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46 Current news about the topic carbon dioxide
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By growing 3D tumors, CU researcher develops realistic cancer growth models
29-11-2007
Scientists can only develop new cancer drugs or search for cures by testing their theories on the real thing. Traditionally, they've done so by culturing cancer cells on petri dishes or plastic slides. But those cancer cells do not behave the way they do in the body. They only partially ...
Natural Gas Inhabited by Unusual Specialists
Bacteria with a specific mode of nutrition
21-09-2007
A German-American research team of biologists and geochemists has discovered hitherto unknown anaerobic bacteria in marine sediments which need only propane or butane for growth. The hydrocarbons ethane, propane and butane - as well as the main component, methane - are the major constituents ...
Progress toward Artificial Photosynthesis?
Direct activation with graphitic carbon nitride makes carbon dioxide accessible for chemical synthesis
13-03-2007
Plants can do it: they simply grab carbon dioxide out of the air and covert it into biomass. In this process, known as photosynthesis, the plants use light as their energy source. Chemists would also like to be able to use CO2 as a carbon source for their synthetic reactions, but it doesn't ...
Biotechnology Contributes to Significant Decrease in Plowing
Sustainable agricultural practices benefit farmers, environment, society
12-05-2006
According to Monsanto, since the introduction of biotech crops in 1996, farmers have reduced - and, in some cases, completely stopped - plowing or tilling the soil to eliminate weeds and prepare fields for planting. The benefits of conservation tillage range from less erosion to improved ...
Cornell MBA students invest in biomedical start-up to help tissue banks address serious threat to human health
25-07-2005
Until now, there has been no way to sterilize human tissue. The potential for a product that can do the job is one reason MBA students at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management made a savvy investment pick in NovaSterilis, a start-up biotechnology company in Lansing, ...
Natvar to launch breakthrough BioPath PVC-free medical tubing
22-02-2002
Natvar, the Clayton, North Carolina-based global manufacturer of medical tubing, has developed BioPath, a multilayered flexible tubing designed to offer the medical industry a high-performance alternative to existing PVC and polyurethane products. BioPath tubing is coextruded using ...
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