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Novel Antiviral: LJ-double-o-one is shown to be effective against more than 20 virusesIn our 25 years in microbiology, Dave, we've seen a lot of progress against infectious diseases. At ...

Beware the smell of bitter almonds. Why do many food plants contain cyanide? In murder mysteries, the detective usually diagnoses cyanide poisoning by the scent of bitter almond...

Two Catalysts Are Better Than OneMuch like two children in the back seat of a car, it can be challenging to get two catalysts to coop...

Best hope for saving Arctic sea ice is cutting soot emissions, says Stanford researcherSoot from the burning of fossil fuels and solid biofuels contributes far more to global warming than...

Sea snail saliva may become new treatment for most severe painScientists have developed a new version of a medication, first isolated from the saliva of sea snail...

Quantum fractals at the border of magnetismU.S., German and Austrian physicists studying the perplexing class of materials that includes high-t...

Super-sizing a cancer drug minimizes side effects: A new way to package cisplatinResearchers design a new version of cisplatin that spares the kidneys, letting doctors use higher do...

Findings show promise for nuclear fusion test reactorsResearchers have discovered mechanisms critical to interactions between hot plasma and surfaces faci...

Toward a new generation of superplasticsScientists are reporting an in-depth validation of the discovery of the world's first mass producibl...

Oil dispersants used in Gulf of Mexico unlikely to be endocrine disrupters and have low toxicityGovernment scientists are reporting that eight of the most commonly used oil dispersants used to fig...

Caltech Team Finds Evidence of Water in Moon MineralsThat dry, dusty moon overhead? Seems it isn't quite as dry as it's long been thought to be. Although...

Muscle gene may provide new treatments for obesity and diabetesSkeletal muscle enables us to walk, run or play a musical instrument, but it also plays a crucial ro...

New Compound Improves Obesity-Related Health Complications in NIH-Led StudyAn experimental compound appears to improve metabolic abnormalities associated with obesity, accordi...

Johns Hopkins Scientists Discover Brain's Guardian ProteinHopkins scientists who have spent years killing off brain cells to figure out why and how they die n...

Nanoparticles Increase Intensity of Quantum Dots' GlowBy linking individual semiconductor quantum dots with gold nanoparticles, scientists at the U.S. Dep...

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