.
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Martian atmospherics: Peering into the past
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
An Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrometer will provide complementary data to the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) and other instruments aboard NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which is destined for Mars and will measure the gas composition of the Red Planet to give us a clearer picture of its past.
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Plague detector: Sweet solution
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
Anti-carbohydrate antibodies can be used to identify the presence of the pathogen that causes the deadly disease we know as plague, Yersinia pestis.
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NIR signatures: Heart to heart
Date: Aug 1, 2013
Author: David Bradley
New imaging technology based on near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) has been used by researchers at Spectrum Health's Frederik Meijer Heart & Vascular Institute to investigate patients in treatment following a heart attack.
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