Duke chemists synthesize promising anti-cancer product

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Duke University chemists have patented an efficient technique for synthesizing a marine algae extract in sufficient quantities to now test its ability to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells while leaving normal cells unaffected.

  A better way to make hydrogen from biofuels

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Researchers here have found a way to convert ethanol and other biofuels into hydrogen very efficiently. A new catalyst makes hydrogen from ethanol with 90 percent yield, at a workable temperature, and using inexpensive ingredients. The new catalyst is much less expensive than others being developed around the world, because...

  Synthetic moleculues could add spice to fight against cancer

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Turning up the heat on the red tomato during processing has the potential to give the popular garden staple added disease-fighting power. Scientists have found that lycopene molecules in tomatoes that are combined with fat and subjected to intense heat during processing are restructured in a way that appears to ease their...

  AJN study reveals compression stockings incorrectly used in 29 percent of patients

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

An original study, published in the American Journal of Nursing, revealed that graduated compression stockings were used incorrectly in 29 percent of the patients and sized incorrectly in 26 percent of the patients. These stockings play an important role in preventing the formation of deep vein clots that can result in...

  Polymer electric storage, flexible and adaptable

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

The proliferation of solar, wind and even tidal electric generation and the rapid emergence of hybrid electric automobiles demands flexible and reliable methods of high-capacity electrical storage. Now a team of Penn State materials scientists is developing ferroelectric polymer-based capacitors that can deliver power more...

  Addiction treatment proves successful in animal weight loss study

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Vigabatrin, a medication proposed as a potential treatment for drug addiction by scientists at the US Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, also leads to rapid weight loss and reduced food intake according to a new animal study from the same research group. The study will be published online Aug. 20, 2008,...

  Breaking the 'mucus barrier' with a new drug delivery system

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Chemical engineers from Johns Hopkins University have broken the "mucus barrier," engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus -- regarded by many as nearly impenetrable -- and carrying medication that could treat a range of diseases. Those conditions include lung cancer, cervical...

  Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life

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EurekAlert! - Breaking News | 08/19/08 23:00

Researchers are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight later in life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis and treatment of middle ear infections may help fight obesity in some people. Their study will be...