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“We want to create a race to the top, a race to innovation”

Like green tech, green chemistry isn't just for treehuggers. Businesses, too, are betting on better materials. via CNET News.com

“Is there a best form for the periodic table?”

Book traces the historic and philosophic development of an icon of science Reviewed by James L. Marshall Eric Scerri's delightful "The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance" follows the 1969 classic by ... via Chemical and Engineering News

“In the visible and ultraviolet, you're mainly looking at stars”

NASAs sensitive infrared telescope SOFIA is expected to provide a new insight into the origin of life on Earth that would answer the question whether life originated on Earth or was embedded from somewhere else ... via AndhraNews

“Biomonitoring indicates presence. It doesn't mean there is a significant health risk.”

For consumers hoping to reduce chemicals in their bodies, the Environmental Working Group has several suggestions, although the group warns people that there is no way to completely eliminate their exposure. via Statesman Journal

“Our research is mainly to reduce the adverse impact of (earthquakes) on our society.”

A California-based earthquake scientist, a Japanese chemist and a German choreographer have been awarded this year's Kyoto Prizes for achievement in the arts and sciences.

The Inamori Foundation, which announced the awards in June, presented each winner with a gold medal and $444,000 at a ceremony in the ancient capital of Kyoto on Saturday.

The basic sciences award went to Hiroo Kanamori at the California Institute of Technology for his research on major earthquakes along the Pacific Rim, which has helped in the development of early response systems. Read more

“But if the scheme catches large numbers of students indiscriminately it could put people off coming to this country.”

Britain has introduced a new security vetting scheme for all non-European Union students, including from India, who want to study in universities here in specialised areas such as mathematics, biochemistry, ... via India eNews

“We're aware of the consumer demand for information. But that has to be tempered by the manner in which wine is made”

By MARCUS WOHLSEN Last updated: Monday, November 5, 2007 1:44 AM EST BERKELEY, Calif. via Perry County Weekly

We talk about molecular population and evolutionary GENETICS and GENOMICS. You know, the caliper measurement of a gene's evolvability in moles. via ScienceBlogs

“The molecules we have designed may possess several advantages compared to currently available anticoagulation drugs”

Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have discovered a new mechanism to inhibit key enzymes that play a major role in clotting disorders, which could lead to novel therapies to treat clots in the lungs ... via MediLexicon

TV Watch George and Izzie realize that their long-awaited best sex ever isn't going to happen; plus, Meredith lets Lexie open up to her, and Bailey becomes chief resident FAILING CHEMISTRY George's connection ... via Entertainment Weekly

“Fruhlingsopfer (The Rite of Spring)”

Considered among the world's leading awards for lifetime achievement, the Kyoto Prizes are presented annually to individuals and groups worldwide who have contributed significantly to human progress in the ... via PR-inside.com

“You can't have so many people at bat without hitting something”

Mitch Mandich is among the entrepreneurs using chemical methods to try to make fuel from material like pine chips. via HendersonvilleNews.com

“Our approach bypasses many of the problems associated with fluorescent proteins, so that we can image protein interactions in living cells”

New Haven, Conn. - While fluorescence has long been used to tag biological molecules, a new technology developed at Yale allows researchers to use tiny fluorescent probes to rapidly detect and identify protein ... via Health News Digest

“Now, we want to know what other functions these compounds have and whether they directly influence blood pressure”

A possible breakthrough in the battle to control high blood pressure. Researchers at Cornell University and the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research have identified a hormone from human urine that seems ... via Fox News

“Half of chemistry is still undiscovered. We don't know what it looks like and that's the challenge”

Pekka Pyykko talks to Caroline Moore about relativistic effects and the thrill of theoretical chemistry Pekka Pyykko Pekka Pyykko is professor of chemistry at the University of Helsinki where he studies ... via Chemistry World

“We gave him a chemistry O level book one evening. I found it on his night table the next day, he had read through all of its 460 pages and even scribbled notes in its margins”

Ainan Celeste Cawley is a 7-year-old child prodigy currently looking for a place at a university. via Earth Times

“I knew her until May 25, 2005 when I got out”

Juror number 001 has been frequently late to proceedings. Today she came into court wearing sunglasses appeared to be sobbing and sleeping. via ABC30.com

“Is it rhetoric or is it reality?”

While she traveled the world with the Navy, Stephanie Felten said she carefully considered the food and consumer products she bought, figuring other countries did not have the safety regulations she expected in ... via Norwalk Advocate

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“Now, we want to know what other functions these compounds have and whether they directly influence blood pressure”

For more than 40 years, researchers have suspected there must be a natural hormone that could safely flush sodium out of the body and could be harnessed to develop more effective and safer treatments for high ... via Newswise