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Shopping Science Fair Projects
You may think shopping and science have little to do with each other, but there is actually quite a lot of science behind store lay-outs, product packaging, advertising, etc. If ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 8, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Science Jokes and Engineering Jokes
Admit it, you know at least one science or engineering joke! Here's your chance to ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 8, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Make Snow Ice Cream
When you look outside, do you see snow? If you're tired of shoveling snow, try doing something fun with it. Fill a big pan with snow and make snow ice ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 8, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Environmentally friendly chemistry important for manufacturing pharmaceuticals
(University of Gothenburg) Limiting the quantity of catalysts - substances that trigger a chemical reaction - used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals is important, and research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has now demonstrated that small quantities of copper work well in this respect."This is an important finding, not just academically but also for industry," says chemist Per-Fredrik Larsson.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 8, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

The Flip Side Of A Chemical Pregnancy!
When told by their doctor that they have had a chemical pregnancy, some women concern themselves that it may not have been a "true" pregnancy. A chemical pregnancy is an actual pregnancy that is lost shortly after embryo implantation but can be detected by early pregnancy testing. This may initially be a disappointment to couples. The good news, however, is that this is proof that conception did occur and can occur again. Women who have had their tubes untied can take this as encouragement to continue trying to conceive. At Chapel Hill Tubal Reversal Center, a tubal repair is possible in 98% of cases and the pregnancy rate...
Source: Tubal Ligation Reversal News - November 7, 2012 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: news

Is haloperidol dangerous in PCP-associated agitation? A non-answer to a non-problem
2 out of 5 stars Use of halperidol in PCP-intoxicated individuals. Macneal JJ et al. Clin Toxicol 2012 Nov;50:851-853. Abstract The authors note that some sources have expressed concern that use of haloperidol to treat phencyclidine (PCP)-induced agitation may increase risk of adverse effects, including hyperthermia, seizure, and dystonic reaction. Specifically, they cite this recommendation from the PCP chapter in eMedicine: Butyrophenones (haloperidol, droperidol) and phenothiazines (eg, chlorpromazine) should be avoided in moderate and severe intoxications because they can lower seizure threshold, cause dystonic reacti...
Source: The Poison Review - November 7, 2012 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical chemical restraint delirium haldol haloperidol pcp phencyclidine Source Type: news

Sweet diesel: Discovery resurrects process to convert sugar directly to diesel
Nearly 100 years ago, a chemist discovered that Clostridium bacteria efficiently ferment sugar or starch into alcohols and acetone. Cheap fossil fuels made the process commercially unviable, but it is being resurrected by chemists and chemical engineers to feed a catalytic reaction that produces a fuel that looks and acts just like diesel. The simple process produces a fuel with more energy content than ethanol, and could help replace nonrenewable transportation fuels.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 7, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Combination of In Vivo Microdialysis with Selective Electrochemical Detection for Online Continuous Monitoring of Brain Chemistry
This chapter summarizes the recent development of combination of in vivo microdialysis with selective detection, especially electrochemical detection, to form novel online analytical methods for continuously monitoring brain chemistry, without the need for sample collection, pretreatment, or separation. While efficient combination of in vivo microdialysis sampling directly with selective electrochemical detection is envisaged to provide less technically demanding in vivo and online analytical methods for near-real-time monitoring physiologically important neurochemicals in the living animals, which is particularly useful f...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Neuroscience - November 7, 2012 Category: Neuroscience Source Type: news

Ritalin before an exam fails the test of common sense | William Leith
Students don't need to be tested for drugs before exams – the idea of Ritalin being performance-enhancing is bogusHere's the latest panic about drugs. Students are, apparently, taking drugs to give them an academic edge. Some are taking Ritalin, the medicine more typically used to treat ADHD – it seems to make them feel sharper on exam day, and might improve concentration and short-term memory. So academics are worried that these dopers might have an advantage unavailable to people who can't, or won't, get hold of the drugs. In a survey, as many as 10% say they've done it. Oh dear, people are saying. Test them! Root th...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 7, 2012 Category: Science Authors: William Leith Tags: Comment Health guardian.co.uk Exams Society Drugs Politics UK news Drugs policy Education Science Comment is free Source Type: news

