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HHMI Bulletin
Spring 2013
Nicole Kresge |
Itching to Be Discovered When the receptor for capsaicin -- the chemical that gives heat to chili peppers -- is added to itch-sensing neurons, exposure to the normally painful capsaicin causes itchiness.   |
Chemistry World
May 20, 2013
Emma Stoye |
RNA world hypothesis strengthened by iron The RNA world hypothesis has gained another boost after research shows that RNA is more catalytically active under conditions similar to those on Earth billions of years ago. |
Chemistry World
May 17, 2013
Jon Cartwright |
3D printer churns out bionic ear Engineers in the US have created a bionic ear that can be manufactured using a 3D printer. The device is the first to use 3D printing to interweave electronics and biological tissue, and may pave the way for other bionic implants. |
Chemistry World
May 16, 2013
Hayley Birch |
An udder cuppa? In a study examining the chemical components of tea, researchers suggest that if producers of instant, bottled tea created a more concentrated cuppa, the waste leaves would serve as a nutritious feed additive for cows. |
Information Today
May 16, 2013 |
F1000Research Aims to Reduce Publication Bias From now until the end of August 2013, open access life sciences journal, F1000Research is waiving its article-processing fees on all articles that present negative or null results. |
Chemistry World
May 15, 2013
James Urquhart |
Sugar solution to toxic gold recovery US researchers have discovered a way to selectively isolate and recover gold from raw materials, including alloys, using a simple sugar derived from corn starch. The work could offer a greener and cheaper alternative. |
Chemistry World
May 15, 2013
Andrea McGhee |
Selective sulfane sulfur detection Scientists in the US have made two fluorescent probes that can distinguish persulfides and polysulfides from hydrogen sulfide. This work paves the way for developing non-destructive probes for sulfane sulfurs that can be used in living cells and even in vivo. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2013
Harriet Brewerton |
Early malaria diagnosis Now, Nicholas Smith and colleagues at Osaka University have shown that Raman spectroscopy can detect changes in heme and hemozoin in plasma samples to identify malarial infection. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2013
Emma Stoye |
Step towards a spider venom vaccine Brazilian researchers have engineered a protein that should make producing antivenoms to treat spider bites both cheaper and simpler. |
Information Today
May 13, 2013
Marydee Ojala |
Cochrane's New Look At this year's Medical Libraries Association annual conference, held May 3-7, 2013, in Boston, several sessions centered on new and forthcoming developments with The Cochrane Collaboration. |
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