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Abundance of ladybugs in olive orchards is an indicator of health and sustainability
Present concern for the negative environmental impacts and growing demand for organic olive oil, arise the need to develop useful indicators of agroecosystem health in olive-growing regions.   view more (2009-01-06)

Scientists expand understanding of how river carbon impacts the Arctic Ocean
Arctic rivers transport huge quantities of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) to the Arctic Ocean. The prevailing paradigm regarding DOC in arctic rivers is that it is largely refractory, making it of little significance for the biogeochemistry of the Arctic Ocean.   view more (2008-02-13)

New optic fibre sensors capable of detecting organic compounds
This new research is presented in the Navarre chemist, Mar'­a Asunci'³n Luquin's PhD, "Synthesis and characterisation of de vapochromic substances for their implementation in optic fibre environmental sensors". The PhD has been presented in Public University of Navarre.   view more (2004-10-26)

Glacial melting may release pollutants in the environment
Those pristine-looking Alpine glaciers now melting as global warming sets in may explain the mysterious increase in persistent organic pollutants in sediment from certain lakes since the 1990s, despite decreased use of those compounds in pesticides, electric equipment, paints and other products.   view more (2009-10-22)

New chemistry approach promises less expensive drugs
With a newly discovered method of assembling organic molecules, a team of Princeton University chemists may have found a way to sidestep many of the expensive and hazardous barriers that stand in the way of drug development.   view more (2007-03-30)

Research helps understand factors that influence efficiency of organic-based devices
Organic-based devices, such as organic light-emitting diodes, require a transparent conductive layer with a high work function, meaning it promotes injection of electron holes into an organic layer to produce more light.   view more (2008-07-09)

Small molecule interactions were central to the origin of life
In an important new paper forthcoming in the June issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, Robert Shapiro (New York University) argues against the widely held theory that the origin of life began with the spontaneous appearance of a large, replicating molecule such as RNA.   view more (2006-05-17)

No oxygen in Eastern Mediterranean bottom-water
Research from Utrecht University shows that there is an organic-rich bed of sediment in the floor of the Eastern Mediterranean. This bed formed over a period of about 4000 years under oxygen-free bottom-water conditions.   view more (2008-09-29)

Organic Focus for Farm Walks Series
Details of the walks are as follows:   view more (1998-07-17)

NTU professor discovers method to efficiently produce less toxic drugs using organic molecules
Nanyang Technological University (NTU)'s Associate Professor Zhong Guofu has made a significant contribution to the field of organic chemistry, in particular the study of using small organic molecules as catalysts, in the synthesis process called organocatalysis.   view more (2009-07-08)

ELSEVIER SCIENCE ANNOUNCES A FOUR MILLION PAGE EXTENSION TO ITS ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE
Elsevier Science announced today that it was enlarging its electronic archive of science and medical journals, which currently extends back to 1995. It will provide its full text online customers with a permanent electronic archive back to (in most cases) volume 1, issue 1. Elsevier Science will give first priority towards providing this... view more... (2000-09-20)

GENE TRANSFER FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS
The report, which is based on a desk study of a substantial quantity of previously published research in related areas, considers all the routes by which the mixing of organic and genetically modified crops may occur, including pollen transfer and the growth of volunteers. It concludes that no system for the field production of seed can guarantee... view more... (1999-06-17)

Organic corn: Increasing rotation complexity increases yields
While demand for organic meat and milk is increasing by about 20% per year in the United States, almost all organic grain and forage to support these industries in the mid-Atlantic region is imported from other regions. To meet this demand locally, area farmers need information on expected crop yields and effective management options.   view more (2008-05-29)

JHU chemists devise self-assembling 'organic wires'
From pacemakers constructed of materials that so closely mimic human tissues that a patient's body can't discern the difference to devices that bypass injured spinal cords to restore movement to paralyzed limbs, the possibilities presented by organic electronics read like something from a science fiction novel.   view more (2008-10-24)

HEBREW UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR NAMED FELLOW OF AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE
Prof. Sason Shaik of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the association has announced.   view more (2003-11-23)

Building blocks of life formed on Mars
Organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analyzing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have shown for the first time that building blocks of life formed on Mars early in its history.   view more (2007-12-12)

The Natural Choice: Organic food has more of what it takes to keep you healthy
EATING organic food may help reduce your risk of heart attacks, strokes and cancer. The finding will reignite the debate over its health benefits and may force regulatory agencies to reconsider their position.         Until now there has been little scientific evidence to suggest that organic food is any... view more... (2002-03-13)

Chemistry & Industry - 20 May Issue
Chemistry & Industry Issue 10 - Cover Date Monday 20 May 2002 NEWS Bionic tongue constructed from neck muscle (page 7) A bionic tongue that is part-organic, part-electronic has been developed by scientists to replace organs lost through cancer or accidents. NEWS FEATURE From field to stomach (page 8) Chron's disease is a chronic condition for... view more... (2002-05-17)

Press photo opportunity - University provides good clean fun at summer camp
Square bubbles, bubbles inside bubbles, bubbles as large as a hula-hoop and even dry-ice carbon-dioxide bubbles are making chemistry fun for schoolchildren from across the country in a summer chemistry camp at the University of York this week. (19-23 August). Fifty 15-year-olds will be learning how surfactants - 'surface active agents' - work as... view more... (2002-08-20)

Are Organic Crops as Productive as Conventional?
Can organic cropping systems be as productive as conventional systems? The answer is an unqualified, "Yes" for alfalfa or wheat and a qualified "Yes most of the time" for corn and soybeans according to research reported by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and agricultural consulting firm AGSTAT in the... view more... (2008-03-26)
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