Method Eases Making Amino Acids Critical In Medicinal Chemistry
...uxiliary molecule the ligand binds to a lithium ion, which is associated withan amine derivative present in the solution, to make a complex. Becausethe ligand is chiral, it also imparts the correct "handedness"to subsequent reactions. "The key to our technique is the association between the lithi...Study Pinpoints Rare Molecular 'Transitions' As Possible Cause Of Skin 'Photoaging'
... Using a special neodynium-YLF (yttrium lithium fluoride) laser, Simon'sgroup began a detailed study of urocanic acid's "absorption spectrum" essentially what percentage of each different wavelength the molecule actuallyabsorbs. The researchers also employed sensors that can detect how the molecul...June 'Geology' and 'GSA Today' highlights
... adakites. The authors use a new geochemical tool, lithium isotopes, to test if the subducted ocean crust beneath Panama has melted. Similarity between the lithium isotope signature of adakite lavas (<3 million years old) and of modern ocean crust suggest that...Fuel cell research center to develop and test new technologies
... new electrode alloys and polymer electrolytes for lithium batteries; (7) development of new methods for faster, more efficient battery charging; (8) and modeling of battery power sources for electric and hybrid-electric vehicle designers and users. Georgia Tech researchers hold numerous patents in fuel cell...PNNL science, technology help keep America safe
...nce of radionuclides. The neutrons react with the lithium isotope to leave an ionization trail through the glass matrix, which results in light emission from the cerium. PUMA is being commercialized by Nucsafe of Knoxville, Tenn. PNNL researchers who developed PUMA received a R&D 100 Award and a Federal L...Seroquel Adjunctive therapy offers significant benefits over mood stabilisation monothrapy
...disorder fail to respond to initial treatment with lithium or divalproex monotherapy. Our study also showed quetiapine to be exceptionally well-tolerated, continued Professor DelBello, causing no treatment emergent extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS). These distressing and disabling movement disorders can occur ...Science's Top Ten: nanoscale computing circuits named top scientific advance of 2001
... teams created helium BECs for the first time, and lithium and potassium condensates also debuted. Scientists made strides in manipulating this new state of matter as well, imploding an atomic supernova ("bose nova"), stirring up whirlpool-like structures in the condensates, and trapping BEC clusters to crea...Defects in 'orphan' inositol polyphosphates may be linked to manic depression, cancer
...how it works, that is, what target in the cell the lithium hit once it began circulating in the blood. Witho...ovided important insights into possible targets of lithium - and this year's recipient of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Scherin...Many pregnant women may have depression, but few getting treatment, study finds
...n and fetuses, says Marcus. Some drugs -- such as lithium used to treat the bipolar form of depression -- are indeed associated with an increased risk of birth defects. But no increased risk is seen with other drugs. For instance, a paper published in the March 2003 issue of the American Journal of Obstetr...Lithium shows promise against Alzheimers in mouse model
...dies in mice and cells. By blocking the enzyme, lithium stems the accumulation of beta amyloid, which for... earlier shown blocks GSK-3. Therapeutic doses of lithium inhibited the production of beta amyloid. Another GSK-3 inhibitor, structurally unrelated to lithiu...ORNL earns top Southeastern laboratory technology transfer award
...dsworth. Honors for work on thin-film rechargeable lithium batteries and microcantilevered-based biosensors--...laboratory representatives. Thin-film rechargeable lithium batteries are less than 10 micrometers thick and when fully integrated with a device have energy and......environment communications, thin-film rechargeable lithium batteries, microcantilevered-based biosensors and ...ing and Grady Vanderhoofven.Thin-film rechargeable lithium batteries are less than 10 micrometers thick and when fully integrated with a device have energy and...