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Thermodynamics tell us that the interaction between a large heat source and an ensemble of much smaller systems must bring them at least on average progressively closer to thermal equilibrium.

Burnham Institute for Medical Research: Big Bucks for Bad Bugs A team of Burnham investigators has been awarded a $4 million grant from the NIH to generate chemical inhibitors of human proteins that are ...

BERLIN : Police say a dozen students and one teacher have been injured by an explosion in a high school chemistry class in central Germany.

Paper or plastic? It's a question heard in stores around the country. As eco-awareness grows, communities across the U.S. are thinking about the full environmental impact of that choice.

Dr. Fredric J. Baur was so proud of having designed the container for Pringles potato crisps that he asked his family to bury him in one.

Not only is eating a balanced diet essential for good physical health, but nutrition also plays a key role in good brain health.

Research into a "green" chemical method for separating oil and water, by chemistry researcher Philip Jessop and his research team is highlighted by the Chemical Institute of Canada as one of the top Canadian ...

New Haven, Conn. - Today Pasko Rakic, professor of neurobiology and neurology at Yale University School of Medicine, was named one of the inaugural recipients of the Kavli Prizes, for his key role in changing ...

But thanks to a groundbreaking discovery at Tel Aviv University, the chemical industry is a step closer to being green.

Seafloor bacteria on ocean-bottom rocks are more abundant and diverse than previously thought.

Sugarbeet pulp may help cut the costs of making biodegradable plastic, Agricultural Research Service studies suggest.

Stanford chemists have developed a new way to make transistors out of carbon nanoribbons.

There's a burning question wine drinkers ask themselves every time they pop a cork and can't finish the bottle: Will this taste good tomorrow? Maybe you cracked that Cab on your own.

What is not so well known is that the absorption of this CO2 by the oceans is causing inexorable acidification of sea water.

MRI scans use pulses of magnetic waves and gauge the return signals to identify different types of tissue in the body, distinguishing bone from muscle, fluids from solids, and so on.

Main Category: Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 26 May 2008 - 4:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article New spray-on films developed by UC San ...

Building faultless objects from faulty components may seem like alchemy. Yet scientists from the Weizmann Institute's Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, and Biological Chemistry Departments have achieved ...

USA TODAY By Mike Clark Sydney Pollack began his career as an actor, then often continued as one, even after winning directing and producing Academy Awards for 1985's Out of Africa.

ThalesNano Inc. and sanofi-aventis R&D recently announced the signing of a research and development collaboration agreement focusing on continuous process chemistry technologies.

Researchers have identified seven possibilities for the next generation of mosquito repellant, some of which may work several times longer than the current standard-bearer, DEET. The next step: safety testing to make sure they're not harmful.

While the new repellants aren't likely to be available commercially for a few years, early tests on cloth were promising, with some chemicals repelling mosquitoes for as long as 73 days and many working for 40 to 50 days, compared to an average of 17.5 days with DEET, according to a study in Tuesday's edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.