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Senators Seek to Get Ahead of Synthetic Marijuana Creators  February 3, 2012

Concerned with chemists changing the formula of illegal synthetic marijuana to get around Alabama law, two state senators have crafted bills to thwart rogue producers of those designer drugs.

Scientist's thirst for knowledge continued after retirement  February 3, 2012

Scientist's thirst for knowledge continued after retirement. LIFE-LONG LEARNER: Burlington resident Richard Bader took an interest in science at a very early age.

Hurry Up! Let's Talk About Anxiety  February 3, 2012

It's a catch phrase, "I'm nervous". My seven year-old is anxious his basketball team might lose against the orange team this weekend.

Device Provides A Platform For Viewing Cancer Cells And Other Macromolecules In Dynamic, Life-Sustaining Liquid Environments  February 3, 2012
A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and molecules can prove even more elusive...

Scientists Transform Skin Cells Direct To Brain Cells, Bypassing Stem Cell Stage  February 1, 2012
Bypassing the stem cell stage, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine in California converted mouse skin cells directly into neural precursor cells, the cells that go on to form the three main types of cell in the brain and nervous system. They write about their findings in the 30 January early online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...

Stress-Induced Genomic Instability Facilitates Rapid Cellular Adaption In Yeast  January 30, 2012
Cells trying to keep pace with constantly changing environmental conditions need to strike a fine balance between maintaining their genomic integrity and allowing enough genetic flexibility to adapt to inhospitable conditions...

F1251 Standard Terminology Relating to Polymeric Biomaterials in...  January 20, 2012

This terminology covers polymeric biomaterials in medical and surgical devices. Terms are defined as they are used relative to medical and surgical materials and devices.

Economizing chemistry, atom by atom  February 3, 2012

Figure 1: A scandium catalyst can catalyze the addition of a phenylsilane to anisole to give cleaner products, using fewer reagents, than achieved previously.

Water sees right through graphene  January 23, 2012

A new study by scientists at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has determined that gold, copper and silicon get just as wet when clad by a single continuous layer of graphene as they would without.