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• New method for producing clean hydrogen

  Duke University engineers have developed a novel method for producing clean hydrogen, which could prove essential to weaning society off of fossil fuels and their environmental implications. While hydrogen is ubiquitous in the environment, producing and collecting molecular hydrogen for transportati more

• Silver nanoparticles may adversely affect environment

  In experiments mimicking a natural environment, Duke University researchers have demonstrated that the silver nanoparticles used in many consumer products can have an adverse effect on plants and microorganisms.Fifty days after scientists applied a single low dose of silver nanoparticles, the experi more

• 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Uses Research Equipment Engineered Locally from BMG LABTECH

  Robert J. Lefkowitz from Duke University, along with Brian Kobilka from Stanford University, were just awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their research and discovery of the receptor protein that binds to adrenaline, that is the beta-adrenergic receptor. A receptor protein crosses a cell more

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• Comparison and Temporal Trends of Three Groups with Cryptococcosis: HIV-Infected, Solid Organ Transplant, and HIV-Negative/Non-Transplant

  by Emily W. Bratton, Nada El Husseini, Cody A. Chastain, Michael S. Lee, Charles Poole, Til Stürmer, Jonathan J. Juliano, David J. Weber, John R. Perfect Background The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) 2010 Clinical Practice Guidelines for the management of cryptococcosis outlined thr more

• Crafting a system-wide response to healthcare-associated infections [Commentary]

  According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 20 Americans admitted to hospitals is infected while receiving treatment for another condition. More than 48,000 people die each year of infections that are acquired in healthcare settings (1). And each year, 18,650 deaths follow i more

• Analysis of the flame retardant metabolites bis(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (BDCPP) and diphenyl phosphate (DPP) in urine using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

  Abstract   Organophosphate triesters tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP) and triphenyl phosphate are widely used flame retardants (FRs) present in many products common to human environments, yet understanding of human exposure and health effects of these compounds is limited. Monitorin more

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