Hottest Chemical? - Resiniferatoxin Is a Thousand Times Hotter Than Capsaicin
The hottest hot pepper is no match for the spicy heat of the resin spurge Euphorbia resinifera, a cactus-like plant native to Morocco. The resin spurge produces a chemical ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 7, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Addiction History In Smokers' DNA May Show Cancer Risk
Smokers leave a chemical "footprint" of their addiction history on the surface of their DNA, and this may serve as a measure of their risk for developing cancer, say researchers from the UK and Italy who presented their findings at a conference in Liverpool, UK, this week. While the underlying genetic code of DNA remains unaltered, a history of smoking leaves a footprint on the surface of DNA, something that is referred to as an "epigenetic modification". Epigenetic modifications don't change the underlying genomic code as such, but they influence how it is interpreted...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 7, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Genetics Source Type: news

High-Throughput Methods for Electron Crystallography
Membrane proteins play a tremendously important role in cell physiology and serve as a target for an increasing number of drugs. Structural information is key to understanding their function and for developing new strategies for combating disease. However, the complex physical chemistry associated with membrane proteins has made them more difficult to study than their soluble cousins. Electron crystallography has historically been a successful method for solving membrane protein structures and has the advantage of providing a native lipid environment for these proteins. Specifically, when membrane proteins form two-dimensi...
Source: Springer protocols feed by Protein Science - November 7, 2012 Category: Biochemistry Source Type: news

More detailed information about GP practice-level prescribing released
September 28, 2012: The HSCIC has been publishing monthly releases of practice-level data since December 2011 - in response to the Government's Open Data agenda. Now it has increased the level of detail it provides - presenting the data not just at chemical level as it did previously, but at drug presentation level too.
Source: The IC: Outpatients - November 7, 2012 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news

Chemical Equilibrium
Chemical equilibrium occurs when the concentration of reactants and products participating in a chemical reaction exhibits no net change over time. That doesn't mean they are equal to each other ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 7, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Avomeen Wraps Up AAPS Pharmaceutical Conference in Chicago &...
Avomeen Analytical Services Wraps up AAPS Pharmaceutical Conference in Chicago & Prepares to Head to EAS’s Analytical Chemists Symposium, Booth 418 - November 12th through the 15th at the Garden...(PRWeb November 06, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/chemical-analysis/product-development/prweb10088842.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 7, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Consolidation Motion Granted In Montana Federal Court In Creosote Migration Suits
MISSOULA, Mont. - Two lawsuits seeking damages for fugitive chemicals from a railroad tie treating plant were consolidated Oct. 16 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana; the real property damage complaints were removed to federal court in August (David Graham, et al. v. BNSF Railway Co., et al., No. 12-145 $(consolidated$), D. Mont.).
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - November 7, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Alabama Plaintiffs Seek Remand Of Suit Alleging Paper Mill Chemical Exposure
MOBILE, Ala. - Alabama plaintiffs alleging personal injury and property damage claims against the owner of a paper mill seek remand of their claims to state court and oppose dismissal of the mill managers in pleadings filed Oct. 12 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama (Billy Glenn Cooper, et al. v. International Paper Co., et al., No. 12-583, S.D. Ala.).
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - November 7, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Gas Well Defendants Denied Lone Pine Evidence Order In Pennsylvania Fracking Suit
SCRANTON, Pa. - Natural gas extraction companies accused of contaminating the domestic water well of a Pennsylvania couple with methane and hydraulic fracturing chemicals were denied a motion on Oct. 15 to compel production of evidence in support of a prima facie case before the beginning of discovery (Frederick J. Roth, et uxor v. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., et al., No. 12-898, M.D. Pa.; 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147915; See 9/18/12, Page 12).
Source: LexisNexis® Mealey's™ Emerging Toxic Torts Legal News - November 7, 2012 Category: Medical Law Source Type: news

