Plumbed drinking water in developed countries is pretty clean, but invisible contaminants can still lurk. One mysterious “phantom chemical” has haunted drinking water for decades, and now researchers have identified it – and found it’s completely new to science.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Water, Drinking, Drink, Decontamination, University of Arkansas, Chemicals, Chemistry
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"Phantom chemical" identified in drinking water is new to science
Posted by ArielTechGeek 160 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Cleaning robots keep soldiers from chemical and biological contamination
Posted by ArielTechGeek 254 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Nobody wants to go anywhere near chemical or biological weapons, so the US Army is testing a robotic Autonomous Equipment Decontamination System that can decontaminate military vehicles exposed to such nastiness without putting soldiers at risk.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: Chemical Weapons, Robots, US Army
hosted within a 360-degree AV space at casa battló, the 'music:response' installation is presented across six LED screens, in full stereo sound.
The post sónar and casa batlló unveil audiovisual show from the chemical brothers and smith & lyall appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.
1 in 10 preterm births linked to common plastic chemical
Posted by ArielTechGeek 447 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Exposure to phthalates, a commonly used chemical in plastics, has been estimated to be the primary cause of one in 10 preterm births, according to a new study led by researchers from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTags: Chemicals, Plastic, Pregnancy, Children
“Chemical chaperone” improves Alzheimer’s signs in early & late disease
Posted by ArielTechGeek 496 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
A new study has found that treatment with a ‘chemical chaperone’ assists in reducing the accumulation of protein plaques and restores cognitive functioning in mouse models of Alzheimer’s disease. The findings could lead to novel treatments to help treat this debilitating disease.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Alzheimer's Disease, Protein, Brain, University of Pennsylvania
Could "armored" bacteria replace chemical fertilizers?
Posted by ArielTechGeek 531 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Conventional chemical fertilizers aren't among the most eco-friendly substances in the world, which is one reason why some farmers are exploring the use of beneficial bacteria as an alternative. A new coating technology could make such microbes more widely available than ever before.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: MIT, Crops, Plants, Agriculture, Bacteria
Brain chemical affects how women taste alcohol, changes drinking habits
Posted by ArielTechGeek 589 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Researchers have discovered that a chemical in the brain makes alcohol taste bitter to women and may explain the difference in drinking habits between the sexes. The discovery could pave the way for novel treatments to help women curb excessive alcohol use.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Alcohol, Taste, Women, Drinking, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health
Quantum computer reveals chemical reaction in 100-billionth-speed slow-mo
Posted by ArielTechGeek 610 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Quantum computers can handle calculations that are well out of the reach of traditional computers, and now scientists in Australia have used the tech to observe something usually too fast for the eye to see. The team managed to slow down a molecular interaction by 100 billion times to see what’s really going on in a common chemical reaction.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Quantum Computing
take a tour around the new 147,000 sqm R&D and manufacturing complex.
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Chemical cocktail offers "potential to reverse aging with a single pill"
Posted by ArielTechGeek 647 days ago (https://newatlas.com)
Most of us begrudgingly accept aging as a part of life – but maybe we don’t have to. A new study led by scientists at Harvard Medical School has identified chemical cocktails that can restore cells to a more youthful state, paving the way for aging-reversal treatments that are more accessible than gene therapy.Continue ReadingCategory: Biology, ScienceTags: Aging, anti-aging, Epigenetics, Chemica
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