ASU researchers test antibacterial effects of healing clays
...years to Williams and Haydel for the study of clay mineral alternative treatment for Buruli ulcer. What makes...areer fascination with clay started when she was a mineral exploration geologist looking for ore deposits. She worked with 'the father of clay mineralogy,' Bob...USGS presents a world of science at GSA in Philadelphia
...: The USGS created a 1:500,000-scale geologic and mineral resource map of Afghanistan as part of an effort t...ntry's natural resources sector. The geologic and mineral resource data used to create the map are the foundation for ongoing mineral, oil and gas, coal, wate...Ecosystem of vanishing lake yields valuable bacterium
...eromictic lakes separates into layers of differing mineral concentrations. The upper layer of Soap Lake is a little less than half the saltiness of the ocean, but more than 100-times saltier than river water. The bottom layer is more than twice as salty as the ocean and more than 700-times saltier than river...Biofuel cells without the bio cells
...show that you can directly transfer electrons to a mineral using a purified protein, and I don't think anyone..., or OmcA, formed a dense coating on the iron-rich mineral hematite. The metal in the mineral acts as an "acceptor," or dumping point, for thousands of trillio...Mars Express and the story of water on Mars
...ng the evaporation they made sulphates, the second mineral that OMEGA detected. When even this stopped and th...radually turned the soil red by creating the third mineral OMEGA detected, ferric oxide. Mars has been like this for thousands of millions of years. "It is ...New fertilizer SRM can help control heavy metal content
...ity of heavy metal contaminants introduced by the mineral sources used to prepare the fertilizer. However, in response to incidents of heavy metal contamination of cropland, several states have enacted regulations in the past seven years that limit the amounts of some potentially hazardous non-nutritive ele...Consuming cola may up osteoporosis risk for older women
...e for many Americans, may contribute to lower bone mineral density in older women, a condition which increase...olleagues analyzed dietary questionnaires and bone mineral density measurements at the spine and three different hip sites of more than 2,500 people in the Fra...Particle size matters to bacteria ability to immobilize heavy metals
...ll and the particles to determine the influence of mineral size on microbial reduction rates at the nanoscale. The researchers are looking at microbial reduction of nano hematite, which Bose synthesized in the lab and characterized. "Nano particles of iron oxides are present everywhere and, due to their s...Long-term lead exposure linked to cognitive decline in older adults
...ed States, but could also be due to different bone mineral densities in African Americans compared to Caucasians....Vitamin D may cut pancreatic cancer risk by nearly half
... an antagonist of Vitamin D's ability to influence mineral balances and bone integrity. For that reason, further research is necessary to determine if Vitamin D ingestion from dietary sources, like eggs, liver and fatty fish or fortified dairy products, or through sun exposure might be preferable to multi...New National Institute of Mental Health research program launches autism trials
.... However, the chelation also can remove essential mineral nutrients, such as calcium, iron, and zinc. "Because chelation therapy is not specific for mercury alone, it is important to conduct a systematic, controlled trial to determine whether or not chelation therapy is beneficial or potentially harmful ...Iron critical to ocean productivity, carbon uptake
...ealthy phytoplankton growth and the absence of the mineral stresses these microscopic ocean plants, triggerin... iron into the ocean system is complex because the mineral isn't water-soluble and requires repeated infusions. "When you first do it, there's an explosion of ...Suspicion lingers over bisphenol A and breast cancer
...." BPA is a plasticizer present at low levels in mineral water bottles, CDs and DVDs, car parts and other household products. A recent U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention study found trace amounts of BPA in 95 percent of urine samples collected from American adults. The researchers present a m...Major new osteoporosis study to recruit people in Orkney
...ance of genes that predispose them to reduced bone mineral density. The people of Orkney have been specific...the smaller isles. Recruits will have their bone mineral density tested on a DEXA (Dual Energy X-ray Bone Densitometer) machine, and if they are found to hav...How the adrenal 'clock' keeps the body in synch
... Corticoids influence stress response, metabolism, mineral balance, and reproduction. In a study of mice, Henrik Oster of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, Gregor Eichele at the Max Planck Insitute of Biophysical Chemistry, and colleagues found that the adrenal cloc...USGS Science at Ecological Society of America
...l disasters; manage water, biological, energy, and mineral resources; and enhance and protect our quality of life. To receive USGS news releases go to http://www.usgs.gov/public/list_server.html to subscribe. http://www.usgs.gov...The Midas Bug -- the bacterial alchemy of gold
...anisms." This research has significance for the mineral exploration industry as current models of gold formation do not include a biological mechanism. "There may be new opportunities for the bio-processing of gold ores now that we have discovered bacteria that precipitants gold out of solution," Dr Re...Top researcher-educators receive Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
... research focuses on understanding the kinetics of mineral growth in magma conduits and their chambers, and has potential for transforming our understanding of how fast, and at what stage of the eruptive process, magmas crystallize. As volcanoes are central to the cultural and geologic heritage of Hawaii, Ha...UCLA scientists strengthen case for life more than 3.8 billion years ago
...entists see light carbon inclusions in a phosphate mineral called apatite, which is also the material of which bones and teeth are made. The form of life the researchers believe they have discovered was probably a simple microorganism, although its actual shape or nature cannot be ascertained, Mojzsis said...Suprising discovery may lead to new understanding of water quality
...y have discovered new ways that ions interact with mineral surfaces in water, opening a door to new knowledge... their transport is often limited by adsorption to mineral surfaces. The more scientists can understand about the interaction of minerals with water and ions,...