Articles in the Category: Biochemistry
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Climate, Ecology, Global Warming, Marine Science, Physics and Chemistry, Video on 11 10th, 2009 | No Comments
Science Teachers off to Antarctica
Gary Wesche is counting the days. It’s down to 14 now before he heads to Antarctica as part of a scientific expedition. KMBC’s Bev Chapman reports from St. Regis Catholic School in Kansas City.
Wesche’s expedition to study ice sheets is organized by PolarTREC where you can follow Gary’s...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Featured Articles, Food and Nutrition, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, Video on 11 6th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Beer’s Organileptic Chemistry
Beer has been flavoring human culture for at least 9,000 years. During that time, the rich brew has transformed and evolved to satisfy the complex palates of the time.
Now, science is a driving force in making beer. And, understanding some of the chemistry can refine color, aroma and flavor.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Ecology, Environment, Geology, Global Warming, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips on 10 16th, 2009 | No Comments
Arctic Tipping Point on the Horizon
Evidence of global warming is hitting the Arctic harder than anywhere else. The rate of climate change is twice that of the rest of the world.
And, now scientists are discovering the Arctic region plays an important role in capturing atmospheric carbon, both in the ocean and on land.
But that delicate...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Astronomy, Biochemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Diseases, Ecology, Environment, Geology, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Physics and Chemistry, Podcast, SciClips, Space on 10 13th, 2009 | No Comments
Science Sticks its Head in the Cloud
Visualization of a river bed created using VisTrails, a system developed by University of Utah computer scientists Photo by: Juliana Freire and Claudio Silva, University of Utah
A two-year experiment to build a framework to analyze the massive amount of data scientists are collecting will push research...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Anthropology, Biochemistry, Health and Medicine, Math, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips, SciLebs, Science & Entertainment, economics on 10 8th, 2009 | No Comments
Ig Nobel Prizes Irreverent in Science
While most serious scientists are wringing their hands, wondering who will win the Nobel prizes, a different group of scientists is celebrating the lighter–but just as bona fide–side of science.
The 19th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize ceremony shined a silly look at science at Harvard last...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biology, Health and Medicine, Physics and Chemistry, SciClips on 10 7th, 2009 | No Comments
Nobel Prizes Crown Science Winners
Every year (since 1901) the Nobel Foundation has been honoring the final wish of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite.
This year the three science prizes went to nine scientists who overcame a big biology problem, harnessed light and unraveled the mechanism at the heart of a cell.
Nobel Prize for...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Climate, Diseases, Energy, Environment, Featured Articles, Global Warming, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, Oceanography, Politics and Science, SciClips on 10 1st, 2009 | No Comments
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for Global Warming Trial
The biggest business lobby in the U.S. is pushing for the EPA to hold a public hearing to debate the science of global warming.
The move, calling for the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st Century, is proving too much for some chamber members, from big utilities to Nike and Johnson & Johnson.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Bioethics, Biofuels, Biology, Diseases, Energy, Featured Articles, Genomics, Health and Medicine, New Species, SciClips on 09 22nd, 2009 | No Comments
Synthetic Biology Takes on a Life of Its Own
A Yeast Cell with Synthetic Genes, courtesy of Dr. Pamela Silver, Harvard Medical School
Life is often stranger than fiction. But the direction that biology is heading, synthetic life could be stranger than science fiction.
The emerging field of synthetic biology is moving closer and closer to creating...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Biology, Diseases, Genomics, Health and Medicine, Marine Science, New Species, Oceanography, SciClips on 09 18th, 2009 | No Comments
Discovering an Ocean of Medicine
Amy Wright Collects Samples While Diving, courtesy of Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University
Cures to the most mundane and deadly illnesses have been found deep in the jungles, high in the mountains and hidden in the rainforests. But until recently not many scientists were...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Consumer Safety, Engineering, Environment, Health and Medicine, SciClips on 07 24th, 2008 | No Comments
Toxic Chemicals Found in Air Fresheners and Laundry Products
New research from University of Washington shows that the sweet, pleasant smells in fragrances that dominate air fresheners and laundry detergents may strike a sour health note when analyzed chemically.
The researcher found toxic chemicals that are considered hazardous by the federal government. But...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Biofuels, Energy, Engineering, Physics and Chemistry on 04 10th, 2008 | No Comments
Sugar-Powered Cars
Percival Zhang, courtesy of Virginia Tech
Someday fossil fuels will no longer fill our gas tanks. But what will replace gas as the fuel of the future? Some are betting that we will become a hydrogen economy.
But there are many barriers blocking the way. A Virginia Tech chemist thinks he’s overcome...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips, SciLebs on 08 7th, 2007 | No Comments
Short Tensin Span
Dr. Yoseph Yarden, Weizmann Institute for Science
A group of scientists hot on the trail of what makes cancer spread has discovered a protein that might be responsible.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Books, Marine Science, Nanotechnology, Podcast, SciClips on 06 25th, 2007 | No Comments
Nano Bucks
Dr. Robert Tanguay
Zebrafish embryo
Will particles smaller than a virus or many chemical compounds hurt people, animals or the environment? That is the unanswered question of nanotechnology and one of the biggest fears. Government agencies are starting to fund scientists looking at this question...
Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Health and Medicine, Podcast, Politics and Science, SciClips on 06 7th, 2007 | No Comments
Stem Sell
The medical use of embryonic stem cells is a considerable source of controversy. But the practice might be more easily sold to the public now that a team of scientists has figured out how to turn adult cells into stem cells. It works in mice. Now science just has to prove it works in humans.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Consumer Safety, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips on 06 4th, 2007 | No Comments
Grill Pill
courtesy of The Beef Checkoff
When meat is cooked it develops carcinogenic properties. But new research shows a simple trick for reducing these cancer causing agents with items in the average kitchen cupboard.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Animals, Biochemistry, Podcast, SciClips on 05 25th, 2007 | No Comments
Prozac Pup
Courtesy of FreeDigitalPhotos.net
Birds get it. Dogs get it. And people get it. Depression is a biochemical abnormality that is found in animals. Now a new drug similar to a commonly prescribed human anti-depressant is showing signs of hope for dogs with the blues.
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Posted by Michael Bradbury in Biochemistry, Diseases, Environment, Health and Medicine, Podcast, SciClips on 05 10th, 2007 | No Comments
Pathological Protein
What happens when good proteins go bad? Well, disease, of course. Mad cow disease is probably the most familiar involving clusters of bad proteins called prions. They can jump across species and turn perfectly good proteins into microscopic miscreants.
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