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... magnetic resonance spectroscopy and mass spectral analyses to determine how carbon, oxygen, bromine and hydrogen atoms connected to make up the molecular structures of the 10 new natural products. Much research is left to do before any of these compounds are used to formulate a drug available on the market,...Ancient anthropoid origins discovered in Africa
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...problem solving. The Patent Lens will also develop analyses and foster the capacity in the developingworld to create patent maps of the key emerging technologies that could be constrainedby complex intellectual property rights worldwide, including the rice genome itself.These patent 'landscapes' will be used ...ORNL-led study shows forests thrive with increased CO2 levels
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