Gene find turns soldier beetle defence into biotech opportunity
(CSIRO Australia) New antibiotic and anti-cancer chemicals may one day be synthesised using biotechnology, following CSIRO's discovery of the three genes that combine to provide soldier beetles with their potent predator defense system.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 7, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

On This Day in Science History - November 8 - Rorschach Ink Blots
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 7, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Atom-Thick Layer Keeps Silver Shiny
Getting out grandma’s good flatware for the holidays? Then you’re probably dreading the time it takes to polish all that silver. Now imagine you’re in charge of the Silver Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art! [More]
Source: Scientific American Topic - Nanotechnology - November 6, 2012 Category: Nanotechnology Tags: Technology,Physics,More Science,Technology,Everyday Science,Chemistry Source Type: news

Healthcare materials wise up
Research at University of Pittsburgh and Harvard points to a future of "smart" materials at the point of care PITTSBURGH - Seems like everything is "smart" nowadays. Smartphones. Smart TVs. Smart cars. For something to simply exist and perform its intended purpose is no longer enough; now everything must be technologically-advanced enough to all but think for itself. read more
Source: Healthcare IT News - November 6, 2012 Category: Information Technology Authors: Mike Miliard Tags: November 2012 Print Anna Balazs chemical Harvard Mike Miliard Olga Kuksenok Pitt PITTSBURGH Smartphones University of Pittsburgh Quality and Safety Source Type: news

What you may have missed on @nnlmmcr: October 1 – 31, 2012
This article does a nice job of outlining how docs are using digital media to interact with their patients ow.ly/eoO5J From the NLM: GeneEd Web is a safe & useful resource for students & teachers in grades 9 – 12 to learn about genetics. ow.ly/ejqRg October 1-9, 2012 NIH Grantees Win 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ow.ly/enkaJ 3 big trends for the EHR cloud ow.ly/ejgXC It’s Mental Health Awareness Week. Tomorrow, Oct. 9 is National Day Without Stigma. Check out the community action plan ow.ly/ejqen Nobel prize winners lay foundation for new era of personalized medicine ow.ly/ejdQG Medicare’s Pay For Perform...
Source: Midcontinental Region News - November 6, 2012 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: jbramble Tags: All Members Source Type: news

Debating the science and ethics of synthetic biology
The science and ethics of synthetic biology and what it means for the UK will be the subject of a Royal Society of Chemistry debate to be streamed live to the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building at the University of Bristol on Wednesday 14 November.
Source: University of Bristol news - November 6, 2012 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: news_text Tags: Press releases Source Type: news

Pacific Biosciences Delivers Enhanced DNA Sequencing Chemistry and Software to Help Solve Complex Genetic Problems
MENLO PARK, Calif., Nov. 6, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACB) provider of the PacBio
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - November 6, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Human Emotions Communicated Through Chemosignals
Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researcher Gun Semin and colleagues from Utrecht University in the Netherlands investigate whether we humans might actually be able to communicate our emotional states to each other through chemical signals. Existing research suggests that emotional expressions are multi-taskers, serving more than one function...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychology / Psychiatry Source Type: news

Science is boring (except when it isn't) | Dean Burnett
There are an ever increasing number of formats dedicated to demonstrating the entertaining aspects of science, and these are becoming increasingly more high profile. But the view that science can be boring is sometimes an accurate observation rather than a negative stereotype, although this doesn't mean it is the normScience is boring. This is a claim you've probably heard before many times, often stated as an indisputable fact rather than personal opinion. Given that you're currently reading the Guardian science section, it's reasonably safe to assume that you do not agree. People tend not to actively seek out things they...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Dean Burnett Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Neuroscience Source Type: news

