The JC polyomavirus (JCV) must bind a specific sugar molecule located at the side of the brain cells it attacks
Virus Needs Sugar For Infection
Sensitivity Of Honey Bees To Insecticides
Insecticide toxicity data between honey bees and other insects were summarized to determine the relative sensitivity of bees to insecticides
Green Carbon Center
Rice University, Houston, TX, USA, think tank will strategize on environmentally sound policies on oil, gas, coal
How Vaccines Change The Immune Response
Vaccines that change host immune responses to pathogens: The role of Th17 cells in leishmaniasis
Toxic Color Test
A new lab-on-a-chip sensor array – little bigger than a business card can – detect toxic industrial chemicals at low cost and low concentrations
Medical LEDs Get Under Your Skin
Ultra-thin sheets of LEDs implanted under the skin could be used in medical monitoring or in light-activated drug delivery systems
See Hidden Fingerprints
Fingerprints that have been washed off metal surfaces can now be retrieved
Oral Texture And Designer Porridge
Salivary amylase helps determine the feel in the mouth of the food we eat, in particular how the digestion of starch alters texture perception
Jet Fuels From Biomass Waste
Novel four-step process for the production of jet and diesel fuel range alkanes from hemicellulose extracts
New EuCheMS President
The EuCheMS elected Ulrich Schubert, Vienna University of Technology, member of the Austrian chemical society, as their new president