Category Archives: Slinn Pickings

Record reaction cascade yields cancer drug candidate

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 11, 2012 Comments Off

Record reaction cascade yields cancer drug candidate – New active substances can be produced quickly and efficiently with the help of reaction cascades. Once set in motion, these processes lead to the desired end product via a series of intermediate …

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The TNA world that came before the RNA one

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 9, 2012 Comments Off

The TNA world that came before the RNA one – The question of how non-living chemicals emerged from the so-called primordial soup to give rise to life on Earth is one of the most intriguing in science. Finding an answer …

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Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 7, 2012 Comments Off

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique – A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero …

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Apple has plans to use hydrogen in batteries allowing iPhones and iPods to hold a charge for WEEKS

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 5, 2012 Comments Off

Apple has plans to use hydrogen in batteries allowing iPhones and iPods to hold a charge for WEEKS – Batteries as you know them may become a thing of the past for your Apple products as the company hopes to …

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Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 4, 2012 Comments Off

Notre Dame researchers demonstrate new DNA detection technique – A team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame have demonstrated a novel DNA detection method that could prove suitable for many real-world applications. Physicists Carol Tanner and Steven Ruggiero …

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Potato genome sequenced by international team

Posted by Robert Slinn on July 15, 2011 Comments Off

Potato genome sequenced by international team – An international team has uncovered the full DNA sequence of the potato for the first time, the journal Nature reports. Chemist and writer Robert Slinn gives us his Slinn Pickings from the world …

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