Science is boring (except when it isn't)
There are an ever increasing number of formats dedicated to demonstrating the entertaining aspects of science, and these are becoming increasingly more high profile. But the view that science can be boring is sometimes an accurate observation rather than a negative stereotype, although this doesn't mean it is the normScience is boring. This is a claim you've probably heard before many times, often stated as an indisputable fact rather than personal opinion. Given that you're currently reading the Guardian science section, it's reasonably safe to assume that you do not agree. People tend not to actively seek out things they...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Dean Burnett Tags: Blogposts guardian.co.uk Neuroscience Source Type: news

One test may 'find many cancers'
Targeting just one chemical inside cancerous cells could one day lead to a single test for a broad range of cancers, researchers say
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 6, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ultrarunning: the route to the ultimate runner's high
Running the 100km Norfolk Coastal ultramarathon gave Nick Mead the biggest runner's high of his life. Why was it so powerful - and could the feeling be addictive?Eight-and-a-half hours into the 100km (62m) Norfolk Coastal ultramarathon, the pain in my legs and badly battered feet was almost overwhelming. I desperately wanted to give in to the urge to curl up in a ball at the side of the trail and shut my eyes.Sixty-two miles is not particularly far in the ultrarunning world – and the bleak, beautiful and flat Norfolk coastline may not be as hard on the legs as the Alps or Hard Rock 100 – but it was further than I had e...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Nick Mead Tags: Fitness Biology guardian.co.uk Health & wellbeing Running Features Life and style Science Source Type: news

On This Day in Science History - November 7 - Tacoma Narrows Bridge
On November 7, 1940, the bridge spanning Puget Sound across the Tacoma Narrows in Washington state dramatically collapsed. The bridge opened on July 1, 1940 as the third longest suspension ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 6, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Personalizing medicine: New American Chemical Society Prized Science video
(American Chemical Society) Personalized medicine -- the promise of customizing treatments that will work best for each individual patient -- could get a boost from advances in understanding how the proteins that help determine health and disease take the three-dimensional shapes needed to work in the body. That's the message of the latest episode of a popular video series from the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. The videos are available at www.acs.org/PrizedScience and on DVD.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 6, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

RSC welcomes non-animal test that could spare one million mice worldwide
Newly-developed non-animal methods for testing for poisons in shellfish could save one million mice if adpoted worldwide.
Source: RSC News - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

On This Day in Science History - November 6 - Yeast Fermentation
November 7th marks the passing of Swedish biochemist, Hans von Euler-Chelpin. He was awarded the 1929 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Arthur Harden for their investigations into the process of ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Chemical Endocrine Disruptors Linked to Early MenopauseChemical Endocrine Disruptors Linked to Early Menopause
Women with higher polychlorinated biphenyl and phthalate levels go into menopause more than 2 years before those with lower levels. Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Ob/Gyn & Women ' s Health News Source Type: news

Debate Over Antidepressants In Pregnancy Ongoing
WebMD Medical News By Salynn Boyles Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD Oct. 31, 2012 — The debate over the safety of antidepressants during pregnancy has been going on for a long time, and a new review may keep the debate alive a while longer. The research review finds little evidence that the most widely prescribed class of antidepressants benefits pregnant women and growing evidence that they cause harm. But one expert calls the findings “nonsense.” Investigators of the review concluded that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants should be prescribed “with great caution” du...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: mreal197 Tags: WebMD News Source Type: news

Vital Signs: Limits to Resveratrol as a Metabolism Aid
Resveratrol, the red wine component shown to be helpful in improving metabolic function in obese or diabetic people, has no discernible effect on healthy women who are not obese, a new experiment has found.
Source: NYT Health - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By NICHOLAS BAKALAR Tags: resveratrol Body Longevity Resveratrol (Chemical) Featured Aging Source Type: news

