Tag Archives: rna

Algae burn for you

Posted by David Bradley on January 16, 2012 Comments Off

Finding sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels that would both solve the problem of dwindling supplies of oil and cut the net carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles running on hydrocarbon fuels is a cause high on the environmental agenda. The use …

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First electronic optical fibers with hydrogenated amorphous silicon are developed

Posted by Robert Slinn on January 14, 2012 Comments Off

First electronic optical fibers with hydrogenated amorphous silicon are developed – A new chemical technique for depositing a non-crystalline form of silicon into the long, ultra-thin pores of optical fibers has been developed by an international team of scientists in …

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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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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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Boost your battery with seaweed

Posted by David Bradley on September 9, 2011 Comments Off

An extract from brown algae – seaweed – could give rechargeable lithium-ion batteries a boost by allowing silicon nanopowder to be used as a high-capacity alternative to graphite electrodes. The potential improvement is almost an order of magnitude boost, the …

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