Tag Archives: fluorescence

Unnatural chemicals

Posted by Robert Slinn on July 8, 2011 Comments Off

‘Unnatural’ chemical allows Salk researchers to watch protein action in brain cells - Researchers at the Salk Institute have been able to genetically incorporate "unnatural" amino acids, such as those emitting green fluorescence, into neural stem cells, which then differentiate …

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Latest chemistry news

Posted by Robert Slinn on March 3, 2011 Comments Off

Sugarcane bioethanol: Environmental implications - An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy assessed the net greenhouse gas savings of bioethanol from sugarcane as compared to the use of fossil fuels. New growth inhibitors more effective in …

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Fluorescent Font

Posted by David Bradley on June 1, 2007 Comments Off

Making and writing with “invisible” ink was always a fascinating wet Saturday afternoon for us as kids. It usually involved lemon juice and iron, or was it wax and watercolors? Now, scientists at Xerox have taken invisible ink to the …

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