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A spoonful of sugar in silver nanoparticles to regulate their toxicity

23-Jan-2015 - The use of colloidal silver to treat illnesses has become more popular in recent years, but its ingestion, prohibited in countries like the US, can be harmful to health. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany have now confirmed that silver nanoparticles are significantly toxic when ...

carbohydrates MPI für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung nanoparticles +1

New analysis finds hempseed oil packed with health-promoting compounds

31-Jan-2014 - Long stigmatized because of its “high”-inducing cousins, hemp — derived from low-hallucinogenic varieties of cannabis — is making a comeback, not just as a source of fiber for textiles, but also as a crop packed with oils that have potential health benefits. A new study, which appears in ACS’ ...

alcohols carbohydrates cardiovascular diseases +5

Renewable chemical ready for biofuels scale-up

20-Jan-2014 - Using a plant-derived chemical, University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have developed a process for creating a concentrated stream of sugars that's ripe with possibility for biofuels. "With the sugar platform, you have possibilities," says Jeremy Luterbacher, a UW-Madison postdoctoral ...

biofuels biomass carbohydrates +12

Analysis of Carbohydrates in Coffee in 10 mins

30-Apr-2012 - Thermo Fisher Scientific announced a new approach using high-performance anion-exchange (HPAE) chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (PAD) for the determination of carbohydrates in extracts from instant coffee and green coffee beans. Application Note 280: "Carbohydrate in Coffee: AOAC ...

anion-exchange chromatography carbohydrates chromatography +3

Scientists discover new clue to the chemical origins of life

26-Jan-2012 - Organic chemists at the University of York have made a significant advance towards establishing the origin of the carbohydrates (sugars) that form the building blocks of life. A team led by Dr Paul Clarke in the Department of Chemistry at York have re-created a process which could have occurred ...

amino acids carbohydrates catalysis +1

Peter Seeberger is awarded the Roy L. Whistler Award 2012

11-Aug-2011 - The Roy L. Whistler Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry 2012 is awarded to Peter Seeberger, disclosed the International Carbohydrate Organization. Peter Seeberger is a professor at the Institute of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Freie Universität Berlin, and is also the Director at the Max Planck ...

carbohydrates chemistry

Avantium builds YXY pilot plant for green materials and fuels

15-Oct-2010 - Avantium announced that it has started with the construction of a pilot plant at the Chemelot site (Geleen, the Netherlands). The pilot plant will produce YXY building blocks for making green materials and fuels. Avantium has developed a novel and proprietary catalytic process to convert ...

agriculture bottles carbohydrates +12

New technique improves efficiency of biofuel production

14-Jul-2010 - Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a more efficient technique for producing biofuels from woody plants that significantly reduces the waste that results from conventional biofuel production techniques. The technique is a significant step toward creating a commercially ...

biofuels carbohydrates chemicals +5

More, better biodiesel

24-Feb-2010 - Yields of biodiesel from oilseed crops such as safflower could be increased by up to 24 percent using a new process developed by chemists at UC Davis. The method converts both plant oils and carbohydrates into biodiesel in a single process, and should also improve the performance characteristics ...

biodiesel carbohydrates chemistry +5

Scientists unlock mystery in important photosynthesis step

24-Feb-2010 - An international team of scientists, including two from Arizona State University, have taken a significant step closer to unlocking the secrets of photosynthesis, and possibly to cleaner fuels. Plants and algae, as well as cyanobacteria, use photosynthesis to produce oxygen and "fuels," the ...

algae Arizona State University biochemistry +11