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2nd September 2010, at 11:14pm

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Nanotech News

Aptamers. Aptasensors. "... small size,..
"Aptamers are a promising class of agents for biomolecules detection due to their small size, chemical..

Skin exposure. Titanium dioxide nanoparticles...
"... animal skin exposed to W/O emulsion containing 10 wt % ultrafine TiO(2) particles that had been..

Quantum dots. "… nonblinking quantum dot for..
"The photoluminescence of semiconductor quantum dots and fluorescence of single molecules intermittently turn..

Bimodal magnetic-fluorescence. Bioimages.
"Fluorescent optical probes have been intensively used in the area of bio-imaging."1 Researchers from..

Biotech News

Third generation solar cells. Adhesives...
More from a Release dated August 31, sourced from American Institute of Physics: Off-the-shelf dyes improve solar..

Bioethanol refinery. Protein extraction.
"The economy of the production of lignocellulosic ethanol could be supported by the simultaneous use of..

Bioethanol. Continuous steam. Softwood chip.
"The pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials prior to the enzymatic hydrolysis is essential to the sugar..

Self-cloning, bottom-fermenting yeast.
"To construct a self-cloning brewer's yeast that can minimize the unfavourable flavours caused by oxidation and..

Biorefining. Algae cultures. Microalgal biofuels.
"Microalgae are considered one of the most promising feedstocks for biofuels."1 Researchers from..

Organic waste. Cement. Fuel. "... organic..
China Industrial Waste Management Inc has reported: "The treatment of solid waste by means of cement kilns is..

Double U.S. renewable energy generation capacity..
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has informed: "From the beginning, we have been a nation of discovery and ..

Fungal delignification. Enzymatic..
"The biological delignification of lignocellulosic feedstocks, Prosopis juliflora and Lantana camara was..

Wheat grain. Bioethanol. Gas emissions. ".....
"... potential energetic and environmental impacts associated with the production of wheat grain-based..

Biogas. Polyphenols. Wine distillery. Cheese whey.
"The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of anaerobic digestion in the treatment of..

Poplar wood. Nanoparticles. Accelerated cellulose..
"Lignocellulosic biomass offers economic and environmental advantages over corn starch for biofuels..

Nanobiotechnology. Algae. Triglycerides...
Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, Professor and Chair of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, from the L C Smith College of ..

Biogas. Anaerobic digestion. ".....
"... review of the main sludge treatment techniques used as a pretreatment to anaerobic..

Lignocellulosic biofuels. "... effectively..
"In 2008, the world produced approximately 87 gigaliters of liquid biofuels, which is roughly equal to the..

Renewables Portfolio Standard. "On November..
The California Public Utilities Commission has reported the approval of "... renewable energy contracts for..

Nutraceutical News

Virus-infected red grapes. "... higher..
" Symptoms of grapevine leafroll disease (GLRD) in red-fruited wine grape (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars consist..

Vitamin D. Sirtuins. Hormonal vitamin D...
"Hormonal vitamin D, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (1,25D), signals through the nuclear vitamin D receptor..

Black rice. Blueberries. Antioxidants. ".....
Zhimin Xu, Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science at Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in..

Grapefruit. Naringenin. "... results are..
Yaakov Nahmias PhD, from Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has said: "It is a fascinating find..

Milk. Garlic. Deodorization. "... whole milk..
"The effect of milk and milk components on the deodorization of diallyl disulfide (DADS), allyl methyl..

Stem Cells News

Motor neurons. Regenerative medicine. ".....
Dr Hynek Wichterle from Columbia University in New York, has indicated: "The existence of dozens of muscle..

Stem cell biomarker. Anti-human CD133 monoclonal..
"CD133, a five-transmembrane molecule, has been found on many types of cancers and determined to be a cancer..

Ascorbate. Epigenetic activation. ".....
"Human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) have the ability to adapt to..

Retinoic acid. Stem-cell differentiation...
"Several recent studies have demonstrated that stem cell differentiation can be generated by derivatives of..