Smell you later! Chemosignals communicate human emotions
Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. Researchers have investigated whether we humans might actually be able to communicate our emotional states to each other through chemical signals.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 5, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Pacific BioLabs Acquires Bay Bioanalytical Laboratory
Analytical Chemistry and Bioanalytical Added to PBL’s Service Offerings(PRWeb November 05, 2012)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/11/prweb10071144.htm
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - November 5, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Make Your Own Guy Fawkes Night Fireworks
Happy Guy Fawkes Night! November 5th is Guy Fawkes Night, an annual celebration in the UK commemorating the day that Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot, was arrested ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Grow Potassium Alum or 'Ruby' Crystals
This is one of the most beautiful and largest crystals you can grow overnight. All you need is hot water and potassium alum, also known as potash alum. Potassium alum ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Deadly antibacterial chemical triclosan found in human breast milk, blood plasma
It can be easily identified as a stated ingredient in many conventional brands of hand soap, toothpaste, shampoo, and hand sanitizer, but a new report out of Europe reveals that the deadly antibacterial chemical triclosan is also now showing up in persistently high levels...
Source: NaturalNews.com - November 5, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Source Type: news

How Carbon Monoxide Detectors Work
Carbon monoxide is an invisible odorless gas that is the leading cause of accidental poisoning deaths in America. Carbon monoxide detectors can alert you to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide.How the First Carbon Monoxide Detectors Worked...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

Patients reminded to see a dentist when considering tooth whitening
The GDC regards tooth whitening as the practice of dentistry and it must only be carried out by a registered dentist or a dental hygienist or dental therapist on the prescription of a dentist. The amendments to the EU Council Directive (76/768/EEC) affect the strength of chemicals used in tooth whitening products. They do not change the position of who can carry out tooth whitening lawfully. The GDC will continue to prosecute individuals who carry out tooth whitening illegally under the Dentists’ Act 1984.
Source: NHS Networks - November 5, 2012 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news

Working With Glass Tubing
Working with glass tubing in the lab is both fun and useful. It's fun because you can make glass animals and other shapes if you get bored and it's useful ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - November 5, 2012 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news

The knowing nose: Chemosignals communicate human emotions
(Association for Psychological Science) Many animal species transmit information via chemical signals, but the extent to which these chemosignals play a role in human communication is unclear. In a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands investigate whether we humans might actually be able to communicate our emotional states to each other through chemical signals.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 5, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Working to Slow Enzyme That Eats Proteins in the Brain
Enzymes in the brain are not supposed to chew up proteins the way enzymes do in the digestive track. However, the study of an unusual brain enzyme that may contribute to multiple sclerosis has started a Florida State University chemist along a path that could one day lead to a treatment for MS, and promote healing of the damage it causes.
Source: About.com Mental Health - November 5, 2012 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news

Winnipeg Veterinarian Raises Awareness for Senior Pet Wellness, Offers November Special
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Nov. 4, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Fort Garry Veterinary Hospital in Winnipeg, MB is offering a 10 percent discount on diagnostic testing as part of their senior pet wellness services. The discount is part of the animal hospital's awareness campaign to educate pet owners about the importance of senior wellness care. According to the veterinary care team, early detection can significantly reduce the risk for long-term health problems. A blood chemistry panel and urinalysis provides an important diagnostic baseline for identifying internal health problems before a pet's overall well-being is compromised, requiring
Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE) - November 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

GSK pharmaceutical manufacturing process wins IChemE award
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has won the Outstanding Achievement in Chemical Engineering Award along with project partners GEA, Siemens, Sagentia and the Universities of Newcastle, Warwick and Surrey at the IChemE 2012 Awards.
Source: Drug Development Technology - November 4, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Geeks, comedians and academics are putting the fun back into science | Alok Jha
Science used to be the opposite of entertaining, but now sell-out tours featuring gags, songs and mini-lectures are a hit across the countryMichael Faraday's lectures at London's Royal Institution in the early 19th century were so popular that the carriages dropping people off to see him used to choke Albemarle Street in Mayfair – as a result, the street was designated the first one-way road in London. Faraday was a master communicator who thrilled audiences with the latest discoveries in chemistry and electricity. He was as much a great scientist as a brilliant entertainer.Somewhere over the course of the 20th cent...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 4, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Alok Jha Tags: Comment The Guardian Comedy People in science Radio comedy Brian Cox Stage Comment is free Source Type: news